Literary Terms

The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach toward a topic.

The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.

Pattern of a poem such as a Sonnet: abab, cdcd, efef, gg.

The center of interest or attention

Pathos

What is prose?

An implied or indirect reference in literature to person, place or event

A story using animals that have a moral to the story

The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various traits & personalities

A recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work.

Author's attitude using words

Language based on where you live

The fluency, rhythm, and liveliness in a text that make it unique to the other

Specific word choices in a text that strongly support the tone, mood, or meaning of the text.

Information used to influence people

Process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another

A message about life or people

Emotion behind the meaning of a word

The conclusion drawn from specific information that is used to make a broad statement.

Conversation between two characters

A device in literature where an object represents an idea

Ethos, Pathos, Logos

An exaggeration or overstatement

3rd person ominiscient

Reasoning out the meaning of a word

A personal view, attitude or appraisal

Place together characters, situations, or ideas to show common and/or differing features.

Mother of Prefix and Suffix

Support provided to mark an assertion as reasonable - Defense of a Claim - True or False?

Sensory Details

Ethos

An essential technique used in literature

The reader/audience knows but the characters do not.

Clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual test

Support provided to mark an assertion as reasonable.

A story, actual or fictional, expressed orally or in text.

A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content.

Name Calling, Bandwagon, Red Herring, Testimonial

The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various traits & personalities

The feeling of the reader

Logos

Word order in a sentence

A piece of information provided objectively, presented as true

5 stressed 5 unstressed syllables in a poem

An extended speech spoken by one speaker, either to others or as if alone.

Elements of fiction.

The opposite of what you expect to happen, happens

A literary approach that ridicules or examines human vice or weakness

To make understandable, plain or clear

Comparison using "like, as, than, and resembles" is a metaphor.