| Word |
Definition |
| alliteration |
use of the same letter in a sentence(Shelly sells sea shells saturday) |
| allusion |
reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person,place,or thing. |
| anaphora |
repetition of the same word or group of words, and ideas. (ex: i will rock, i will roll, i will win.) |
| archetype |
character, actionm or situation that is a prototype or pattern of hunman life generally |
| assonance |
esemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds in words |
| asyndeton |
deliberate omission of conjunctions in a series of related clauses (ex:I came, i saw, i conquered") |
| polysyndeton |
device in which words, sounds, and ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythem and to create emphasis. |
| conflict |
term that describes the tension between opposing forces in a work of literature. |
| detail |
facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in a piece of poetry or prose. |
| diction |
word choice intended to convey a certain effect. |
| Flashback |
scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous event. |
| Imagery |
consists of words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing scenes |
| personification |
giving an animal, or object human-like qualities |
| direct characterization |
in literature and drama, the method of character development in which the author simply tells what the character is like |
| Juxtaposition |
poetic and rhetorical device in which normally device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are place next to one another, often creating an effect of suprise and wit. |
| Metaphor |
explicit comparison between2 unlike things |
| Motif |
term that describes a pattern or strand if imagery or symbolism in a work of literature. |
| Symbol |
use of any object, person, place, or action that both hasa meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself. |
| Simile |
explicit comparison between2 unlike things signaled by the use LIKE or ASS |
| Onomatopeoia |
refers to the use of words whose sound reinforces their meaning. |
| Point of View |
perspective from which a narrative is told. |
| Pun |
play on meaning of words |
| Repetition |
device in which words, sounds, and ideas are used more thaan once to enhance rhythemand create emphasis. |
| Rhetorical shift/turn |
a change or movement in a piece resulting from an epiphany, realization, or insight gained by the speaker, character, or the reader. |
| Setting |
time & place in which events in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem take place. |
| Situational irony |
occurs when a situtation turns out differently fomr what one would normally expect. |
| dramatic irony |
occurs when a character/speaker says or does something that has different meanings from what he thinks it means. |
| verbal irony |
occurs when a speaker/narrator says one thing while meaning the opposite |
| theme |
central message of literary work. |
| tone |
the writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience, and it is conveyed through the author's choice of words and detail. |
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