Keystone Lit Terms 7

A recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work.

• Motif

• Mood

• Theme

• Subject

Words that have several meanings depending on how they are used in a sentence.

• Motif

• Alliteration

• Multiple meaning words

• Connotation

A story, actual or fictional, expressed orally or in text.

• Non-fiction

• Fiction

• Narrative

• Motif

A person, animal, or thing telling the story or giving an account of something. 

• Omniscient

• Limited

• Narrator

• Theme

Text that is not fictional; designed primarily to explain, argue, instruct or describe rather than entertain. For the most part, its emphasis is factual. 

• Narrative Text

• Poetry

• Non-Fiction Text

• Fiction Text

A personal view, attitude, or appraisal. 

• Fact

• Fiction

• Narrative

• Opinion

The author’s central thought; the chief topic of a text expressed or implied in a word or phrase; the topic sentence of a paragraph.

• Main Idea

• Theme

• Motif

The comparison of two unlike things in which words of no comparison (like or as) are used (e.g The speech gave me food for thought).

• Similie

• Motif

• Metaphor

• Allusion

An extended speech spoken by one speaker, either to others or as if alone. 

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

• Theme

• Dialogue

The prevailing emotions or atmosphere of a work derived from literary devices such as dialogue & literary elements such as setting. Is not always what might be expected based on its subject matter.

• Tone

• Mood

• Setting

• Atmosphere