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Unit 3 Success: Defining It, Measuring It, Setting & Achieving Goals

This unit focuses on key literary terms essential for effective communication and critical reading. It defines and exemplifies terms such as syntax, diction, denotation, connotation, and tone. The unit also explores various language types, including literal and figurative, alongside devices like metaphors, similes, alliteration, and hyperbole. Additionally, you'll learn about poetic styles, rhyme schemes, and rhetorical strategies involving ethos, logos, and pathos. Master these concepts to enhance your writing and understanding of literature, while applying them to set and achieve your goals effectively.

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Unit 3 Success: Defining It, Measuring It, Setting & Achieving Goals

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  1. Unit 3Success: Defining It, Measuring It, Setting & Achieving Goals Literary Terms

  2. Literary Terms • Syntax: the arrangement of words in a sentence • Diction: the particular choice of words • Denotation: the literal dictionary meaning of a word • Connotation: the suggested meaning of a word beyond the dictionary definition • Tone: the writer’s attitude towards a subject • Purpose: what the writer wants the reader to understand

  3. Literary Terms • Literal Language: means exactly what it says • Figurative Language: changes the literal meaning for the sake of comparison or emphasis • Alliteration: repetition of beginning sounds • Metaphor: a comparison between two seemingly unlike things • Personification: Givingan object, animal, idea humanlike qualities • Simile: a comparison using the words “like” or “as” • Hyperbole: the use of exaggeration

  4. Literary Terms • Style (poetry): poet’s creative process determined by choices involving diction, figurative language, rhetorical devices, sounds, and rhythmic patterns • Stanza: two or more lines of poetry that form one of the divisions of a poem • Rhyme Scheme: the pattern established by the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or poem

  5. Literary Terms • Rhetorical Strategies: persuasive strategies • Ethos: the source's credibility, the speaker's/author's authority • Logos: the logic used to support a claim; can also be the facts and statistics used to help support the argument • Pathos: the emotional appeal, appeals to an audience's needs, values, and emotional sensibilities.

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