Literary terms Flashcards
What is Authors Purpose?:
The reason/intention for writting. PIE: Persuade Inform Explain
What are Rhetorical Devices?:
Use of language that is intended to have an effect on its audience
Example: Repetition and figurative language
What are symbols?
A person, a place, an object, or an activity that stands for something beyond itself.
Example- In Gettysburg: battlefield=grave
What is a Theme?
The central idea or underlying message that the writer wants the reader to understand.
Example: The theme of Gettysburg is reunification.
What is a Inference?
A logical assumption or conclusion that is based on observed facts and one’s own knowledge and experience.
Example: “In night calls i can infer that he girls dad is a alcoholic because she says he smells like brandy.”
What is Parallelism?
When the same patterns of words or structures are used to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.
Example: Gettysburg several sentences in a row start with “we cannot”
What is Repetition?
A literary technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis.
Example: The Gettysburg speech repeats “nation” several times.
What is Text Structure?
How an author arranges parts of a story
Example: Speech, short story, letter, etc.
What is a Simile?
Comparing two things by using like or as.
Example: “Cute as a kitten”
What is Supporting Textual Evidence?
Material that serves to prove a claim.
Example: Specific page/line #s from the text.
What is a Metaphor?
Comparing two things by stating one is another
Example: Her tears were a river.
