Literary terms Flashcards
Author’s purpose
The reason a author writes
Rhetorical Devices
Language such as repetition or parallelism to the audience
Symbol
When an object, person, or place really stands for something else
Theme
The underlying message that the author wants a reader to understand
Inference
A prediction on what will happen later
Parallelism
Words of a sentence structure
Repetition
Repeat of a sound or word
Text structure
Arrangement of a story
Simile
Comparing something using like or as
Supporting textual evidence
Material to provide a claim
Metaphor
Compare two things that have no or little relations
Noun
A person, place, or idea
Ex: Mark, Jamestown, Gameboy
Verb
Show state of action or state of being
Ex: running, bleeding, tired
Adjective
Words that modify nouns and pronouns
Ex: the, a, an
Preposition
Show relationships between a noun and pronoun
Ex: across, since, under
Subject
The who or what in a sentence
Ex: “Mark” would be the subject of a sentence
Prepositional phrase
Begins with a preposition and ends with a noun
Simple sentence
A sentence that has only one independent clause
Compound sentence
A sentence that has two or more independent clause
Claim or Point of view
The writers position on a problem
Mood
The atmosphere or tone that a writer creates in a story
Foreshadowing
Hints or clues that will happen later on in the story
Extended Metaphor
Compares two things that have no or little correlation to one another in great detail
Pace
The speed at which a story moves
