Lit Term Review

Using logical arguments/facts to prove a point

• logos

• pathos

• ethos

• first-person narration

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

a character who serves as a direct contrast to another character as a device to emphasize the qualities of the main character (Dr. Watson to Sherlock Holmes)

• antihero

• logos

• Foil

• rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

a classic pattern used in fiction that's guaranteed to satisfy most audiences

• protagonist

• point of view/narration

• theme

• storytelling arc

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

the main character: the person for whom the reader roots (Luke Skywalker)

• protagonist

• antagonist

• antihero

• foil

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

a method developed by Aristotle to always win an argument

• theme

• rhetoric

• butterflies

• foil

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

touching reader's emotions

• logos

• ethos

• pathos

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

when the protagonist is actually a villain of the story, but we empathize anyway (Dexter, Walter White, Tony Soprano)

• antagonist

• antihero

• foil

• the other guy

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.9

uses "I" pronoun

• first-person narration

• third-person narration

• second-person narration

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

an insight about human life that's revealed in a literary work

• third-person objective

• storytelling arc

• theme

• ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

the opponent who blocks the protagonist (Darth Vader)

• antagonist

• antihero

• exposition

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4