Keystone Literature Review ^ Viewing Vocabulary, Pt. VI Flashcards
By reviewing the subsequent terminology, you will become better prepared for the Keystone Exam in Literature
a dramatic speech, revealing inner thoughts and feelings, spoken aloud by one character while alone on the stage
soliloquy
elements of literature that emphasize sound (e.g., assonance, consonance, alliteration, rhyme, onomatopoeia)
sound devices
the voice used by an author to tell/narrate a story or poem; often a created identity, and should not automatically be equated with the author
speaker
the author’s choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone in order to communicate with the reader
style
groups of letters placed after a word to alter its meaning or change it into a different kind of word, from an adjective to an adverb, etc.
suffix
to capture all of the most important parts of the original text (paragraph, story, poem), but express them in a much shorter space, and as much as possible in the reader’s own words
summarize
a device in literature where an object represents an idea
symbolism
a word that is similar in meaning to another word (e.g., sorrow, grief, sadness)
synonym
the ordering of words into meaningful verbal patterns such as phrases, clauses, and sentences
syntax
the way a text is structured from beginning to end
in literary works, the structure could include flashback and foreshadowing.
in nonfiction works, the structure could include sequence, question‐answer, cause‐effect, etc.
text organization
a topic of discussion or work; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work.
theme
a perspective in literature, the point of view presents the events of the story from outside of any single character’s perception, much like the omniscient point of view, but the reader must understand the action as it takes place and without any special insight into characters’ minds or motivations
third person
the attitude of the author toward the audience, characters, subject or the work itself (e.g., serious, humorous)
tone
a character that symbolically embodies well‐known meanings and basic human experiences, regardless of when or where he/she lives (e.g., hero, villain, intellectual, dreamer)
the generally accepted importance or value of a work to represent human experience regardless of culture or time period
universal character
universal significance
the fluency, rhythm, and liveliness in a text that makes it unique to the author
voice
