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LITERATURE TERMS B-C
CARMALT - Literature terms B-C
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| in general terms any song or folktale; in specific literary terms a narrative poem that tells a story | BALLAD |
| non-fictional account of a person's life; | BIOGRAPHY |
| the idea that language began when humans imitated animal noises or other natural sounds | BOW-WOW THEORY |
| natural rhythm of language depending on the stressed and unstressed syllables | CADENCE |
| Latin for "seize the day" which is a common literature theme that tells the reader to make the most out of life and enjoy it before it ends | CARPE DIEM |
| figure of speech resulting in stacking one hyperbole on top of another, ie: "The voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses." | CATACHRESIS |
| the act of hiding, removing, or altering art or writing so the public access is partially or completely limited | CENSORSHIP |
| individual being presented in a story through dramatic or verbal action | CHARACTER |
| description, dialogue, dialect, and action that creates a character and reveals their thoughts and feelings | CHARACTERIZATION |
| a history or record of events - often contain large amounts of folklore or word-of-mouth legends the writer has heard | CHRONICLE |
| order in which events happen, especially when emphasizing a cause-effect relationship in history or narrative | CHRONOLOGY |
| 5-line stanza with varied meter and rhyme scheme | CINQUAIN |
| trite and overused phrases; considered bad writing | CLICHE |
| narrative in which each section ends at a suspenseful moment, making the audience want to find out what happens next | CLIFFHANGER |
| moment in a play, novel, short story, or narrative poem at which the crisis reaches its point of greatest intensity and is thereafter resolved | CLIMAX |
| word or phrase used in everyday speech but rarely found in formal writing; slang | COLLOQUIALISM |
| language that describes qualities that can be perceived with the 5 senses as opposed to abstract language | CONCRETE IMAGERY |
| the opposition between 2 characters or between the protagonist and a larger problem such as forces of nature, ideas, society, etc. | CONFLICT |
| the implied meaning of a word or group of words instead of the strict dictionary definition; example: house and home mean domicile but "home" connotes personal connection | CONNOTATION |
| speech sound that is not a vowel | CONSONANT |
| squeezing together words or sounds with the use of an apostrophy during informal speech but not used in formal writing; example: "he is" to "he's" or "could have" to "could've" | CONTRACTION |
| Greek word for elevator-shoes worn by actors on stage | COTHURNI or COTHURN |
| 2-lines of the same metrical length that end in a rhyme to form a complete unit | COUPLET |
| careful analysis of an essay to determine its validity | CRITICAL READING |
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