Authors Oughta Consider
The reason an author decides to write about a topic (to entertain, persuade, inform).
Author's Purpose
The speaker or character telling the story.
Narrator
A word that has a meaning identical or very similar to another word.
Synonym
A comparison between two seemingly unlike things.
Metaphor
How things are similar & how things are different.
Compare & Contrast
The specified or implied person or persons to whom the writer is writing.
Audience
Perspective from which events in a story are conveyed to the reader.
Point of View
Giving human characteristics to non-human things.
Personification
A traditional story passed down through generations that explains why the world is the way it is.
Myth
An arguable statement.
Claim
The atmosphere a writer creates to bring out certain feelings in a reader.
Mood
Conversation between two or more people.
Dialogue
An intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic relief.
Hyperbole
Repetition of the initial consonant sound.
Alliteration
How characters are described and developed.
Characterization or Character Development
Writer's attitude towards subject, described with an adjective.
Tone
An author's inclination or tendency towards an idea.
Bias
Use of people, places, or objects to represent ideas or qualities beyond the literal sense.
Symbolism
An implied or indirect reference to a person, place, or event.
Allusion
Using words and sentences around an unfamiliar word or phrase to clarify meaning.
Context Clues
Clues that suggest events to come and create suspense.
Foreshadowing
A position from which something is considered or evaluated.
Perspective
Language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary or literal meanings or words.
Figurative Language
Brief story that is interesting, amusing, or strange.
Anecdote
The point in a literary text at which the conflict reaches its greatest intensity.
Climax