Major Literary Terms for the CSET Multiple Subjects Exam
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the placing of elements to achieve an effect. ex. rhetorical strategy of most love poems is deployed to convince the loved-one to return the speaker’s love.
STRUCTURE – arrangement of materials within a work; relationship of the parts of a work to the whole. Most common is ABCDE, contrast A vs. B, C vs. D, E vs. A, and repetition (AA,BB,AB)
STYLE – mode of expression in language. ex. diction, syntax, figurative language, imagery, selection of detail, sound effects, and tone.
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION – introduces a dependent clause and indicates the nature of the relationship among the independent clause(s) and the dependent clause(s). Common subordinating conjunctions are: after, although, as, because, before, how, if, once, since, than, that, though, till, until, when, where, whether, while.
SYLLOGISM – form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them. ex “all tragedies end unhappily” (followed by a minor premise) “Hamlet is a tragedy” (and a conclusion) therefore, Hamlet ends unhappily.
SYMBOL – something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else. ex. winter, darkness, and cold are real things but in literature they are also likely to be used as symbols of death.
THEME – main thought expressed by a work
THESIS – theme, meaning, or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support
TONE – the manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude
TRAGEDY – play with serious content and an unhappy ending. ex. Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
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