Keystone Glossary Review Part 2

A story, actual or fictional, expressed orally or in text

Text that is not fictional; designed primarily to explain, argue, instruct or describe

A device in literature where an object represents an idea

The rhyming pattern, meter, grammar, and imagery used by a poet to convey meaning.

A recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work.

A literary organizational form that presents the order in which tasks are to be performed.

tries to persuade the reader because it is popular or because“everyone” is doing it.

The author’s choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone

A literary approach that makes fun of human or society's vices or weaknesses

attempts to persuade the reader by using a famous person to endorse a product or idea

A person, animal, or thing telling the story (giving the narrative)

persuasive tactics are used to influence people to believe, buy or do something

Groups of letters placed before a word to alter its meaning

A word that is similar in meaning to another word 

an attack on a person instead of an issue

 The structure of a story - includes rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison (like or as) is used

Groups of letters placed after a word to alter its meaning

A personal view, attitude, or appraisal.

text that uses rhythm/rhyme, appeals to the sensesthrough imagery, and takes a variety of forms

A topic of discussion or work

attempts to persuade the reader by showing how many people thinksomething is true

importance or value of a work to represent human experience regardless of culture or timeperiod

an attempt to distract the reader with details not relevant to the argument

the perspective from which a story is told

hero, villain, intellectual, dreamer

makes an oversimplified statement about a group based on limitedinformation. 

written instructions provided in the text of a play about how the actors are to move

Words that have several meanings depending upon how they are used in a sentence.

A dramatic speech spoken aloud by one character while alone on the stage.

presents the events of the story from outside of any singlecharacter’s perception

tries to persuade the reader by using words that appeal to the reader’s emotions 

The time and place in which a story unfolds

attempts to persuade the reader by repeating a message over and over again.

assonance, consonance, alliteration, rhyme, onomatopoeia

An object or abstract idea given human qualities 

the part of a story that leads up to the climax, or turningpoint

The portion of a story following the climax in which the conflict is resolved

states a conclusion as part of the proof of the argument