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Ryles's 40 Lit Terms
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| analyze | to study or find out the nature and relationship of the parts of by analysis |
| autobiography | the story of a person's life written by himself or herself. |
| biography | The story of a person's life written by someone other than the subject of the work. |
| characteristics | special qualities or appearances that make an individual or group different from others |
| climax | the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action (as of a play) |
| context | the parts of something written or spoken that are near a certain word or group of words and that help to explain its meaning |
| determine | to find out or come to a decision. |
| determine an implied theme | to discover a theme that is not directly stated in a work of fiction |
| dialogue | In drama or fiction- a conversation between characters |
| drama | a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted on a stage |
| elements | the parts of which something is made up |
| essay | a usually short written work giving a personal view or opinion on a subject |
| event | something usually of importance that happens |
| explanation | a statement that makes something clear |
| exposition | a part of fiction or nonfiction writing that gives information |
| expository | a piece of writing that explains |
| fiction | something told or written that is not fact |
| figurative language | In literature a way of saying one thing and meaning something else. |
| genre | A literary type or form; a way of saying one thing and meaning something else. |
| imagery | A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses: sight- taste- smell- hearing- touch |
| imply | to express indirectly : suggest rather than say plainly |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase meaning one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them |
| nonfiction | literature or cinema that deals with real people and events |
| personification | A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human characteristics. |
| plot | The structure of a story. The sequence in which the author arranges events in a story. |
| point of view | A piece of literature contains a narrator who is speaking either in the first person telling things from his or her own perspective or third person as an onlooker |
| prose | writing that does not have the repeating rhythm used in poetry ; the ordinary language that people use when they speak or write |
| recount | to tell about in detail; to narrate |
| reveal | to make known |
| sequence | the order in which things are or should be connected or related |
| simile | a figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as |
| stage directions | the unspoken part of a dramatic script which instructs the actors how to move or speak |
| staging | the putting of a play on the stage |
| subplot | a secondary plot in fiction or drama |
| symbol | something real that stands for or suggests another thing that cannot in itself be pictured or shown |
| systematic | relating to or forming a system; carried out or acting with thoroughness or regularity |
| theme | a subject for a work of literature |
| values | worth, utility, or importance in comparison with something else |
| verse | writing in which words are arranged in a rhythmic pattern |
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