Literary Terms

Question 1

What is Authors Purpose ?

Answer 1

The reason the author is writing, Persuade, Inform, explain, entertain.

Question 2

What are Rhetorical Devices

Answer 2

Techniques used to enhance an argument or drive home a point

ex: parallelism and repetition

Question 3

What is Symbolism

Answer 3

An object, person, or place that stands for something else

Ex: A rainbow symbolizes hope and promise.

Question 4

What is Theme

Answer 4

The underlying message the author wants to tell.

ex: never judge a book by its cover

Question 5

What is an inference

Answer 5

A prediction in the story; logical assumption.

If someone is eating something and they make a weird face you assume they don’t like it.

Question 6

What is parallelism

Answer 6

Pattern of words or sentence structure.

she like cooking, jogging, and reading, she likes to cook, jog, and read.

Question 7

What is repetition

Answer 7

Repeating a sound or word for emphasis.

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Question 8

What is text structure

Answer 8

arrangement of the story; novel, poem, essay.

sequence of events.

Question 9

What is a simile

Answer 9

Comparing things using like or as.

ex: they fought like cats and dogs.

Question 10

What is supporting textual evidence

Answer 10

Material to prove a claim.

ex: direct quote from the text.

Question 11

What is a metaphor

Answer 11

Comparing two things; one state is the other

laughter is the best medicine

Question 12

What is a noun

Answer 12

A person, place, thing, or idea

ex: Michael

Question 13

What is claim/point of view

Answer 13

The argument made a by the writer or speaker.

ex: a teen who wants another phone claims every other girl in the school has one.

Question 14

What is an extended metaphor

Answer 14

A version of a metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, and stanzas.
ex: Romeo and juliet

Question 15

What is mood

Answer 15

The overall feeling of the reader.

ex: cheerful

Question 16

What is foreshadowing

Answer 16

A indication of what is to come later in the story.

ex: dialogue, “ I have a bad feeling about this.”

Question 17

What is pace

Answer 17

The speed which the story was told

ex: we walked at a leisurely pace along the shore, the story slowed down.

Question 18

What is authors tone

Answer 18

The authors attitude toward his/her subject

ex: sympathetic, depressed.

Question 19

What is irony: Verbal/situational/Dramatic

Answer 19

When a speakers intention is the opposite of what he or she is saying.

Question 20

Collection 4 terms

Question 21

Figurative Language

Answer 21

Figurative language creates comparisons by linking the sense and the concrete to abstract ideas.

Question 22

Fortunes fool

Answer 22

Fortunes fool means means you have terrible luck.

Question 23

Tragic Hero

Answer 23

a character in a dramatic tragedy who has virtuous and and sympathetic traits but ultimately meets with suffering or defeat.

Question 24

Foil

Answer 24

Foil is a character presented as a contrast to a second character so as to point to or show to advantage some aspect of the second character.

Question 25

Tragic Flaw

Answer 25

a flaw in a character that brings about the downfall of the hero of a tragedy.

Question 26

Pun

Answer 26

A pun is a literary device that is also known as a “ Play on words.”