Literary Terminology #6 Be prepared with flashcards and study daily!

Sarcasm

Sarcasm What is it? Examples "How unselfish you are!" said the girl as her brother took the biggest piece of cake. Mark Twain once said that the coldest winter he ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. Answer The act of making fun of a person to hurt her or his feelings; harsh or bitter irony. A sneering or cutting remark; ironical taunt.

Science fiction

Script The text of a play, motion picture, or broadcast

Setting a Purpose The process of establishing specific reasons to read a literary work

Structure The way in which literature is put together

The order in which events occur or in which ideas are presented Sequence

Scene A section presenting events that occur in one place at a time

Rhythm The pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

Speaker The voice that talks to the reader

Stanza A group of lines within a poem

Skimming The process or reading quickly to identify the main idea of a work or passage.

Speech A prepared talk given in public

Stage directions The instructions to the actors, director, and stage crew

Scenery The painted backdrop or other structures used to create the setting for a play.

Simile A comparison of two things that have the same quality in common

Short story A brief work of fiction that can usually be read in a single setting

Stage The level and raised platform on which entertainers usually perform

Story Map A visual organizer that helps a reader understand a work of literature

Stereotype A generalization about a group of people, in which individual differences are disregarded