11th Grade English

An appeal to logic

An appeal to ethics and credibility

A reference to something outside of the work itself

The way the speaker feels about the subject

Writing that appeals to one or more of the five senses

A comparison of two things that uses like or as

Words that sound like their meanings

A literary device that highlights and explains the details about a character

The ending of the story when all plot points are resolved for the main character

Author's word choice

A question not meant to be answered by the audience

Sentence structure

A comparison of two things without using like or as:

Literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meaning

Hints or clues as to what is going to happen later on in the story

Undermining the original argument

All-knowing story teller; knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters

Relating to the establishment of dates and time sequences

Making something larger (literally or figuratively) in order to see its faults

Storyteller is part of the story (I, we, us, me)

A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based

A device in which an earlier event is inserted into the chronological order of a narrative

An appeal to emotion

A figure of speech that intentionally makes a situation seem less important than it really is

Illustration containing a political, social, or economic message

Representation of an idea through an object, person, place, etc.

Why the author wrote the piece

The conflict that begins the action of the story and causes the protagonist to act

Verbal, situational, and dramatic

Expressing ideas in a similar way to show that they are of the same level of importance

The person/group of people to whom the piece is directed

The turning point of the story; the moment when the suspense reaches its peak

A person who tells a story: in literature, the voice that an author takes on to tell a story

A related series of incidents in a plot that build toward the point of greatest interest

A meaning that is implied by a word; cultural or emotional associations