AICE English Lit Study Guide 1

Unseen - Poetry Elements

- theme

- speaker

- atmosphere

- tone

- language (figurative; deeper meaning)

- sound effects (repetition, alliteration, words that stand out to you)

- verse form (rhyme scheme, caesura, free verse)

- structure (how it is written)

- subject matter (what is happening or what is being discussed)

Unseen - Prose ("short story") Elements

- theme

- narrator (who is telling the story/POV)

- atmosphere

- tone

- language

- setting (time period of plot)

- language (dialogue)

- sentences (long and descriptive or short and choppy)

- characterization

Unseen - Drama Elements

- theme

- language & action (how they are talking in any physical situation)

- atmosphere

- tone

- humor/pathos (the way the play is trying to make you feel)

- action (stage direction)

- physical situation

- characterization (what are they wearing)

POV - prose

1st, 2nd, 3rd person - what perspective is it from?

Tone

how the author feels about the situation or what the author wants you to feel, think, and believe

Theme

what is the message of life lesson?

Speaker

who is talking, where are they, and where are they experiencing?

Atmosphere

change in the mood of the setting and surrounding environment

Characterization

what they look like, their behaviors, and what they say

Pathos

When a speaker/author uses an emotional appeal to persuade his/her audience and can be ANY emotion (sympathy, anger, pride, fear, etc.)