Poetry
Another word for "narrator", this is the person who's voice we hear in a text
Who is the speaker?
To make an educated guess about something
What is "to infer"?
Creating human characteristics for non-human things
The textbook definition of a word
What is denotation?
This is name of the method you should use to respond to Constructed Responses.
What is RACE?
The emotional response a reader has to a piece of writing
What is mood?
The three main types of Author's Purpose
What are Persuade, Inform, and Entertain?
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. Has to do with how a sentence is constructed.
What is syntax?
A direct comparison ex: What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East and Juliet is the Sun.
What is a metaphor?
The method used to analyze poetry
What is TPCASTT?
The writer's attitude towards a subject
What is tone?
A question used in a piece that does not require an answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
The comparison of what is expected versus what is actually true/occurring. Can be situational, dramatic, or verbal.
What is irony?
A comparison using "like" or "as" ex: she was as graceful as a deer.
What is a simile?
This method, used mainly to analyze informational texts, uses the last word to finish the acronym
What is SOAPSTone?
Language used to create a feeling in the text using words related to the five senses
What is imagery?
A short story or event written about in the text to provide a connection to the overall meaning
What is an anecdote?
The feeling or association of a word
What is connotation?
The method you should use to increase your odds of getting a question right on the multiple choice section of the exam
What is Process of Elimination?
This element of TPCASTT determines whether the tone of a poem has changed over the course of the piece.
What is Shift?
The overall main idea or point of a nonfiction text
What is a central idea?
The overall main idea or point of a piece of fictional text. This is a universal truth that can be applied to other things.
What is a theme?
Not to be confused with symbols, this literary device is defined as a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition
What is a motif?