Elements of Fiction
LA Terms
LA Skills
Rhetorical Devices
LA Hodge Podge
100
The reason why an author writes a text
Author's Purpose
100
The attitude of the author.
Tone
100
After looking at these examples, this one is the claim
Flossing your teeth once a day will prevent gum disease & cavities
100
“Fine, don't buy me dinner. I’ll starve to death.” is an appeal to this..."
pathos
100
Aristotle taught that a speaker's ability to persuade an audience is based on how well the speaker appeals to an audience in these three different areas.
ethos, logos, pathos
200
The universal message of a story
Theme
200
Language that immerses the reader in a sensory experience.
imagery / sensory details
200
Which line of the stanza of the poem demonstrates a shift in tone?
7 - Second plane to Iowa, sweet smell of hay, sky blue—
8 - bluer than your parents could have imagined.
9 - First day of school with name tags hung from shoestrings.
10 - you touched the curls of your kindergarten class mates
11- and drew yourself with the blond hair gene.
12 -Teacher wrote many notes home. For the whole month,
13 - Dad pushed you on the swings at recess.
14 - You had no one else to play with.
14 - You had no one else to play with.
200
This is an example of this rhetorical device.
“We stand before you to say: “Let the controversy rage. After all, it is in robust debate that we are most true to ourselves."
Identifying with the Audience
200
When trying to identify characterization look for "S-T-E-A-L" which stands for these 5 things.
S - Speech
T - Thoughts
E - Effects on others
A - Actions
L - Looks/Lessons
300
The reason behind why a character acts or makes decisions in a story is this literary term.
Character Motivation
300
These are just 3 Elements of an Argument, but there are more.
Name 3 Elements of an Argument:
Claim
Evidence
Reasoning
Counter-Argument
Rhetorical Devices
Rebuttal
300
In “American Flag Stands for Tolerance” Allen talks about the “sanctity of the human conscience” and the “enlightenment” that comes from debate.
Explain how the connotations of these words convey his tone on the subject.
He is speaking of the flag with an esteemed regard. He thinks highly of the flag. He reveres the flag.
300
Rhenquist details a time in history when if you did not have a flag on your ship, you could be captured as a pirate. This short story is an example of which rhetorical device?
Anecdote
300
Amic is derived from the word amicus in Latin, which means friend.
Using this information, if someone is described as amicable, this means...
friendly
400
This is the social, political, economic, and cultural environment that existed during a specific period in a story.
Historical / Cultural Context
400
This refers to an author’s choice of words
Diction
400
There are many ways an author can develop theme. Name three ways.
Character
Plot / Conflict
Symbolism / Motifs
Figurative Language
- Historical Context
400
This is an example of this rhetorical device.
“In China, citizens who peacefully express disagreement with government policies may be slaughtered.”
Loaded Language / Emotive Language
400
Omniscient contains the Latin root word Omni meaning "all or universal." Therefore, the definition of omniscient narrator means this. (Point of View)
All Knowing
500
The author or narrator's values, feelings, and beliefs which influence the way he/she looks at a topic.
Author's Perspective / Narrator's Perspective
500
This is the difference between mood and tone.
Mood - The feeling the reader has while reading.
Tone - The attitude of the author
500
This is one example of faulty reasoning that many students are guilty of:
“One internal conflict that is illustrated in the story is when the father saw his daughter Fela being sorted to the left. In the text the father points and yells to his daughter, “Fela!” This shows how the father had an internal conflict with Fela being sorted to the left.”
Circular Reasoning
500
When Rhenquiest cites the “Star Spangled Banner" in his argument, it is known as this literary term and rhetorical device.
Allusion
500
If you agree with the opposing side’s argument, it is called this fancy literary term
Concession
600
Characters, settings, and images that represent bigger ideas and add meaning to the story.
Symbolism
600
when two or more elements of a sentence (or series of sentences) have the same grammatical structure.
Paralellism
600
This is an example of this type of faulty reasoning:
"I substituted at an elementary school one day and will never go back. They are all brats!"
Hasty Generalization
600
"Keep your mouth closed and your eyes open" is an example of this rhetorical device.
Antithesis
600
This is the legal term to describe court decisions that can be used as a basis for deciding similar cases in the future.
Precedents
700
A repeated element that has symbolic meaning and helps develop a story's theme, mood, or other narrative elements.
One example of this could the proverbs repeated in "Book of the Dead"
Motifs
700
This fancy literary term means a word’s definition
Denotation
700
In what ways did the historical context develop the conflict and theme in “Book of the Dead” or in “By Any Other Name?”
Multiple Answers
700
Having a court hearing about censorship is an example of this literary term/rhetorical device.
Situational Irony
700
This type of diction can be referred to as "slang." Ex: "Yo my bad"
Colloquial