More Literary Terms to Know

Master literary terms! Practice author's purpose, tone, mood, irony, and symbolism with this engaging ELA worksheet.

Author's Purpose Sort There are three main reasons why an author writes: to entertain, to inform, and to persuade. Sort each description below based on the author's purpose. to entertain a short story about a robot invading the community a romance novel to inform encyclopedia entry on aluminum a pamphlet explaining local tourism to persuade an article about the benefits of recycling and how you can help an advertisement for a local restaurant Trailer 1 Watch this trailer. As you watch. Consider the tone and overall mood. Trailer 2 As you watch this trailer, consider the tone and mood. How would you describe the tone in the first trailer? What about the second trailer? Explain your reasoning and cite specific examples from the video explaining the author's tone (attitude toward the subject and audience) Compare the overall mood in the two videoes. Describe what the mood is in each trailer and explain what elements of the videos create the moods. Explain your reasoning and cite specific examples from the video explaining the mood. The more specific your answers, the more credit you will earn. Symbol Matching Match each item below to what it commonly symbolizes. If you are unsure, you may look them up. lion power lamb innocence heart love dove peace color green envy owl knowledge color black death eagle freedom Identify the type of irony: In Shrek, Donkey asks Shrek if he can stay with him. Shrek replies, "Of course," when he really means, "No, not really." situational verbal dramatic Identify the type of irony: The whole story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz presents a case of situational irony. Dorothy goes to the wizard in order to find a way home, only to learn that she is capable of doing so herself. Which is something neither she nor the audience expects. situational verbal dramatic Identify the type of irony: Through seven novels, the audience believes that Harry can kill Voldemort, the evil lord. However, the audience is thrown off guard near the end of this series when it becomes clear that Harry must allow the evil lord to kill him, so that Voldemort’s soul could become mortal once again. Hence, Harry allows himself to be killed in order to defeat Voldemort, which is exactly the opposite of the audience’s expectations. situational verbal dramatic Identify the type of irony: In a scary movie, the character goes into a house they think is empty, but the audience knows the killer is in the house. This increases the suspense. situational verbal dramatic Identify the type of irony: A woman thinks her boyfriend is acting strangely because he's about to propose, but the audience knows that he is planning to run away with another woman, intensifying emotions. situational verbal dramatic Identify the type of irony: The candidate that nobody likes gets elected mayor. A couple of citizens are overheard saying, "Gee. I was really hoping he'd win." situational verbal dramatic Identify the type of irony: In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows Juliet is in a drugged sleep, so when Romeo thinks she is dead and kills himself (followed by Juliet doing the same) it increases the audience's shock. situational verbal dramatic Identify the type of irony: A boyfriend plans to propose to his girlfriend on the night she cancels on him to stay home and binge-watch Netflix. He replies, "Sure. It's not like I had anything special planned." situational verbal dramatic