Unit 1
Accurate Definition of Explicit
What is directly stated?
A Summary Contains
What is all essential points in a text along with opinions of the reader?
The Two Types of Characterization
What is direct and indirect?
Personification is
What is assigning human characteristics or qualities to non-human things?
Definition of the term Implicit Meaning
What is a meaning that is understood without being clearly or directly stated?
Definition of Framing
What is a literary technique that places one story inside of another?
Definition of Figurative Language
What is language that uses unconventional construction or differs from literal meaning to create a more powerful effect?
Elements of a Narrative Text
What is setting and conflict?
What is using mockery or irony as a way of conveying contempt or dislike?
Function of the Exposition of a Narrative
What is to introduce the characters, setting, and conflict?
Purpose of Pacing in Literature
What is it allows the author to speed up or slow down the narrative?
Definition of Denotation and Connotation
What is the literal meaning of the phrase, and the feeling or idea associated with a phrase?
Definition of Satire
What is a literary technique, such as humor or irony, to expose the foolishness of others?
Definition of Understatement
What is the representation of information in a minimal or subdued way, used for humor and emphasis?
Purpose of Subplot
What is to provide support for the main plot?
The Definition of Theme is
What is the central message or universal truth that the author conveys through the characters and plot?
Literary Devices Containing Meaning that is Different from what is Directly Stated
What is understatement, sarcasm, and irony?
Conveyed Through a Character's Actions, Thoughts, and Feelings
What is opinions, attitude, and feelings; a character's perspective?
Types of Irony
What is verbal, situational, and dramatic?
Purpose of a Flash-Forward in a Story
What is to characterize the protagonist or antagonist, to show a future event that may occur, and to develop a theme in a story?
Defines the Narrative Text Structure Element of a Flashback
What is a scene or memory of the past, presented out of chronological order, that provides background information?
Definition of Archetype in Literature
What is a character, situation, or symbol that commonly occurs in literature and represents universal characteristics?
Ambiguity is a Literary Technique Authors use to
What is to leave a piece of literature open to multiple interpretations?
Definition of Textual Evidence
What is specific information, found within a reading, that is used to support assertions?
Common Themes in 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century British Literature
What is the longevity of art and culture, the power of nature and beauty, and the value of suffering?