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.
what is the pace?
the speed at which the story is told
what is the author’s tone?
the way the author is speaking or the emotion they are showing when writing or reading the story/book
what is irony: verbal/situational
Verbal- when a speakers intentions are completely different from what there saying
Situational- when the actual result of the situation is completely different then what you expected
what is figurative language
Words or phrases are used in a non-literal way for particular effect, for example simile, metaphor, personification
what is fortune’s fool
for it are fate and destiny
what is tragic hero
what is foil
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.
whats a pun
make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word.
whats dramatic irony
when the audience understands something about a character’s actions or an event but the characters do not.
