Literary Terms Lists A & B

Question 1

NARRATIVE

Answer 1

A STORY

Question 2

THEME

Answer 2

THE INFERRED MESSAGE (USUALLY ABOUT LIFE) THAT COMES FROM A STORY OR BOOK

Question 3

ANALYZE

Answer 3

TO LOOK AT CLOSELY

Question 4

CLAIM

Answer 4

TO STATE SOMETHING TO BE TRUE WHICH CAN BE PROVEN BY TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

Question 5

TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

Answer 5

PROOF IN WHAT YOU ARE READING THAT SUPPORTS A CLAIM OR ANSWERS A QUESTION

Question 6

PARAPHRASE

Answer 6

TO PUT AN AUTHOR’S WORDS INTO YOUR OWN

Question 7

RHETORICAL QUESTION

Answer 7

A QUESTION ASKED TO GET SOMEONE THINKING; IT IS NOT MEANT TO BE ANSWERED OUT LOUD OR IN WRITING

Question 8

TOPIC

Answer 8

THE SUBJECT OF THE READING OR WRITING

Question 9

SOURCE

Answer 9

WHERE YOU GET INFORMATION

Question 10

PLOT

Answer 10

THE SEQUENCE OF THE STORY: INTRODUCTION, RISING ACTION, CLIMAX, FALLING ACTION, RESOLUTION

Question 11

ACRONYM

Answer 11

USING THE FIRST LETTER OF A SERIES OF WORDS TO CREATE A NEW WORD (CUPS, ARMS, NASA)

Question 12

CONFLICT

Answer 12

PROBLEMS FACED BY CHARACTERS; INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL

Question 13

ANALOGY

Answer 13

A COMPARISON OF TWO UNLIKE THINGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPLAINING (COMPARE THE STATE TEST TO THE SUPER BOWL)

Question 14

VISUALIZE

Answer 14

TO SEE IT OR PICTURE IT IN YOUR MIND

Question 15

LITERAL

Answer 15

LANGUAGE WHERE YOU MEAN THE EXACT WORDS YOU ARE SAYING OR WRITING

Question 16

FIGURATIVE

Answer 16

LANGUAGE USED FOR CREATIVE REASONS; YOU DO NOT MEAN WHAT YOU SAY LITERALLY (metaphor, simile, personification, idiom, hyperbole, etc.)

Question 17

SYMBOL

Answer 17

SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE

Question 18

CHARACTERIZATION

Answer 18

The five ways readers learn about characters; use the acronym STEAL: says, thinks, effect on others, actions, looks

Question 19

ANNOTATE

Answer 19

TO INTERACT WITH THE TEXT WHILE YOU ARE READING (note taking, highlighting, circling, underlining)

Question 20

CITE

Answer 20

TO WRITE WHERE YOU GOT INFORMATION; TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE AUTHOR - PAGE NUMBER & SOURCE

Question 21

ANECDOTE

Answer 21

A SHORT, OFTEN ENTERTAINING STORY

Question 22

PROTAGONIST

Answer 22

THE CENTRAL CHARACTER

Question 23

ANTAGONIST

Answer 23

THE CHARACTER WHO OPPOSES THE PROTAGONIST

Question 24

POINT OF VIEW

Answer 24

THE WAY IN WHICH A NARRATIVE IS TOLD: FIRST, SECOND, THIRD

Question 25

IMAGERY

Answer 25

MORE THAN JUST VISUALIZATION - IT ALLOWS THE READER TO USE HIS/HER SENSES (see, hear, taste, touch, smell) TO EXPERIENCE THE WRITING

Question 26

MOOD

Answer 26

THE WAY THE AUTHOR’S WORDS MAKE YOU FEEL (lonely)

Question 27

TONE

Answer 27

THE WAY AN AUTHOR’S WORDS SOUND (angry)