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A review to prepare for the PA Literature Keystones #keystonesarecoming #lit
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Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect
Tone
Imagery
Figurative Language
Mood
2
The time and place in which a story unfolds
Climax
Protagonist
Setting
Resolution
3
Elements of literature that emphasize sound
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Sound Device
4
The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach toward a topic
Counterclaim
Claim
Bias
Argument
5
An exaggeration or overstatement
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Simile
6
Groups of letters placed before a word to alter its meaning
Syllable
Affix
Suffix
Prefix
7
The range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning.
Connotation
Denotation
Figurative Language
Analysis
8
Though unexpressed in the actual text, meaning that may be understood by the reader; implied
Repetition
Explicit
Main Idea
Implicit
9
the moral or message about life or human nature
Symbol
Theme
Tone
Analysis
10
The author’s choices regarding language, sentence structure, and voice
Mood
Tone
Style
Diction
11
An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human
Repetition
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Personification
12
An extended speech spoken by one speaker, either to others or as if alone
Aside
Prologue
Drama
Monologue
13
A dramatic speech, revealing inner thoughts and feelings, spoken aloud while alone on the stage
Soliloquy
Drama
Monologue
Aside
14
The process of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another
Argument
Explaination
Analysis
Interpretation
15
A playwright’s written instructions about how the actors are to move and behave in a play
Stage Direction
Director
Dramatic Script
Drama
16
The author’s intent either to inform, , to entertain people or persuade
Drama
Fiction
Characterization
Author's Purpose
17
To give reasons through an explanation to convey and represent the meaning or understanding
Explain
Describe
Interpret
Argue
18
The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various traits and personalities
Drama
Characterization
Foreshadowing
Irony
19
A judgment based on reasoning rather than on a direct or explicit statement
Thesis
Inference
Claim
Argument
20
To make a judgment or decision based on reasoning rather than direct or implicit statement.
Interpret
Analyze
Evaluate
Draw Conclusion
21
The voice used by an author to tell/narrate a story or poem
Voice
Mood
Tone
Speaker
22
The comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison (
like
or
as
) are used
Metaphor
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Simile
23
The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words
Diction
Allusion
Repetition
Alliteration
24
the use of language to create sensory impressions
Sound Devices
Imagery
Theme
Figurative Language
25
The structure of a story.
Rising Action
Plot
Falling Action
Climax
26
A person, animal, or thing telling the story or giving an account of something
Voice
Narrator
Style
Author
27
A literary approach that ridicules or examines human vice or weakness.
Fable
Red Herring
Satire
Allegory
28
A piece of information provided objectively, presented as true
Bias
Argument
Fact
Opinion
29
The attitude of the author toward the audience, characters, subject or the work
Theme
Voice
Mood
Tone
30
Information aimed at positively or negatively influencing the opinions of people
Claim
Propaganda
Argument
Counterclaim
31
Groups of letters placed after a word to alter its meaning or change it into a different word
Affix
Prefix
Suffix
Alliteration
32
A personal view, attitude, or appraisal
Poetry
Narrative
Fact
Opinion
33
An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event
Allusion
Simile
Analysis
Metaphor
34
The prevailing emotions or atmosphere of a work derived from literary devices
Atmosphere
Mood
Voice
Tone
35
An organizational device used in literature to set up an explanation of later developments
Foreshadowing
Repetition
Allusion
Theme
36
An organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before the present
Allusion
Flashback
Flashforward
Conflict
37
The written text of a play, which includes the dialogue between characters and stage directions
Dramatic Script
Soliloquy
Aside
Monologue
38
Clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text
Argument
Explicit
Implicit
Analysis
39
A device in literature where an object represents an idea
Symbol
Theme
Voice
Satire
40
The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning
Theme
Irony
Mood
Figurative Languag
