Literary Terminology #6
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Sarcasm
• Sarcasm
What is it?
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Examples
• "How unselfish you are!" said the girl as her
brother took the biggest piece of cake.
• Mark Twain once said that the coldest winter he
ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.
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Answer The act of making fun of a person to
hurt her or his feelings; harsh or bitter irony.
A sneering or cutting remark; ironical taunt.
Science fiction
ZAP Time
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____________ or Thursday_______________ from 2:50-3:20.
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ZAP Time
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Math today and has been assigned 30 minutes after school on Tuesday
____________ or Thursday_______________ from 2:50-3:20.
Thank You,
Mrs. Cashwell
Script
• The text of a play, motion picture, or
broadcast
Setting a Purpose
• The process of establishing specific
reasons to read a literary work
Structure
• The way in which literature is put together
Sequence
• The order in which events occur or in
which ideas are presented
Scene
• A section presenting events that occur in
one place at a time
Rhythm
• The pattern or flow of sound created by
the arrangement of stressed and
unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
Speaker
• The voice that talks to the reader
Stanza
• A group of lines within a poem
Skimming
• The process or reading quickly to identify
the main idea of a work or passage.
Speech
• A prepared talk given in public
Stage directions
• The instructions to the actors, director, and
stage crew
Scenery
• The painted backdrop or other structures
used to create the setting for a play.
Simile
• A comparison of two things that have the
same quality in common
Short story
• A brief work of fiction that can usually be
read in a single setting
Stage
• The level and raised platform on which
entertainers usually perform
Story Map
• A visual organizer that helps a reader
understand a work of literature
Stereotype
• A generalization about a group of people,
in which individual differences are
disregarded