Collection 1 Study Guide Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is Authors’s Purpose?
Authors Purpose is his reason or intent in writing.
Ex. Entertain
What are Rhetorical Devices?
Use of language that is intended to have an effect on its audience
Ex. Figurative Language
What are Symbols?
A person, object, event, or action that suggests more than its literal meaning
Ex. Rainbow- Symbolizes hope and promise
Red Rose- Symbolizes love and romance
What is Theme?
The main idea or underlying message meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work
Ex. Love, war, revenge, betrayal, patriotism, grace, isolation, etc.
What is Parallelism?
In which coordinate ideas are arranged in phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that balance one element with another of equal importance
Ex. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin or by the content of their character”-Martin Luther King Jr.
What is Repetition?
Literacy device that involves using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech
Ex. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
What is Text Structure?
Refer to the way authors organize information in text
Ex. Compare/Contrast
What is Supporting Textual Evidence?
Deals with facts in writing and the strategies used to figure out whether or not the information found are factual
Ex. April is so wildly confused that she actually “….hated Caroline because it was all her fault”
What is Claim/Point of View?
Examine the claims made by that author
Ex. Every other girl in her school has a phone
Ex. First Person
What is Mood?
The overall feeling or atmosphere of the work
Ex. Cheerful: This light-hearted puppy
What is Foreshadowing?
The literary device is used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story
Ex. “The leaves fell early this year” This line is in the opening of Errest Hemmingway’s Farewell to Arms foreshadowing an early death
What is Extended Metaphor?
A version of Metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry
Ex. ‘Hope is the thing with feathers.’ Dickinson compares hope to a little bird
What is Pace?
How fast or slow the story is moving for the reader
Ex. Jane Austen uses dialogue and description to slow the pacing in certain scenes
What is Authors’s Tone?
The mood implied by an authors word choice and the way the text can make a reader feel
Ex. joyful, sad, threatening, serious, humorous, formal, informal, pessimistic, or optimisetic
What is Irony?
Whenever a person says something or does something that departs from what they expect then to say or do
Ex. In William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet, the readers know Juliet has taken a sleeping potion to fake her death, but this is unbeknownst to Romeo who proceeds to kill himself
Figurative Language
Figurative Language is when you describe something by comparing it to something else
Ex. Simile, personification, metaphor
Fortune’s Foe
Character thinks that they were made a fool by fate
Tragic Hero
A character in a dramatic tragedy who has virtuous and sympathetic traits but ultimately meets with suffering and defeat
Ex: Oedipus Rex, the title character Sophocles’ tragedy, is a classic tragic hero. Oedipus experiences a terrible downfall due to hubris as his tragic flaw
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
Ex. John Steinbeck, of Mice and Men
Pun
A play on words in which a humorous effect is produced by using a word that suggests two or more meanings or involving words with similar sounds
Ex. She had a photographic memory but never developed it
