Literary Terms and Analysis Review

Reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work or work of art.

Hints that the author gives of things that are to come in the story.

One of Ms. Rivard's BIGGEST writing pet peeves

When a poem's speaker uses 'you' throughout a poem, they are:

Using imagery associated with animals or insects to describe someone or something.

The effect created when a writer juxtaposes opposing ideas.

Alliteration, onomatopeia, assonance and rhyme are:

Alliteration that repeats 'p' or 'b' sounds is:

What you must NOT do in an analysis essay:

Placing something side-by-side with something else (ideas, words, images, etc.)

The particular feeling implied by a word.

Depending on the context, a SAD 'tone' could also be called

A description that appeals to the sense of physical feeling or touch

In analysis, your THESIS must:

Characterisation can be revealed through:

On your PRT exam, you have 3 texts to read. How many should you write about?

When an author creates a sense of sympathy for the character, they create:

What you can do in a PRT (Personal Response to Text)

Metaphors, similes, personification and hyperbole are:

A theme or idea that is understood in most time periods and cultures is:

Similar to atmosphere or mood, it is the way a passage or poem 'sounds' or feels

Giving animals or inanimate objects human characteristics

When the narrator is an outside observer; i.e. they, he, she, it

An object, character, place (etc) that represents a larger idea or concept:

In analysis, each body paragraph must PEAL. The 'L' stands for:

In an essay, each body paragraph must PEAL. The 'A' stands for:

An idea, symbol, phrase (anything) that keeps re-ocurring in a story is a:

A contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience knows to be true.

The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of several lines

An important emphasis technique that should not be overlooked

Which of the following words does NOT use formal academic register

‘So foul and fair a day I have not seen’ is an example of:

When a speaker's words mean more or imply something else.

A description that appeals to the sense of smell

When the opposite of what is expected occurs, or the opposite of what is meant is said.