Literary Text
when you mentions a specific portion of a text in order to support an analysis of the text
a person may choose to do so as a direct quotation or a paraphrase
What is cite(citing)?
Literature commonly follows a specific unifying pattern or structure
What is plot?
makes a comparison without a linking word; one thing is another.
What is metaphor?
the main opinion, premise, or idea that guides the organization of the text and that the reasons and details support.
What is central idea?
a specific meaning or idea that the word brings to mind
What is connotation?
a universal statement about life and/or society that can be discerned from the reading of a text
What is theme?
* person vs. person
*person vs. nature
*person vs. society
*person vs. machine
What is external conflict?
The trees sighed in the afternoon breeze.
What is personification?
The dictionary definition of a word is its
What is denotation?
when a reader must infer what a character is like. In this case, the text provides clues through the character’s words, thoughts, or actions or through other characters’ words, thoughts, or actions, but there is no evaluation or explanation from a narrator
What is indirect characterization?
when the reader is told what a character is like or a speaker or narrator describes what he or she thinks about a character
What is direct characterization?
when there is incompatibility between ideas or beliefs, as when a character has mixed feelings or struggles with a choice between right and wrong. A struggle within a character’s mind
What is internal conflict?
Great literature would not exist if Shakespeare had never been born.
What is a hyperbole?
When a writer holds a strong opinion or belief about his or her topic
What is bias?
may use patterns of everyday speech, slang, simple sentences, contractions, and expressions of emotions
What is informal tone?
to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text
What is an inference?
form of speech intended to convey the opposite of the actual meaning of the words
What is irony?
is a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it really is
What is an understatement?
often used for academic and professional communications or for situations in which two individuals do not know each other well and it is not appropriate to be overly emotional
What is formal language?
refers to developments that are far from what is expected or believed to be deserved.
What is situational irony?
the way the author’s voice sounds within the literary text. For example, an author’s voice may sound objective, playful, outraged, or sentimental. ___________ is established through diction, which is the author’s word choice.
What is tone?
a form of writing that ridicules or scorns people, practices, or institutions in order to expose their failings
What is satire?
a statement that initially appears absurd or contradictory but proves true or makes sense when investigated further
What is a paradox?
refers to an author attempting to persuade the reader by proving his or her expertise on a topic. A writer using this might list the reasons why he or she is knowledgeable about a topic in an effort to convince the reader to agree with the main argument
What is ethos?
a reasonable argument that opposes or disagrees with another claim
What is a counter-claim?