super cool lit vocab

Characterization

1.  Characters in literature allow readers to study and explore a range of values, beliefs, assumptions, biases, and cultural norms represented by those characters.

Setting

1. Setting and the details associated with it not only depict a time and place, but also convey values associated with that setting.

Structure

1. The arrangement of the parts and sections of a text, the relationship of the parts to each other, and the sequence in which the text reveals information are all structural choices made by a writer that contribute to the reader’s interpretation of a text.

Narration

1. A narrator’s or speaker’s perspective controls the details and emphases that affect how readers experience and interpret a text.

Figurative Language

1. Comparisons, representations, and associations shift meaning from the literal to the figurative and invite readers to interpret a text.

Literary Argumentation:

Readers establish and communicate their interpretations of literature through arguments supported by textual evidence.

Characterization

1. focus on text details related to character pov and motive, static vs. dynamic characters, look for character foiling, analyze nuance and complexity in character relationships, etc. 

Setting

1.  identify details that reveal setting, look at the function of setting, analyze how setting influences character, etc. 

Structure

 analyze plot order, explain function of sequence of narratives, explain the structure of poetry, look for contrasts, focus on conflict, etc.

Narration

1. identify narrators or speakers, analyze pov, focus on tone and diction that reveals it, narrator reliability, etc. 

Figurative Language

1. distinguish between the literal and figurative, identify symbols/imagery/simile/metaphor/personification/allusion, etc. 

Literary Argumentation

1. develop an original thesis statement that is backed up by commentary and evidence to build a line of reasoning (applies to different essay types)