Literary Terms

Question 1

Author´s Purpose

Answer 1

The reason for the author to write.

Question 2

Rhetorical Devices

Answer 2

The technique the reader uses to convey the reader.

Question 3

Symbol

Answer 3

Character or topic used to represent what the author is trying to show.

Question 4

Theme

Answer 4

The lesson the author is trying to write

Question 5

Inference

Answer 5

Conclusion reached on based off of evidence and reasoning.

Question 6

Parallelism

Answer 6

Construction in the way the text is written.

Question 7

Repetition

Answer 7

Repeating of words or phrases.

Question 8

Text Structure

Answer 8

How the author organize the info in the text.

Question 9

Simile

Answer 9

Comparing two things using like or as.

Question 10

Supporting Textual Evidence

Answer 10

Evidence in the text that helps you proved your point.

Question 11

Metaphor

Answer 11

Comparing two things, making it a statement.

Question 12

Verb

Answer 12

Words that show action or being.

Question 13

Adjective

Answer 13

Discrables a verb or an adverb.

Question 14

Preposition

Answer 14

A group of words used to show direction, time, place or location of a noun or a pronoun.

Question 15

Subject

Answer 15

The main point of the text or sentence.

Question 16

Prepositional Phrase

Answer 16

Phrase includes the object in the sentence referring to the subject.

Question 17

Simple Sentence

Answer 17

Only one cause single subject and predicate.

Question 18

Compound Sentence

Answer 18

Sentence with more than one subject or predicate.

Question 19

Claim/Point of View

Answer 19

The way the author wrote the story or text.

Question 20

Mood

Answer 20

The emotion of the text.

Ex: Depressing -Suspense/Suspenseful.

Question 21

Foreshadowing

Answer 21

The author says a phrase that may happen later on in the text.
Ex:“I told myself this is the end of my trouble, but I didn’t believe myself.”

Question 22

Extended Metaphor

Answer 22

A metaphor that extends over multiple lines in the text.

Ex:

Question 23

Pace

Answer 23

The speed at the story is told at.

Ex: The timeline or the descriptions.

Question 24

Author´s Tone

Answer 24

The author’s tone toward the written subject.

Ex: Sad, happy, scary.

Question 25

Irony

Answer 25

Expression by using language that shows the opposite.

Ex: A fire station burns down.

Question 26

Figurative Language

Answer 26

Creates comparisons by linking the senses and the concrete to abstract ideas.

Question 27

Fortune’s Fool

Answer 27

Means is that fortune, or fate, has made a fool of him, or mistreated him.