Literary Analysis

• Genre

  • article 669

  • autobiography 36, 669

  • biographical fiction 669

  • biography 206, 669

  • diary 452, 669

  • drama 622, 669

  • environmental report 334

  • essay 670

  • expository nonfiction 356, 670

  • fable 670

  • fairy tale 670

  • fantasy 670

  • fiction 2, 80–83, 290, 318, 670

  • focus on genre 2, 3, 80–83, 168, 169, 244, 245, 322–325, 392, 393, 470, 471, 550, 551

  • folk tale 480, 492, 670

  • folklore 670

  • functional text 670

  • genre 290, 670

  • historical fiction 426, 442, 670

  • history article 178

  • interview 580, 671

  • journal 276, 671

  • legend 671

  • literature 671

  • modern fairy tale 116

  • myth 268, 671

  • narrative writing 2, 3, 77, 140, 671

  • news feature 226, 671

  • nonfiction 2, 92, 290, 322, 671

  • novel 671

  • online article 376

  • personal narrative 672

  • persuasive article 560

  • persuasive writing 550, 551, 627, 672

  • photo-essay 672

  • play 600, 672

  • poetry 290, 347, 524, 672

  • prose 672

  • proverb 672

  • realistic fiction 12, 314, 672

  • report 334, 672

  • science article 92, 254, 276

  • science feature 356

  • short fiction 60

  • short story 140, 300, 402, 673

  • social science feature 532

  • social science textbook 502

  • song lyrics 464, 673

  • speech 673

  • story 673

  • textbook 673

• Literary Elements & Devices

  • acts 600

  • alliteration 669

  • allusion 669

  • argument and support (as a text structure) 550, 551

  • author’s purpose 290, 392, 393, 426, 452, 467, 672

  • cause and effect (as a text structure) 106, 470, 471, 480, 532, 542

  • characters 60, 80, 81, 82, 116, 140, 164, 165, 314, 417, 442, 669

    • motive 671

    • thoughts, words, actions 60, 72, 81, 130, 417

    • traits 81, 116, 130, 669

  • characterization 81, 669

  • chronological order 168, 169, 178, 196, 206, 241

  • climax 26, 80, 160, 669

  • comparison and contrast (as a text structure) 244, 245, 254, 266, 276, 319, 366

  • complications 26, 160, 669

  • conflict 26, 80, 160, 669

  • connotation 315, 462, 669

  • denotation 315, 669

  • descriptive language 669

  • details 590

  • dialogue 300, 314, 622, 669

  • exaggeration 670

  • exposition 670

  • evidence 197, 216, 571

  • falling action 26, 80, 160, 670

  • figurative language 670

  • hero or heroine 670

  • hyperbole 670

  • idioms 443, 671

  • imagery 347, 416, 546, 671

  • jargon 291, 385, 591, 671

  • logical order 470, 471, 502, 522

  • main idea and details 470, 522

  • metaphor 395, 417, 418, 671

  • meter 671

  • mood 671

  • narrator 671

  • onomatopoeia 671

  • personification 394, 417, 672

  • persuasive appeals 550, 570

  • persuasive techniques 590, 626

  • plot 26, 80, 81, 116, 130, 140, 160, 165, 314, 442, 672

  • point of view 2, 12, 36, 50, 672

    • first-person 2, 12, 36, 50

    • third-person 50

  • problem and solution 168, 169, 226, 236, 241

  • propaganda 550, 572, 672

  • repetition 464, 672

  • resolution 26, 80, 160, 672

  • rhyme 464, 672

  • rhyme scheme 673

  • rhythm 464, 673

  • rising action 26, 80, 160, 673

  • scenes 600

  • sensory images setting 80, 82, 83, 116, 140, 160, 164, 165, 314, 442, 673

  • simile 394, 417, 673

  • stanza 464, 673

  • style 240, 673

  • symbols 524, 546, 673

  • text features 322–325, 334, 346, 256, 366, 376, 384, 389

    • bold type 322, 323

    • bulleted list 502

    • caption 178, 322, 323

    • chart 322, 334, 384

    • color coding 323

    • compass rose 323

    • diagram 322, 334, 346

    • graph 322, 256

    • heading 92, 322, 323, 376, 502, 532

    • headline 226, 236

    • illustration 322

    • index 322

    • italics 322

    • label 92, 322

    • link 376

    • map 322

    • menu 376

    • photograph 178, 322, 334, 384

    • sidebar 322, 502

    • subheading 322, 323

    • table of contents 322

    • title 323

  • text structure 26, 50, 106, 196, 236, 266, 366, 522, 542

  • theme 72, 76, 466, 492, 673

  • tone 198, 673

  • topic 388, 673

  • verse 464

  • word choice 392, 393, 402, 462, 463, 467, 590

• Literary Response & Evaluation

  • analyze literature

    • arguments in persuasive text 570

    • character and plot 130

    • drama 622

    • imagery in poetry 347

    • myths 268

    • persuasive language 590

    • plot 26

    • plot and setting 160

    • point of view 50

    • realistic fiction 314

    • song lyrics 464

    • support in persuasive text 571

    • symbols in poetry 524

    • text structure 26, 50, 106, 196, 236, 266, 522, 541

    • theme 71, 492

    • tone 198

  • compare across texts

    • authors’ styles 240

    • characters, settings, and problems 164

    • forms of fiction 318

    • literary elements 546

    • persuasive texts 626

    • topics 388

    • themes 466

    • universal themes 76