Mrs. Rutkowski's Language Arts Review Part 2

This is the attitude that an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character.

The key point made in a passage is called its ____ idea.

This is the theme of a passage, story, novel, poem, or drama that readers can apply to life.

Two lines in poetry that rhyme.

This is a comparison based on a similarity between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

This is a person, book, document, website or record that provides information.

The message, usually about life or society, that an author wishes to explore in a literary work

What genre of fiction is always set in the past?

What does the term “genre” mean?

This is the specific part of a subject that is dealt with in a research paper or in an essay.

These are the people or animals who take part in a literary work.

Something widely recognized as a model or example of a type of literary work. (The Outsiders)

This is the reason for creating written work that informs, persuades, or entertains.

The way an author expresses ideas through words, literary devices, & sentence structure.

What genre of fiction is most likely to be set on another planet?

This is the reference to a person, place, or event from history, literature, or religion

Narrator or writer who puts their own opinions, feelings into telling the action in literature.

When a character must make a difficult decision

To strengthen your ideas & opinions with examples, facts, or evidence is to add _____ details.

This is an individual's mental or moral quality in literature

This describes something that is complicated, difficult, or consists of interrelated parts.

This is a method of relating how two or more elements or texts are SIMILAR.

The combination of ways an author shows readers what a person in a literary selection is like.

This is the time and place in which a literary work happens.

It is the way words, sentences, and paragraphs are organized to create a complete work.

This is a work of literature, especially a play, that has a happy ending.

A state of heightened anticipation & tension, from events in or the setting of a story.

Someone who changes over the course of the story is a

What genre of fiction often involves a crime?

A form of suspense or potential conflict between characters or arise from general situations.

This is whoever will be reading, listening or watching a story, text, or drama.

This is to state briefly or bring to a close

One or more reasons presented by a speaker/writer to lead the audience/reader to a conclusion.

These are the facts or details that back up a main idea, theme, or thesis.