Literary Elements - Marigolds

a way of expressing something in writing or speech that is developed using various techniques

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• style
• infer
• literary element
• mood
• tone
• author's purpose

a reason for writing, such as to entertain, inform, or persuade

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• author's purpose
• infer
• literary element
• mood
• style
• tone

to determine something not stated directly by using reasoning and evidence from the text

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• infer
• literary element
• author's purpose
• mood
• style
• tone

the necessary components of a work of literature, such as characters, plot, setting, point of view, and theme

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• literary element
• mood
• style
• tone
• infer
• author's purpose

the emotional atmosphere of a piece of writing, created through diction, figurative language, and other choices

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• mood
• style
• tone
• infer
• literary element
• author's purpose

the author's, speaker's, or narrator's attitude toward a subject, evident through word choice (diction) and other style elements

​ (a)  

• tone
• style
• mood
• literary element
• infer
• author's purpose