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| 10299064039 | Diction | _____________ is word choice, or the style of speaking that a writer, speaker, or character uses and should be matched to purpose or audience. (vocabulary) Connotation: (Emotional/Curtural Meanings) Denotation: (Literal dictinary defintion) What is the significance? What does it show us about characters? What does it show about the author? What does it show about the setting? Example: In this excerpt, the author describes the boy "[surveying] the class." When one "surveys" something, one is usually placed above that which is being surveyed, causing them to look down. Therefore, it is as if the boy sees himself on a kind of Mt. Olympus, placed above his classmates, sitting with other gods and looking down on lesser mortals surveying their reactions. This emotional response seems to purposefully pit the protagonist against the reader. Thus, the diction causes the reader not to like this character and speculate on the integrity of this character. |  | 0 |
| 10308626985 | Syntax | Syntax in literature refers to the actual way in which words and sentences are placed together in the writing.(subject-verb-object) |  | 1 |
| 10299073213 | Tone | _________ is the atmosphere, attitude or mood expressed by the author's writing. The author's choice of words and detail convey his/her attitude toward a subject or character. (attitude) |  | 2 |
| 10308621879 | Syntax vs. Diction | Diction refers to the choice of words in a particular situation, while syntax determines how the chosen words are used to form a sentence. |  | 3 |
| 10299074006 | Author's Purpose | _________ is his reason for or intent in writing. It may be used to amuse the reader, to persuade the reader, to inform the reader, or to satirize (ridicule) a condition. |  | 4 |
| 10299075277 | Characters | A character can be any person, a figure, an inanimate object, or animal. There are different types of characters, and each serves its unique function in a story or a piece of literature. | 5 | |
| 10299075278 | Plot | Plot is a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story, or the main part of a story. These events relate to each other in a pattern or a sequence. |  | 6 |
| 10299075279 | Setting | The setting of a piece of literature is the time and place in which the story takes place. The definition of setting can also include social statuses, weather, historical period, and details about immediate surroundings. | 7 | |
| 10299076410 | Themes | Theme is defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly. |  | 8 |
| 10299078175 | Symbols | A symbols representative of several other aspects, concepts or traits. Symbol is using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning. |  | 9 |
