Literary Terms Flashcards
Figurative language such as repetition or parallelism to effect an audience.
Ex: In gettysburg: we cannot…
What are Rhetorical devices?
The reason an author writes a book,novel,poem,etc.. Ex: P I E
What is Author’s Purpose?
A object, person, place, or thing that stands for something else.
Ex: Battlefield=Grave
What is a Symbol?
The central idea or underlying message that the writer wants the reader to understand.
Ex: The theme of Gettysburg is Reunification
What is Theme?
A logical assumption or conclusion that is based on observed facts and one’s own knowledge and experience.
EX: In Night Calls I can infer that the girl’s dad is an alcoholic because she says he smells like brandy
What is a Inference?
When the same patterns of words or structures are used to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.
EX: Gettysburg several sentences in a row start with “we cannot”
What is Parallelism?
A literary technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated.
EX: The Gettysburg speech “nation” several times
What is Repetition?
How an author arranges parts of a story.
EX: Speech, Short Story, Letter, etc….
What is Text structure?
Comparing two things by using like or as.
EX: Cute as a kitten
What is a Simile?
Material that serves to prove a claim.
EX: Specific page/line #s from the text.
What is Supporting Textual Evidence?
Comparing two things by stating one is another.
What is a Metaphor?
A feeling a writer sets in the story for the audience.
What is mood?
Is the speed in which the story is told.
What is pace?
The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
EX: The certain attitude or feeling a character has in a piece of literature.
What is tone
What is Fortune’s Fool?
