Vocabulary 2

From far beyond the flag of fate. This is alliteration.

Using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning.

An author's word choice within a text.

A literary approach that ridicules or examines human vices or weaknesses with humor.

A plot device that reveals actions/events that took place in the past.

Which serves as the best definition for literary plot?

The report on feet was short and sweet.”

A recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work repeated in multiple works

Found on a proud round cloud.

The author’s intent of a piece of writing. Perhaps to inform, to entertain, or to persuade/convince.

A character that does not change throughout the story is said to be dynamic.

The boulder stubbornly refused to move. This is an example of hyperbole.

An allegory is a story equated with a deeper meaning (moral, social, religious, or political significance).

An essential component to building a story (e.g., character, setting, plot, theme).

Although childish and childlike have a similar meaning, they have a different __________.

A work's prevailing emotions or atmosphere derived from literary devices.

Style refers to an author’s choices with language, sentence structure, voice, and tone.

An organizational device used in literature to create expectations or to set up an explanation of later development.

Synatax refers to how the author arranges/orders words into meaningful phrases, clauses, and sentences.

In this form of essay, the author's position or claim should be supported with valid evidence and reasoning.

I waited in line for 100 years. This is hyperbole.

Dialogue refers to conversation between characters.

The process or result of identifying and breaking down the parts of a whole and their relationships to overall meaning.

Language based on region or culture distinct from the standard variety in pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary.

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

The story's central character: all significant events are essential to this character.

The outcome or untangling of events in the story.

The author's attitude toward the audience, characters, subject, or work.

The author’s writing reveals a subtle presence of a positive or a negative view toward a topic.

The personality of a text based on fluency, rhythm, and liveliness make it unique to the author.

The part of the plot where events in the story become complicated and the conflict is revealed.

The car handled like a tank. This is hyperbole.