Fiction
The "big message" or universal life lesson.
What is a theme?
The central arguable position.
What is Claim?
The author's attitude toward a text
What is Tone?
words that deal with emotions, culture, ideas.
What is connotative meaning?
Analyzing how authors develop complex, believable characters through actions, descriptions etc.
What is Characterization?
the "other side's" perspective.
What is Counterargument?
Carefully chosen words to use in a text.
What is diction or word choice?
A contradiction between expectation and reality.
What is Irony?
A contrasting character that highlights specific character traits in the main character.
What is Character Foil?
the author's explanation of why that other side is flawed.
What is Rebuttal?
How the reader is supposed to feel while reading.
What is Mood?
A pair of opposite terms used together (e.g., "gentle cruelty").
What is Oxymoron?
Where the story takes place in time and location.
What is Setting?
This involves combining info from two or more texts to create a new understanding.
What is Synthesis?
How the pattern of end-rhymes creates purpose
What is Rhyme Scheme?
Subtle hints of what is to come.
What is Foreshadowing?
A non-linear break in the story to show past events.
What is a flashback?
Details that are repeating in a text.
What are key ideas?
Combining text evidence with your prior knowledge to draw a conclusion that isn't explicitly stated.
What is Inference?
The literal "dictionary definition."