8th grade Literary terms

Choosing to believe or accept that a specific position is true and justifiable

• persuasion

• inference

• belief

• character motives

typically a brief reference to a literary work, song, event, place, thing, and so forth, with which the author assumes the reader is familiar.

• persuasion

• tone

• theme

• allusion

Testimonials, generalization, bandwagon appeal, loaded language, and so forth, are all examples of

• mood

• propaganda techniques

• inference

• characters

Broad sweeping ideas, such as good triumphs over evil, love conquers all, bad guys finish last, and so forth, are all examples of

• themes

• tone

• inference

• character motives

Elie Wiesel's Night is an example of a

• fable

• allegory

• allusion

• memoir

Strong writers and speakers should take time to consider a word's if desiring a specific effect and/or implication

• spelling

• connotation

• syllables

• style

When an advertisement makes a product seem so cutting edge and new that only the most informed consumers use this product.

• hasty generalization

• dramatic irony

• avant garde

• rational appeal

When an author does not directly tell readers, but instead expect readers to draw their own conclusions based upon events, dialogue, and actions of characters. The reader must use this skill.

• inference

• irony

• emotional appeal

• tone

Advertisements and commercials typically have this in mind when creating ad content. This includes statistics like the athletic-interest, political-interest, age-range, socio-economic status, race, and so forth

• rational appeal

• loaded languaged

• target audience

• hasty generalizations

Ideals and lessons in a story that ring true across most cultures and geographic locations are known as

• emotional appeal

• implied theme

• suspense

• universal themes