Fundamentals of English: Unit III Review

a reoccurring idea or underlying meaning a writer explores; the central message in a narrative

• theme

• universal theme

• moral

• authorial intent

A idea about life that is found throughout world literature because it can be understood by people of all times and places.

• theme

• universal theme

• authorial intent

• moral

The reason that an author composed his or her work.

• theme

• universal theme

• authorial intent

• moral

A simple statement that sums up a truth about life.

• theme

• universal theme

• authorial intent

• moral

A theme stated outright within a work of literature.

• explicit theme

• implicit theme

• allegory

• symbol

A theme that is not stated outright but must be discerns from the details that the author includes in the work.

• explicit theme

• implicit theme

• allegory

• symbol

A type of extended metaphor that forms a story with two levels of meaning.

• explicit theme

• implicit theme

• allegory

• symbol

A person, place, thing, or idea that means something in addition to itself.

• explicit theme

• implicit theme

• allegory

• symbol

The use of language to convey meaning other than what is stated or a contradiction in what is expected to happen and what actually happens.

• irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

A type of irony in which a story's events violate normal expectations.

• irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony