Question | Answer |
Round Character | a major character in a work of fiction who encounters conflict and is changed by it |
Flat Character | a minor character in a work of fiction who does not undergo change or growth in the story |
Allegory | communicates a message by means of symbolic figures, actions, or symbolic representation; conveys meaning other than the words that are written or spoken |
Assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming |
Exposition | at the beginning of a narrative, the author provides background information |
Caesura | a pause in a line of poetry |
Figurative Language | words or groups of words that alter usual meanings |
Narrative Poem | poetry that has a plot, includes epics and ballads |
Characterization | creating characters for a narrative and conveying information about them, presented by descriptions, actions, speech, and thoughts |
Iambic Tretrameter | each line has 8 syllables, with four stressed (da dum da dum da dum da dum) |
Iambic Pentameter | each line has 10 syllables, with 5 stressed syllables |
Trochaic Pentameter | each line has 5 stressed syllables |
Trochaic Tetrameter | a long syllable followed by a stressed syllable, each line has four stressed syllables |
Sonnet | form of poetry that consists of 14 lines |
Italian Sonnet | includes two parts that form an argument and a solution, first octave (8) forms the problem and a sestet (6) proposes solution |
Rhythmic Pattern | accented and unaccented or stressed syllables in literature |
Rhyme Scheme | the pattern of rhyme between lines, the pattern of end rhymes or lines
will keep A
have see B
will weep A
for thee B |
Chorus in a Drama | a group of actors who comment on the action and characters |
Aristotles concept of Tragedy | characters flaws leads to tragic ending |
Tragicomedy | blends tragic and comic forms, a tragic play with comic relief to lighten mood, or a serious play with happy ending |
Old English Poetry | based on one system of verse construction, 5 permutations on a base verse scheme, older germanic languages |