Literary Elements
Fig. Language
Rhetoric eg.
Rhetorical Devices
Misc.
100

scheme, plan, framework, story structure

Plot 
100

A word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar

Metaphor 

“Our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.”

100

Identify the rhetorical appeal from the example:

More than one hundred peer-reviewed studies have been conducted over the past decade, and none of them suggests that this is an effective treatment for hair loss.

logos

100

the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning

Irony 

“Go ask his name: if he be married. My grave is like to be my wedding bed.” 

100

Two words having opposite meanings

Antonym 

hot : cold punctual : tardy gorgeous : grotesque

200

the author or speaker’s attitude toward a subject, evident through diction or the viewpoint of an author or speaker on a particular subject

Tone

200

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Hyperbole 

“At that time Bogota was a remote, lugubrious city where an insomniac rain had been falling since the beginning of the 16th century."

200

Identify the rhetorical appeal from the example: 

'Buy my old car or this cute little kitten, afflicted with a rare degenerative disease, will expire in agony, for my car is the last asset I have in the world, and I am selling it to pay for kitty’s medical treatment.’

pathos

200

the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences

Antithesis 

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, i

200

the meaning of a word or phrase, usually as defined by a dictionary

denotation

300

the atmosphere of a piece of writing; it’s the emotions a selection arouses in a reader through diction, figurative language, and other choices

Mood
300

A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance

Allusion 

“The morning wind forever blows, the poem of creation is uninterrupted; but few are the ears that hear it. Olympus is but the outside of the earth everywhere.”

300

Identify the rhetorical appeal from the example: 

As an Educator I can tell you that public education may seem like an issue but attending these schools vastly outrank other instructional institutions  

ethos 

300

a figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated

Metonymy 

“The pen is mightier than the sword.”

300

language that communicates a feeling or idea that is suggested by a word in addition to its basic meaning, or something suggested by an object or situation

connotation/ connotative language

400

The time, place, and circumstances in which something occurs or develops the time and place of the action of a literary, dramatic, or cinematic work. 

Setting

400

An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole

Idiom

“Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.”  

400

Identify the rhetorical device from the example: 

“The pen is mightier than the sword.” Edward Bulwer Lytton

Metonymy

400

a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole

Synecdoche 

"The captain commands one hundred sails"

400

The reader is able to make an educated guess, use reasoning or background knowledge to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

Inference 

500

the underlying message or big idea of a talk, book, film, or other work

Theme 

500

The presentation of a thing with underemphasis especially in order to achieve a greater effect; understatement

Meiosis

"Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch.”

500

Identify the following rhetorical appeal from A Quilt of a Country  

(I was the product of a mixed marriage, across barely bridgeable lines: an Italian girl, and Irish boy. How quaint it seems now, how incendiary then.)

ethos 

500

an inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases

Chiasmus 

“In his face Divine compassion visibly appeerd Love without end, and without measure Grace”

500

 common narrative archetype, or story template, that involves a hero who goes on an adventure, learns a lesson, wins a victory with that newfound knowledge, and then returns home transformed

Hero's Journey