Lesson Six - Literary Terminology
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| Date: | Monday, 10 November 2025, 9:01 AM |
Introduction
Lesson Six - Literary Terminology
Duration - 2 blocks (2 x 80 min + homework)
"Fortune favours the prepared mind" - Louis Pasteur
In the first five lessons of this Unit, all of the notes for ELA 30-1 have been presented.
It is not possible to commit all of the literary terms to memory, but memorizing a few of them will serve you well as you move through the quizzes in this course and most certainly on Part B of your diploma exam.
Lesson
Literary Terms Worth Memorizing . . .
The list of literary terms below are ones that should be part of your vocabulary – you will hear and read the terms (and examples) used on a daily basis.
The vast majority of these terms are guaranteed to appear on the reading comprehension exams in this course and on Part B of your ELA diploma exam. In a study conducted on twenty sittings of Part B exams, “irony” was found on 100%, “allusion”, “imagery”, “metaphor”, and “tone” on 75-99%, “context”, “contrast”, “mood”, “paradox”, “purpose”, “setting”, “symbol”, and “theme” on 50-74%, with the remainder appearing 25-49% of the time.
Of course, there are certainly other terms which will appear on Part B of the diploma exam, but in relatively low frequency. Committing these terms to memory will serve you well on the exam and in your daily life.
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alliteration |
Assignment
ASSIGNMENT (50 marks)
Open a new PowerPoint document. Label it E301U1L6surname
In this document, complete the assignment outlined below.
Submit this assignment using the Assignment Folder for E301U1L6 literary terms
Use the definitions and examples that are in your poetry notes to help you create your PPT!
For EACH of the 30 terms listed on the Lesson page, provide the following information on a PPT slide:
term
definition
example
graphic/photo to illustrate the example!! You are creating a study aid to use for the exams in this course and on Part B of your diploma exam. Under pressure, having a graphic to recall an example which may then help you to recall the definition of the term, would be most useful!
Watch this Multiple Choice
This password-protected exam will be written online, administered and supervised by your distributed learning supervisor.
You will read two pieces of non-fiction, two poems, and a short story, answering 38 questions on the five texts.
Theory Exam
THEORY EXAM (100 marks)
The Theory Exam is a password-protected exam will be written online, administered and supervised by your distributed learning supervisor.
- You will read EACH of the following texts:
- two pieces of non-fiction
- two poems
- one short story
- photo
- 38 questions multiple choice questions on the five texts.
- Be sure to review the PowerPoint you have just created!
BEFORE writing the Theory Exam, watch this
Conclusion
The PowerPoint you created in this lesson is a valuable set of study notes to which you should refer prior to writing any reading comprehension exam in this course, including the Theory Exam and Part B of your diploma exam!