Literary Terms Flashcards
What is the author’s purpose?
The main idea or the purpose of the writing or text.
Ex- I am very against animal abuse
What is a Rhetorical Device?
A technique that the author used to convey to the listener or a reader.
Ex- repetition figurative language
What is a symbol?
A thing that expresses or represents a particular idea.
Ex- it is a mark, symbol, or word that indicates or signifies an idea, subject, or relastionship
What is the theme?
The lesson or moral behind the story.
Ex- It is the object or something that is teaching you something
What is an inference?
What you think may be special or something that happened.
Ex- using observation and background to find an idea of the conclusion
What is Parallelism?
The use as a rhetorical device to bring attention to an idea.
Ex- A figure of speech
What is repetition?
the use as a retohrical device to bring attention to an idea
Ex- a repeating phrase
what is text structure?
the way a text or storys set up
Ex- Discribing, or time order
what is a simile?
A figure of speech
Ex- as cool as a cucumber
what is supporting textual evidence?
the sradiges used to figure out weather the into is real or not
Ex- “the text states”
what is a metaphor?
used to move a comparison between 2 things
Ex- raining cats and dogs
What is the claim/point of view?
a statement that you use to prove your thoughts or ideas
what is a mood?
the tone or way the story is set.
what is foreshadowing?
when the reader knows something the writer doesn’t in the book
what is an extended metaphor?
it is a version of a metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines,paragraphs, or stanzas in poetry.
