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Literary Terms
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Literary Criticism
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The main message of a text
Theme
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An educated guess based on context clues
Inference
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The author's attitude toward a text
Tone
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This approach focuses on what the text says about gender roles
Feminist Approach
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What is the name of Buck's main enemy in Call of the Wild?
Spitz
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A comparison that uses like or as
Simile
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The reason why a character does something
Motivation
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The reader's emotion when reading a text
Mood
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This approach focuses on the universal appeal of the text
Archetypal Approach
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Name three suitors to Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew.
Lucentio, Hortensio, Gremio
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A comparison that does not use like or as
Metaphor
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Instructions in a play which tell an actor how to move or which describe the set
Stage Directions
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Giving a non-human object human characteristics or feelings
Personification
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This approach focuses on the moral value of the text and whether it teaches a good or bad lesson
Philosophical Approach
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Who is the leader of the rabbits who leave the original warren in Watership Down?
Hazel
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An expression which does not make sense literally
Idiom
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When characters speak to each other in a text
Dialogue
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Anything which appeals to the five sense
Imagery
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This approach focuses on what the text says about society; it either criticizes or affirms society's values
Sociological Criticism
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Which two pigs fight over how to rule Animal Farm?
Napoleon and Snowball
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Something which represents something else; often has a deeper meaning
Symbol
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A text which teaches a lesson about something outside itself
Allegory
500
Explain the difference between fact and opinion.
A fact can be proven by evidence; an opinion cannot be proven
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This approach focuses on the conscious and subconscious motivations of the characters; based on Freud
Psychological Approach
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Name the authors of all the books we have read this year.
Call of the Wild - Jack London Watership Down - Richard Adams The Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare Animal Farm - George Orwell