Reading Literature

Question 1

Literary texts

Answer 1

stories, dramas, poems

Question 2

Inference

Answer 2

to come to a reasonable conclusion based on the evidence given

Question 3

Explicit

Answer 3

when the author tells the reader exactly what he/she needs to know

Question 4

Theme

Answer 4

the lesson or message taught by the story or passage

Question 5

Central Idea

Answer 5

the most important point or idea of the passage (main idea)

Question 6

Objective Summary

Answer 6

an overview of the passage with little to no detail; just the main points

Question 7

Characterization

Answer 7

how the author develops the character over the course of the story

Question 8

Setting

Answer 8

where and when the story takes place

Question 9

Plot

Answer 9

the order of events that make up the story

Question 10

Resolution

Answer 10

when the problem in the story is resolved (solved)

Question 11

Dialogue

Answer 11

the exact words that the characters are speaking

Question 12

Incident

Answer 12

something that occurs in the story; it can show something about the character, advance the story forward, or provoke the character to make a decision

Question 13

Propel

Answer 13

when the dialogue (something the character says) or an incident causes something new to happen in the story

Question 14

Figurative Language

Answer 14

a saying that cannot be taken literally

Question 15

Personification

Answer 15

when a writer describes an object as if it is a person

Question 16

Simile

Answer 16

comparing two things using “like” or “as”

Question 17

Metaphor

Answer 17

comparing two things by saying that one is the other (calling someone a name)

Question 18

Hyperbole

Answer 18

an exaggeration

Question 19

Idiom

Answer 19

a saying that cannot be taken literally but has an alternate meaning

Question 20

Alliteration

Answer 20

Using the same consonant sounds at the beginning of close words

Question 21

Allusion

Answer 21

mentioning something without referring to it specifically (calling someone a Scrooge)

Question 22

Connotations

Answer 22

a positive or negative meaning that we attach to a word

Question 23

Tone

Answer 23

the author’s attitude toward the subject or character he is writing about (word choice gives it away)

Question 24

Analogy

Answer 24

the relationship between two things or words

Question 25

Text Structure

Answer 25

how a text is organized to show the relationship between ideas or information given

Question 26

Chronological

Answer 26

the order in which a series of events happened

Question 27

Cause and Effect

Answer 27

one thing causes another to happen

Question 28

Compare and Contrast

Answer 28

compare: how two things are alike
contrast: how two things are different

Question 29

Flashback

Answer 29

shifts in the story line to give readers background needed for better understanding

Question 30

Foreshadow

Answer 30

hints of what is to come in the story

Question 31

Point of View

Answer 31

The perspective from which a story is told (1st: I; 2nd: you; 3rd: they)

Question 32

Dramatic Irony

Answer 32

The reader knows something that the characters does not

Question 33

Genre

Answer 33

a category of text; fiction or nonfiction