Literary terms

Question 1

Authors Purpose

Answer 1

The reason the writer/author wrote the story. PIE

Question 2

Rhetorical Devices

Answer 2

A technique used to enhance an argument or prove a point/make the point stick

Question 3

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

Answer 3

its just a scream…

Question 4

Symbol

Answer 4

Something that stands for something beyond itself

Question 5

Theme

Answer 5

The central idea or message that the writer wants the reader to understand

Question 6

Inference

Answer 6

A logical assumption that is based on facts and knowledge of the story

Question 7

Parallelism

Answer 7

When the same pattern of words/structures are used to show ideas that have the same level of importance

Question 8

Repetition

Answer 8

A technique where a sound, word, phrase or line is repeated to spread emphasis

Question 9

Text structure

Answer 9

How an author arranges parts of a story

Question 10

simile

Answer 10

Comparing two or more things using like or as

Question 11

Supporting Textual Evidence (S.T.E)

Answer 11

Evidence/material used to support a claim

Question 12

Metaphor

Answer 12

Comparing two thing by stating one thing is another

Question 13

Claim/Point of view

Answer 13

The writers views/ideas on a subject

Question 14

Mood

Answer 14

The atmosphere the writer has created for the reader

Question 15

Foreshadowing

Answer 15

Clues/hints the author has laid out to suggest what might happen latter

Question 16

Extended Metaphor

Answer 16

Comparing two unlikely things together at some length

Question 17

Mood

Answer 17

Atmosphere of the story

Question 18

Foreshadowing

Answer 18

When the author drops hints of whats going to happen

Question 19

Irony: verbal/situational

Answer 19

Verbal: Using words in a figure of speech
Situational: takes place when the opposite of what is expected actually happens.

Question 20

Authors Tone

Answer 20

Words added to show the reason why they were writing

Question 21

Figurative Language

Answer 21

Describing something by linking it to something else

Question 22

Fortunes fool

Answer 22

A quote in Romeo and Juliet

Question 23

Foil

Answer 23

Stopping something from happening or succeeding

Question 24

Tragic Hero

Answer 24

A Sympathetic hero who meets his end/defeat

Question 25

Tragic Flaw

Answer 25

A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of the character

Question 26

Dramatic Irony

Answer 26

When the audience knows something the characters don’t

Question 27

Pun

Answer 27

A form of world play that exploits multiple words