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Elem of Lit 4 w/EXAM

TermDefinition
Author's Purpose The reason why an author or authors write literature.
Persuade author's goal is to convince the reader to agree with the author's opinion.
Inform author's goal is to enlighten the reader with topics that are usually real or contain facts with valid information.
Entertain author's goal is to provide enjoyment for the reader.
Examples of Author's Purpose: To Persuade advertisements, commercials, newspaper editorials
Examples of Author's Purpose: To Inform textbooks, cookbooks, encyclopedias, newspaper
Examples of Author's Purpose: To Entertain poems, stories, plays, comic strips, short story, novels, comedies, riddles, jokes, song lyrics
Audience Who the writer writes for (young adults, parents, children, policemen, voters, scientists, etc.)
PIE Author's Purpose: Persuade, Inform, Entertain
Mood the particular feeling or atmosphere something has or creates.
atmosphere the overall feeling of a place.
tone attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
attitude the way you feel or think about something.
negative not positive or helpful
nuetral not positive or negative
positive good or useful
objective based on facts and not influenced by feelings
Inference a conclusion reached from evidence and observation
subjective based on feelings, emotions, and opinions
symbol something that represents something else
symbols in literature authors can use names, colors, numbers, or things to represent other ideas
foreshadow to warn that something may happen
flashback looking back at an event that happened earlier
infer to make an educated guess based on prior background knowledge
predict give a reasonable guess about what may happen next in the text based on context clues
Created by: carlyhayes1
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