TNready literary terms

a technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form.

Please refer to the list of rhetorical devices and the argumentative appeals sheets.

• Rhetoric

• Tension

• Foreshadowing

• Suspense

an element in a novel that evokes emotions such as worry, anxiety, fear and stress on the part of both the reader and the characters in a novel.

• rhetoric

• Tension

• Foreshadowing

• Suspense

when a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story

• Rhetoric

• Tension

• Foreshadowing

• Suspense

the intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events. It basically leaves the reader holding their breath and wanting more information.

• Rhetoric

• Tension

• Foreshadowing

• Suspense

A method a writer uses to reveal a character's values, feelings, goals, etc. to readers.

• Characterizes

• Central Idea

• Claims

• Revise

The unifying, central element of a story

• Characterizes

• Central Idea

• Claims

• Revise

A statement in which a writer presents an assertion as truthful to substantiate an argument (Author's Argument)

• Characterizes

• Central Idea

• Claims

• Revise

to alter something already written or printed, in order to make corrections, improve, or update

• Characterizes

• Central Idea

• Claims

• Revise

An opposing viewpoint; something said to offset someone else's claim (Opposite of author's claim)

• Counterclaim

• Setting

• Climax

• Characters

the point at which the highest level of interest and emotional response is achieved.

• Counterclaim

• Setting

• Climax

• Characters