Literary Terminology

Imperative

• a command

• a question

• use of pronouns for a royal (i.e. the royal 'We')

• a rank of the Roman army

Multimodal

• a tool that can hammer, screw and drill.

• a text that includes different sections of information (often indicated through use of subheadings)

• a text that communicates information in more than one way: e.g. writing + images + audio

• combining the middle values of different texts and finding the combined mode

Serif

• bolded font

• a font that does not have curved or extended edges

• a font with curved or extended edges

• a font that looks like it is handwritten

Serif

• bolded font

• a font that does not have curved or extended edges

• a font with curved or extended edges

• a font that looks like it is handwritten

Modal verbs

• walk, talk, think, dance

• can, could, might, must

• contemplate, demand, cater

• lovely, smelly, disgusting

Syntax

• spelling and grammar

• sentence structure

• punctuation

• quality of vocabulary

Allegory

• a story that has a second meaning/message

• a type of crocodile found in North America

• a children's tale

• a fable

Allusion

• have a mixed feeling about something

• word that has a double meaning

• a reference to another text/person/situation

• explaining something using a parallel comparison

Ambiguity

• have a mixed feeling about something

• word that has a double meaning

• a reference to another text/person/situation

• explaining something using a parallel comparison

Analogy

• have a mixed feeling about something

• word that has a double meaning

• a reference to another text/person/situation

• explaining something using a parallel comparison