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ghgst readcomp
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This is a story with two or more levels of meaning--a literal level and a symbolic level--in which events, setting, and characters are symbols for ideas or qualities. | Allegory |
| This is the repetition of initial sounds at the beginnings of words | Alliteration |
| This is to separate a whole into its parts. | Analyze |
| This is the reason for creating written work | Authors Purpose |
| This wraps up a piece of writing and reminds readers of the thesis | Conclusion |
| This is the emotional feelings and associations that go beyond the dictionary definition of a word. | Connotation |
| This is the writer's choice of words, including the vocabulary used, the appropriateness of the words, and the vividness of the language. | Diction |
| This is a sustained comparison in which a subject is written or spoken of as if it were something else | Extended Metaphor |
| a word or phrase that is not meant to be taken literally but figuratively; synonym for figurative language | Figure of speech |
| This is a scene, a conversation, or an event that interrupts the present action to show something that happened in the past. | Flashback |
| The setting and circumstances in which a literary work is written or an event occurs. | Historical Context/Setting |
| This is reading between the lines. It is taking something that you read and putting it together with something that you already know to make sense of what you read. | Inferences |
| Literary works are often grouped into these because they share a time span. This allows analysis for traits common to an identified time. the Romantic period and the Renaissance are examples. | Literary Period |
| a point of view in which the narrator is outside the story and knows everything about the characters and events. | Omniscient |
| This is a statement that reflects a writer's belief about a topic , and it cannot be proved | Opinion |
| This is a persuasive technique in which an author creates a BALANCED sentence by re-using the same word structure. | Parallelism |
| This is a persuasive technique in which a writer or speaker asks a question, but no answer is required because he implies the answer is obvious; done to convince the audience to agree with the writer/speaker's point. | Rhetorical Question |
| This is the regular pattern of rhyme found at the ends of lines in poems | Rhyme Scheme |
| These are the sounds of words that poets use to enrich their poetry. | Sound devices |
| This is a person, place, thing, or event that represents something more than itself in a literary work | Symbol |
| This is the attitude that an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character. | Tone |
| This is the central message of a story, poem, novel, or play that many readers can apply to their own experiences, or to those of all people. | Universal Theme |
| This is the relationship between two or more events in which one event brings about another. | Cause and effect |
| This is a mode of writing whose purpose is to convey information or to explain and establish the validity of an idea in a logical, clear, and concrete manner. | Expository |
| This is a phrase in common use that can not be understood by literal or ordinary meanings. | Idiom |
| This is what people use in everyday speech. It usually consists of fairly short sentences and simple vocabulary. | Informal language |
| This is the reasoning used to reach a conclusion based on a set of assumptions, or it may be defined as the science of reasoning, proof, thinking, or inference. | logic |
| The series of events in a story. | Plot |
| This is something which seemingly cannot be, yet it is; a contradiction. | Oxymoron |
| This attempts to convince a reader to adopt a particular opinion or course of action. | Persuasive text |
| The assigning of human characteristics to a non-human object. | personification |
| This is whoever will be reading or listening to a piece of work/speech. | Audience |
| This is a quality in writing, in which ideas are presented in a clear, logical manner. | Coherence/ organization |
| This is the ordinary, usual, or exact meaning of words, phrases, or passages. No figurative language or interpretation is involved. | Literal meaning |
| The dictionary definition and meaning of a word. | Denotation |
Created by:
Wilkinson