English Terms

2. arguable statements intended to dispute other claims
4. a type of comparison in which a word or expression's literal usage and meaning is applied to a distinctly different thing (e.g., "All the world's a stage..." -Shakespeare)
5. to translate from the original text into one's own words
7. the events and actions of a narrative work
10. a conclusion logically drawn from presented information
12. the person in a fictional narrative who relates the account or story
14. the motive or reason for which an author writes, as to entertain, inform, or persuade
15. the intended target group of a message, such as adolescents for young adult literature
16. something concrete that represented something abstract
17. the author's attitude reflected in the style of the written word
18. the basic argument advanced by a speaker or writer who then attempts to prove it throughout the remainder of the piece of writing
19. a literary work based on the imagination
20. relationships created between new and familiar words, concepts, and ideas
24. facts, figures, details, quotations, or other sources of data and information that provide support for claims or an analysis of the text and that can be evaluated by others
26. an abstract concept broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work
27. when an inanimate object or an abstract concept is spoken of as though it were endowed with life or with human attributes or feelings

1. a passing reference in a text to a literary or historical person, place, event, or other literary work
2. the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing the meaning or effect; the social or cultural situation in which a spoken or written message occurs
3. persons represented in a dramatic or narrative work
6. a comparison between two distinctly different things indicated by the word "like" or "as" (e.g., quiet as a mouse)
8. visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
9. a type or class of literature (e.g., fiction, drama, poetry)
11. the emotion(s) expressed by an author or artist in the rhetoric, structure, and/or perspective of his or her work
13. the effective use of language in prose, verse, or oration to communicate with
16. the general place, historical time, and social circumstances in which action occurs in a story or play
21. prose writing that is not formed by the imagination
22. an arguable statement
23. the stylistic choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing
25. literature that can be in metrical form and that expresses an idea or concept often using figurative language
28. text or dialogue in which there is a root sense of hiding what is actually the case in order to achieve special rhetorical or artistic effect