Literary Elements
Define Analyze
Process of examining and interpreting a literary work to understand how its components work together to convey meaning
Define Credibility
Trusted or reliable
Define Support
To agree with and use text evidence to prove
Define Formulate
To come up with a plan
What is a figure of speech that presents an overstatement or exaggeration for emphasis?
Hyperbole
Define Explain
To make clear or understandable
Define Describe
To write or say what something is like- Providing details or characteristics
Define Denotative
Literal meaning of a word
Define Predict
Before you read think about what you think the text will be about
Simple or Compound sentence? Before you win a game, you have to not lose it.
Compound
Define Influence
To affect or change something in an important way
Define Development
The movement from one event to another in the story
Define Apply
To put to use in a practical way
Define Infer
To use what you already know to make a guess about something
Simple or compound sentence? We are having dinner at a restaurant tonight, which means we will be dressing up.
Compound
Define Contrast
To identify ONLY the differences
Define Trace
A mark or sign that something happened
Define Compare
To review two things and see how they are similar or different
Define Impact
To have an influence on something, or have the power to cause change in someone or something
The herd of goats fainted on the hillside.
Simple
Define Connotative
a word's secondary meaning or implied meaning, or the emotion it conveys beyond the literal definition
Define Paraphrase
To restate an ENTIRE PASSAGE from a text in your own words
Define Summarize
The state the most important ideas, events, and details from a text in your own words
Define Integrate
To bring together or incorporate into a whole
What is a direct comparison of two unlike things stating that one is the other or does the actions of the other?
Metaphor