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LANGUAGE ARTS: TERMS TO KNOW
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TERMS TO KNOW PLOT DEFINITION: A literary term defined as the events that make up a story VIDEO:
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TERMS TO KNOW CLIMAX DEFINITION: Climax is the point of greatest tension in a work of literature and the turning point in the action.
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TERMS TO KNOW SETTING DEFINITION: Location and/or time frame in which the story takes place.
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TERMS TO KNOW HYPERBOLE
DEFINITION: A literary device where the author uses specific words and phrases that exaggerate and overemphasize the basic crux of the statement in order to produce a grander, more noticeable effect.
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TERMS TO KNOW INFERENCE
DEFINITION: A literary device used commonly in literature and in daily life where logical deductions are made based on premises assumed to be true. Think of it as a prediction or educated guess of what is going to happen next in a story.
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TERMS TO KNOW THEME DEFINITION: The central idea or idea explored in a body of work. An example is love, man vs. nature, man vs. man or good vs. evil
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TERMS TO KNOW THESIS DEFINITION: The point the writer is trying to make. It ALWAYS comes at the beginning (first paragraph) when you are writing an essay.
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TERMS TO KNOW SIMILE DEFINITION: A comparison of two things using like or as. For example, “Ted is quick like a cheetah.”
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TERMS TO KNOW METAPHOR DEFINITION: A literary device when one thing is said to be another. For example, “Jane is so stable, she is a rock.”
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TERMS TO KNOW ONOMATOPOEIA
DEFINITION: A word that imitates the natural sounds of a thing.
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TERMS TO KNOW IDIOM DEFINITION: A phrase or a fixed expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning. An idiom's figurative meaning is different from the literal meaning.
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TERMS TO KNOW PERSONIFICATION
DEFINITION: It refers to the practice of attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects, phenomena and animals.
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TERMS TO KNOW MYTHS DEFINITION: Tales that explain the actions of gods, goddesses, and the heroes who interact with them. These stories are not true, but are an attempt to explain unexplainable things.
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TERMS TO KNOW LEGENDS DEFINITION: Traditional stories based on real-life events. As these stories are re-told, fact often changes to fiction and the characters often become larger than life.
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TERMS TO KNOW FOLK TALES
DEFINITION: Stories about ordinary people. These stories reveal the traditions and values of a culture and teach a lesson.
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TERMS TO KNOW TALL TALES
DEFINITION: A type of folk tale that often use hyperbole for comic effect. These stories often focus on a central hero who performs impossible feats.
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TERMS TO KNOW FABLE DEFINITION: A brief story featuring animals that speak (personification) and act like humans. They often end in a moral that is directly stated.
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TERMS TO KNOW EPICS DEFINITION: Long narrative poems important to the history of a nation or culture. They tell of a larger-than-life hero who goes on a dangerous journey or quest.
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