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Literary Terms Flashcards

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What is the Author’s Purpose?

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The reason an author writes

Ex: persuade, inform, explain, and entertain

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What are Rhetorical Devices?

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Figurative language such as repetition or parallelism to effect an audience
Ex: repetition, figurative language

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What are Symbols?

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an object, person, or place, which stands for something else

Ex: four leaf clover represents or symbolizes good luck or fortune

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What is the Theme?

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Underlying message the author wants the reader to understand

Ex: compassion, courage, death or dying, hard work, love, and revenge

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What is an inference?

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Prediction in the story; logical assumption

Ex: if you see someone eating a new food and he or she makes a face, then you can infer they don’t like it

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What is parallelism?

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Pattern of words or sentence structure

Ex: “He likes baseball and running” “He really likes baseball and running” “Baseball and running is his favorite hobby”

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What is repetition?

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Repeat a sound or word for emphasis

Ex: Let is snow, let it snow, let it snow

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What is text structure?

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Arrangement of the story

Ex: novel, poem. or essay

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What is a simile?

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using like or as to compare two unlike things

ex: As brave as a lion, crazy like a fox

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What is supporting textual evidence?

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prove a point; material to prove a claim

Ex: citations

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What is a metaphor?

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a figurative of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action

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What is a noun?

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person, place, thing, or idea

ex: boy’s, Joe’s

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What is a claim/ Point of View?

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Who is narrating? First person, third person, omniscient third person
Ex: if it uses “I” it is first person

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What is the mood?

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feeling or atmosphere the writer creates

Ex: sad, happy, any figurative language

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What is foreshadowing?

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a writer’s use of hints or clues to suggest events that may occur later
Ex: a flash forward scene, or flash backwards scene

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What is extended metaphor?

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a figurative language of speech that compares two essentially unlike things
Ex: does not contain oras

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What is the pace?

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The speed of the story

Ex: slow or fast

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What is the author’s tone?

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the authors attitude for his or hers subject

Ex: depressed, cheerful, or intense

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What is verbal irony?

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when someone knowingly exaggerates or says something and means another
Ex: sarcasm

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What is situational irony?

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a contrast between what a reader or character expects and what actually exists or happens
Ex: a fire station burning down

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What is figurative language?

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It creates comparisons by linking the senses and the concrete to abstract.

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What is fortune’s Fool?

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the idea is that Romeo believes he is being used for the god’s entertainment, like a fool in a royal court. This causes the audience to sympathise with Romeo because they think Romeo’s unpleasant situation is the result of fate; events out of his control.

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What is tragic hero?

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A tragic hero is a character in a dramatic tragedy who has virtuous and sympathetic traits but ultimately meets with suffering or defeat.

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What is foil?

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foil, in literature, a character who is presented as a contrast to a second character so as to point to or show to advantage some aspect of the second character

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What is tragic flaw?

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a flaw in character that brings about the downfall of the hero of a tragedy.

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What is a pun?

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a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

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what is dramatic irony?

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the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

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what is tragic flaw?

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a flaw in character that brings about the downfall of the hero of a tragedy.

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