Literary Text
Story elements
Figurative Language
Informational texts
Random?
100

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)?

100

Literature commonly follows a specific unifying pattern or structure

What is plot?

100

makes a comparison without a linking word; one thing is another.

What is metaphor?

100

the main opinion, premise, or idea that guides the organization of the text and that the reasons and details support.

What is central idea?

100

a specific meaning or idea that the word brings to mind

What is connotation?

200

a universal statement about life and/or society that can be discerned from the reading of a text

What is theme?

200

* person vs. person  

*person vs. nature  

*person vs. society

*person vs. machine  

What is external conflict?

200

The trees sighed in the afternoon breeze.

What is personification?

200

The dictionary definition of a word is its

What is denotation?

200

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?

300

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?

300

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?

300

Great literature would not exist if Shakespeare had never been born.

What is a hyperbole?

300

When a writer holds a strong opinion or belief about his or her topic

What is bias?

300

may use patterns of everyday speech, slang, simple sentences, contractions, and expressions of emotions

What is informal tone?

400

to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text

What is an inference?

400

form of speech intended to convey the opposite of the actual meaning of the words

What is irony?

400

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?

400

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?

400

refers to developments that are far from what is expected or believed to be deserved.

What is situational irony?

500

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?

500

a form of writing that ridicules or scorns people, practices, or institutions in order to expose their failings

What is satire?

500

a statement that initially appears absurd or contradictory but proves true or makes sense when investigated further

What is a paradox?

500

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?

500

a reasonable argument that opposes or disagrees with another claim

What is a counter-claim?