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8thGrLiteraryElement
8th Grade Literary Elements for Unit 1 Test - Oct 2012
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Connotation | the feelings and attitudes associated with a word |
| Tone | the writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience; conveyed through the author's choice of diction, imagery, figurative language, and/or details. |
| Summary | a brief restatement of the main ideas of a piece of writing |
| Symbolism | the use of any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself while standing for something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, belief, or value |
| Synonym | words with similar meanings |
| Context Clues | information in words and phrases surrounding an unfamiliar word that hint at the meaning of the unfamiliar word |
| Theme | the central message of a literary work; it is not the same as a subject, which can be expressed in a word or two |
| Diction | a word choice intended to convey a certain effect |
| Imagery | the words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses |
| Hero's Journey Steps | archetypal because they follow a similar pattern: 1) Call to Adventure, 2) Refusal of the Call, 3) Beginning of the Adventure, 4) Road of Trials, 5) Experience with Unconditional Love, 6) Ultimate Boon, 7) Refusal of the Return, 8) Magic Flight, 9) |
| Ultimate Boon | The goal of the quest is achieved. All the previous steps serve to prepare and purify the person for this step. |
| Appositive | A noun that renames a noun. My mother, a lovely woman, baked cupcakes for my birthday. |
| Purpose of body paragraphs | 1) contain a topic sentence (examples from the text to support your topic ideas), and 2) commentary that describes the humor or explains the intended reaction (effect). |
| Topic sentence | a sentence that states the main idea of a paragraph; in an essay, it also makes a point that supports the thesis statement. |
| Commentary/Supporting Detail | explanation of the way the facts, details and/or examples in a paragraph or essay support the topic sentence |
| Transitions | words or phrases that connect ideas, details, or events in writing |
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