EOG Literary Terms

feeling of a text

denotation

generalization

comparison without using like or as

time and place of a story

conflict

educated guess based on text clues and experience

hints about where the plot is headed

life message without characters or plot

exaggeration; I've told you a million times!

topic + big main ideas of entire text without opinion words

alike, same

narrator is a character so I know his thoughts; uses "I" or "we"

suggest

repeating of beginning consonant sounds; Peter Piper

writer's attitude about his subject

group of lines in poetry

compare/contrast

adds a musical effect or rhythm to the poem

giving human traits to an object; The flowers danced.

sequence of events

exact opposite happens; The firehouse burned down.

word or phrase near an unknown word that helps you determine its meaning

central idea

comparison between two things using like or as; Bob eats like a pig at lunch.

imagery

without opinion words

connotation

Narrator tells story—uses “he”, “she”; Limited = one; Omniscient = all

What is figurative language/literary devices?

talks directly to reader so that the reader is involved—uses “you”

show

point of view

opposite

statement that the author is trying to prove true with evidence