terms for lit and art

TERMS FOR UNDERSTANDING LITERATURE AND ART8th grade English

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ART VOCABULARYLet’s get artsy!

COLOR

Result of the reflection or absorption of light by a surface

Pigment that causes visual sensation

Not black or white

3 characteristics of color:

Hue (attribute of a color that gives it a general classification—yellow, green, etc.

Intensity (brightness of a color)

Value (lightness or darkness of a hue or neutral color)

LINE

A break of space in color (or black and white)

SHADE AND SHADOWS

Dark value of a color made by adding black

SPACE

The area between, around, below, or contained within objects.

BRUSHSTROKE

The movement of an artist’s brush full of paint or ink on a surface

PERSPECTIVE

The system of viewing a 3D object that is viewed on a 2D surface.

BACKGROUND

The part of the picture that seems to be farthest from the viewer.

FOCAL POINT

The place in a work of art at which attention becomes focused because of an element emphasized in some way.

SUBJECT

The topic or idea represented in an artwork

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LITERARY VOCABULARYLet’s get literary!

THEME

A central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work

Literary Works include

Fiction

An imaginative story

Non-fiction

A true story

Biographies

An account of someone’s life, written by an outside source

Autobiographies

An account of someone’s life, written by the same person

Memoirs

A brief portion of someone’s life, written by the same person

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

A way of speaking or writing in a non-literal way

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Simile

Personification

Idiom

DENOTATION V. CONNOTATION

Denotation

The literal meaning (dictionary definition) of a word

Connotation

The emotional feeling of a word that might differ from the denotation of a word

SETTING

Time, place, and environment of a story.

MOOD V. TONE

Mood

The READER’S feelings (emotions) created by a literary work

Tone

The AUTHOR’S attitude (feelings) toward the subject, a character, or the audience.

Both mood and tone are created with diction (word choice).

IRONY

3 Types

Situational

When something happens in a story that is not just surprising, but is the exact opposite of what you expected to happen.

Verbal

When something is said but what is meant is the opposite. (sarcasm)

Dramatic

The reader or audience knows something the character/characters do not know

STYLE

The way in which a writer or speaker says what he/she says

HUMOR

Dialogue, action, or an event that is designed to be comical, witty, funny, or amusing.

PERSPECTIVE V. POINT OF VIEW

Perspective Point of View

The state of one’s ideas, the facts known to one, and the angle from which one views a situation.

The perspective from which a story is told.

1st person

2nd person

3rd person limited

3rd person omniscient