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A review to prepare for the PA Literature Keystones #keystonesarecoming #lit
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To give reasons through an explanation to convey and represent the meaning or understanding
Interpret
Describe
Explain
Argue
2
An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human
Alliteration
Repetition
Personification
Onomatopoeia
3
A judgment based on reasoning rather than on a direct or explicit statement
Thesis
Inference
Argument
Claim
4
The range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning.
Denotation
Analysis
Connotation
Figurative Language
5
Though unexpressed in the actual text, meaning that may be understood by the reader; implied
Explicit
Repetition
Main Idea
Implicit
6
The voice used by an author to tell/narrate a story or poem
Speaker
Mood
Tone
Voice
7
Groups of letters placed before a word to alter its meaning
Prefix
Syllable
Suffix
Affix
8
the moral or message about life or human nature
Analysis
Symbol
Tone
Theme
9
The comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison (
like
or
as
) are used
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Simile
10
The prevailing emotions or atmosphere of a work derived from literary devices
Tone
Atmosphere
Mood
Voice
11
An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event
Allusion
Metaphor
Analysis
Simile
12
A literary approach that ridicules or examines human vice or weakness.
Satire
Red Herring
Allegory
Fable
13
The author’s choices regarding language, sentence structure, and voice
Tone
Diction
Style
Mood
14
A dramatic speech, revealing inner thoughts and feelings, spoken aloud while alone on the stage
Drama
Monologue
Soliloquy
Aside
15
The time and place in which a story unfolds
Resolution
Setting
Climax
Protagonist
16
The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various traits and personalities
Characterization
Drama
Irony
Foreshadowing
17
To make a judgment or decision based on reasoning rather than direct or implicit statement.
Interpret
Analyze
Evaluate
Draw Conclusion
18
An organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before the present
Allusion
Conflict
Flashback
Flashforward
19
A personal view, attitude, or appraisal
Opinion
Fact
Narrative
Poetry
20
A piece of information provided objectively, presented as true
Argument
Fact
Opinion
Bias
21
The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words
Diction
Allusion
Alliteration
Repetition
22
The attitude of the author toward the audience, characters, subject or the work
Tone
Mood
Theme
Voice
23
The process of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another
Analysis
Interpretation
Explaination
Argument
24
A playwright’s written instructions about how the actors are to move and behave in a play
Drama
Stage Direction
Director
Dramatic Script
25
An organizational device used in literature to set up an explanation of later developments
Allusion
Foreshadowing
Repetition
Theme
26
The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach toward a topic
Counterclaim
Argument
Claim
Bias
27
A person, animal, or thing telling the story or giving an account of something
Style
Narrator
Author
Voice
28
Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect
Mood
Tone
Imagery
Figurative Language
29
The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning
Figurative Languag
Mood
Theme
Irony
30
An extended speech spoken by one speaker, either to others or as if alone
Drama
Monologue
Aside
Prologue
31
An exaggeration or overstatement
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Onomatopoeia
32
Information aimed at positively or negatively influencing the opinions of people
Argument
Propaganda
Counterclaim
Claim
33
The structure of a story.
Rising Action
Falling Action
Plot
Climax
34
the use of language to create sensory impressions
Sound Devices
Theme
Imagery
Figurative Language
35
The author’s intent either to inform, , to entertain people or persuade
Author's Purpose
Fiction
Drama
Characterization
36
Elements of literature that emphasize sound
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Sound Device
Alliteration
37
A device in literature where an object represents an idea
Symbol
Voice
Theme
Satire
38
Groups of letters placed after a word to alter its meaning or change it into a different word
Prefix
Affix
Suffix
Alliteration
39
The written text of a play, which includes the dialogue between characters and stage directions
Monologue
Dramatic Script
Aside
Soliloquy
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Clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text
Argument
Explicit
Implicit
Analysis
