Pre AP English - Literacy Terms for "Novel Note Cards"
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| Allusion | A figure of speech that makes brief reference to a person, event, statement, or theme found in literature, history, myths, religions, the arts. or popular culture.
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| Atmosphere | The general feeling created in the reader by the work at a given point. Synonymous with Mood.
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| Characters | Figures in a literary work.
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| Flashback | A scene that interupts the present action of a narrative work to depict an earlier event--often an event that occurred before the opening scene or the work--via reverie, remembrance, dreaming, or some other mechanism.
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| Foreshadow | The technique of introducing into a native material that prepares the reader or audience for future event, actions, or revelations.
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| Imagery | Refers to 1) the actual language that a writer uses to convey a visual picture; and 2) the use of figures of speech, often to express ideas in a vivid and innovative way.
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| Irony | A contradiction or incongruity between appearance or expectation and reality. The literal meaning differs from the intended meaning.
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| Narration | The act of process of recounting a story or events.
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| Personification | Applying human qualities to animals, abstractions, or inanimate objects.
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| Plot | The sequence of events in a story chosen to engage reader's interest that include the mood, characters, setting, and conflicts occurring in a story.
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| Point of View | The vantage point from which a narrative is told.
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| Omniscient | An all knowing narrator. The capacity to know everything infinitely.
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| A narrator not involved in the story | is telling the story in third person.
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| A character in the story, telling the story | is narrating in first person.
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| When the narrator speaks directly to the reader, | the story is in second person.
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| Setting | The combination of place, historical time, and social environment that provides the general background for the characters and plot.
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| Structure | The planned framework of a piece of literature. Examples: Poem, Sonnet, Narration, Short Story, Epic, Novel, etc.
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| Style | The way a literary work is written, the way an author expresses his/her thoughts and conveys the subject matter.
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| What produces the author's individual style? | The message or material that the author communicates to the reader, along with how the author chooses to present it.
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| Symbol | Something that stands for or suggests something larger and more complex -- like an idea or a range of interrelated ideas, attitudes, and practices.
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| Examples of a symbol: | A flag of any country or the intertwined Olympic rings. More subtle ones can be a river, colors, or a bird.
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| Syntax | The arrangement -- the ordering, grouping, and placement -- of words within a sentence.
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| Theme | The central idea. The statement the text makes about a subject. It can be obvious, as in a moral or lesson, or more subtle.
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| Tone | The attitude of the author toward the reader or the subject matter of a literary work. It may be serious, playful, mocking, angry, commanding, apologetic, etc.
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