Literary Terms

Question 1

what is authors purpose

Answer 1

the reason the author writes

Question 2

what are rhetorical devises

Answer 2

figurative language such as repetition or parallelism to affect the audience

Question 3

what are symbols

Answer 3

a object, person,place, they stand for something else

Question 4

what is theme

Answer 4

underlying message author wants the reader to under stand

Question 5

what is a inference

Answer 5

prediction in the story or a logical assumption

Question 6

what is parallelism

Answer 6

pattern of words or sentence structure

Question 7

what is repetition

Answer 7

repeat a sound or word for emphasis

Question 8

what is text structure

Answer 8

arrangement of the story

Question 9

what is a simile

Answer 9

compare 2 things using like or as

Question 10

supporting textual evidence

Answer 10

material to prove a claim

Question 11

what is a metaphor

Answer 11

compares two things without using like or as ex: is

Question 12

what is a noun

Answer 12

person place or thing.

Question 13

what is a verb

Answer 13

shows action or state of being

Question 14

what is a adjective

Answer 14

modify nouns or pronouns

Question 15

what is a preposition

Answer 15

shows relation between a noun or pronoun and sothe word in the sentence

Question 16

what is a subject

Answer 16

the who or what that is doing the verb

Question 17

what is prepositional phrase

Answer 17

begin with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun

Question 18

what is a simple sentence

Answer 18

one independent clause

Question 19

compound sentence

Answer 19

two or more independent clauses

Question 20

what is claim/point of view

Answer 20

the argument made by the author or speaker

Question 21

what is mood

Answer 21

is the felling or the atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

Question 22

what is foreshadowing

Answer 22

is a writers use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story

Question 23

what is extended metaphor

Answer 23

is a figure of speech that compares two essentially unlike things at some length in several ways no like or as.

Question 24

what is pace

Answer 24

the speed at which the story is told

Question 25

what is authors tone

Answer 25

an authors attitude toward a particular written subject

Question 26

what is irony

Answer 26

contrast between appearance and reality usually reality is opposite of what it seams

Question 27

what is mood

Answer 27

atmosphere of the narrative

Question 28

what is foreshadowing

Answer 28

a warning or indication of a future event

Question 29

what is extended metaphor

Answer 29

a metaphor that is extended for sentences paragraphs or whole pages

Question 30

what is pace

Answer 30

how fast or slow the story is going for the reader

Question 31

what is authors tone

Answer 31

word added to show point of view emotion and attitude

Question 32

what is irony verbal/situational

Answer 32

variable tho opposite of what the person is saying | situation is when the situation is different from what is happening

Question 33

figurative language

Answer 33

a creative way to use words

Question 34

fortune's fools

Answer 34

specific to romeo and juliet when a character thinks that they made fool by fate

Question 35

tragic hero

Answer 35

a protagonist who is otherwise perfect except for a tragic slaw also known fatal flaw

Question 36

foil

Answer 36

prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding characters who personality is opposite

Question 37

pun

Answer 37

a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings

Question 38

dramatic irony

Answer 38

an audience's awareness of the situation in which a work's characters exist differs substantially

Question 39

tragic fall

Answer 39

a fall in character that brings about the down fall of the hero of a tragedy