Literary Terms Flashcards
What is the author’s purpose?
The author's reason for writing... Persuade Inform Explain Entertain
What is rhetorical devices?
Use of language that is intended to have an effect on its audience
Repetition
Figurative language
What is a symbol?
A person, a place, an object, or an activity that stands for something beyond itself
What is theme?
The central idea or underlying message that the writer wants the reader to understand
What is a inference?
A logical assumption or conclusion that is based on observed facts and one’s own knowledge and experience
What is Parallelism?
When the same patterns of words or structures are used to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance
What is repetition?
A literacy technique in which a sound, word, phrase or line is repeated for emphasis
What is text stucture?
How an author arranges parts of a story
Speech
short story
letter
What is a simile?
Comparing two things using like or as
Cute as a kitten
Supporting Textual Evidence
Material that serves to prove a claim
Metaphor
Comparing two things by stating one is another
Her tears were a river
Claim/Point of View
Why the author is telling you this story
1st,2nd,3rd person
Mood
Mood is the overall vibe of the story
Sad,excitement, scary
Foreshadowing
A person said something that predicts what happens later on in the story
Extended Metaphor
An author’s exploitation of a single metaphor or analogy at length through multiple linked tenors, vehicles, and grounds throughout a poem or story.
Pace
How fast or slow the story is moving for the reader
Author’s tone
The mood implied by an author’s word choice and the way that the text can make a reader feel
Irony
Whenever a person says something or does something that departs from what they (or we) expect them to say or do.
Figurative Language
Creates comparisons by linking the senses and the concrete to abstract ideas
Fortune’s Fool
A mercy of fate
Tragic Hero
Character in a dramaitic tragedy
