ELA 30 Terminology Review Part 2

The qualities and traits of the author’s writing.

• Point of View

• Voice

• Biography

• Persona

A difference between what is said and what is intended or meant. Sarcasm is a popular form of this.

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Antithesis

The attitude with which a literary work is written; essentially the attitude of the author or persona.

• Fiction

• Tone

• Narrative

• Atmosphere

A narrator that is outside of the action or characters in a literary work.

• First Person

• Limited

• Third Person

• Omniscient

A universal message or lesson that is communicated through a literary work. Usually communicated through the use of allegory, symbolism, imagery, motif, etc. and are relevant to humanity or society.

• Theme

• Parable

• Caricature

• Mood

The development, structuring, and organizing of sentences in a written work.

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Diction

• Syntax

A brief or condensed statement that gives a broad overview of a subject.

• Synonym

• Synopsis

• Archetype

• Synecdoche

A figurative language device where a whole is referred to by one of its parts.

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Any object, person, or action that has a deeper meaning beyond the literal. Also is a concrete object that represents something more abstract.

• Symbol

• Metaphor

• Stereotype

• Imagery

Also known as a twist ending; the outcome or resolution of a conflict is not what is expected and takes the reader by surprise.

• Irony

• Surprise Ending

• Unhappy Ending

• Denouement