8th grade lit terms Flashcards
Speaker
The voice that speaks the Poem’s words. Sometimes the speaker is the poet and sometimes it is a person the poet has created
Static character
The character does not change during the course of the story
Style
Refers to the way a piece of literature is written.
Symbolism
The practice of representing things by symbols
Theme
The message, moral, or meaning about life or human nature that a literary work communicates
Tone
The author’s attitude toward the subject
Treatment of an idea
First identify the genre, and then determine the authors purpose, main idea, pattern of organization, and tone. Then look at these features together and better understand the author’s treatment of the topic as a whole
Purpose
The reason the author has written the work
Satire
The use of irony, sarcasm, or ridicule
Sound devices
Rhythm, repetition, rhyme, and alliteration create a mode, unify a poem, inspire feelings, and reinforce the poem meaning
Poetic form
Refers to how a poems words are arranged into the lines or stanzas
Poetic/lyric poetry
The art of rhythmical composition
Imagery
Descriptive words or phrases that appeal to the readers five senses
Inference
When readers draw a logical conclusion about something in a story and base it on information in the story and their own experience
Mood
The feeling the work conveys to the reader
Extended metaphor
A metaphor that is extended through a stanza or an entire poem
Dynamic character
Characters in a story who change
Figurative language
Deepens and extends the meaning of a poem or other literary work by presenting objects or ideas from a different perspective than the usual one
Analogy
A similarity or compatibility
Anecdote
A brief account of an interest or amusing incident
Connect
Relating the content of a story to your own knowledge and experience
Setting
The time and place of a story
Visualize
Reader forms mental images of a story
Predict
What someone thinks will happen next
