Lit Terms 1

The voice of a verb whose subject performs the action

To examine and appraise characteristics or qualities in order to discover similarities.

The term used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. meow, buzz).

A conclusion or opinion that draws on known facts, evidence, or intuition to fill in missing information

A figure of speech that gives life or human characteristics to non-human objects or ideas.

Events forming the outcome of the climax of a play or story.

Prose writing which tells an imaginary story.

A statement that cannot be proved because it expresses a person's belief, feelings, or thoughts.

The general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals. This may be stated or implied.

To develop, back up, or otherwise substantiate an idea using a variety of evidence, facts, and opinions.

To quote as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in scholarly work.

To briefly retell the main ideas of a piece of writing in one's own words.

A literary technique that involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradicitons

A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique, or content.

A figure of speech or other direct comparison of two things that are dissimilar, using the words "like" or "as"

Expresses the writer's attitude toward his or her subject.

Relating to, or inserted as a parenthesis.

Writing which tells about real people, places, and events mainly to convey factual information

Vocabulary relating to a particular subject, art, or craft, or its techniques.

A statement which can be proved or verified.

A specific piece of information that is offered to support a claim. This may be a fact, quotation, example, etc.

An intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect.

The action of forming a united whole. When the elements of a piece of writing "go together".

The repetition of speech sounds at the beginning of a word or of a stressed syllable within a word

The voice of a verb whose subject receives an action.

A person represented in a story

The perspective established by an author through which the reader is presented w/the characters, actions, setting, etc

The repetition in words of identical or similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds.

Writing which tells a story that is rooted in either fantasy or reality.

A small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming components of a clause.

A group of words that has its own subject and verb but may or may not express a complete thought

The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

An explicit or implicit reference, in a work of literature, to a person, place or event, or to another literary work

The structure of the actions in a dramatic narrative, rendered toward achieving particular emotional and artistic effect

The objective meaning of a word independent of other associations the word call to mind