Literary Terms
The way feelings are expressed; the attitude the author takes towards
the audience, subject, or character, as conveyed through the author’s diction and details.
What is Tone?
To deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.
What is to Infer?
Sensory language, writing that appeals
to senses, creates a “mini movie”
What is Imagery?
When something happens that is the exact opposite of what was expected.
What is Situational Irony?
A complex character with many different qualities, faults, and virtues. Has “layers.”
What is a Round/multi-dimensional character?
The position from which a story is told, often affected by the narrator/character’s personal experiences, etc.
What is Point of View/Perspective?
The complete method used for formulating a constructed response.
What is
R- restate the question
A- answer the prompt
C- cite the source
E- explain and elaborate?
Describes one thing as if it
were something else.
What is a Metaphor?
Hints at what might happen later in a text.
What is Foreshadowing?
The main character in a story, often the character for whom the audience or reader is rooting, and sometimes plays the role of narrator.
What is the Protagonist?
A universal statement about an abstract concept or topic, often dealing with life or humanity. Expresses what an author believes rather than what is explicitly stated in a text.
What is Theme?
What should the audience pay attention to in order to determine tone?
What is
Diction/Word Usage
Connotation
Details
Bias Statements?
An reference to something that is well-known; something outside the text.
What is an Allusion?
A reference in a story to events that took place at an earlier time.
What is a Flashback?
The following is an example of what:
“Friendship can sometimes be strengthened through tragedy.”
What is Theme?
The method of using a character’s actions or words to imply information about their personality.
What is Indirect Characterization?
Name four things you consider when identifying the CENTRAL IDEA of a passage.
What are
Title/subtitles
First and last sentences
Repeated words/phrases/ideas
Quotes
Statistics/facts?
Animate or human-like qualities given to something inanimate or nonhuman.
What is Personification?
The author’s reason for writing a specific article, poem, book, etc, or for making specific decisions regarding writing style, structure, etc.
What is Author's Purpose?
The following is an example of what?
“A young girl goes on a journey to her grandma’s house and overcomes her fear of solitude.”
What is a Main Idea?
The words the author chooses to use. Focuses on connotation as well as denotation.
What is Diction?
What are the steps for identifying the THEME of a passage?
What is Determine the subject of the passage.
Explain what the text is saying about that particular subject?
The use of a person, event, place, or object to represent an idea of something MUCH LARGER.
What is Symbolism?
When an author creates a rising sense of tension through details, imagery, and foreshadowing.
What is suspense?
A brief overview of the text, including important information, without opinion or bias.
What is an Objective Summary?