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Eng 10 Lit. Terms 1
Column 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| character | an individual in a story, play, or narrative poem. Static character, dynamic character, flat character, round character |
| characterization | the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character (personality, appearance, speech, thoughts, feelings, actions |
| indirect characterization | reader has to use her own judgement, putting clues together to figure out what a character is like |
| direct characterization | the writer tells us directly about the character, we don’t have to figure out what a character’s personality is like |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another |
| assonance | the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in words that are close together |
| flashback | A scene in a narrative work that interrupts the present action of the plot to “flash backward” and tell what happened at an earlier time. |
| imagery | Language that appeals to the sense – mostly visual, but can also appeal to reader’s senses of hearing, touch, taste, or smell. Involves description and often figures of speech. |
| mood | the overall emotion created by a work of literature |
| motif | a word, character, object, image, metaphor, or idea that recurs in a work or in several works (symbol); important relationship to theme of the work |
| anecdote | a belief and sometimes witty story that focuses on a single interesting incident or event, often in order to make a point or teach a moral lesson |
| maxim | a brief, direct statement that expresses a basic rule of human conduct or general truth about human behavior |
| proverb | a short saying that expresses a common truth or experience, usually about human failings and the ways that people interact with one another (often use metaphor, alliteration, parallelism, rhyme) |
| refrain | repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines usually in poetry and songs, used to create rhythm, build suspense, or emphasize important words or ideas |
| rhyme | the repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem (end rhymes or internal rhymes) |
| speaker | the voice that addresses the reader |
| symbolism | a literary movement that began in France in the late 19th century and emphasized the use of highly personal symbols to suggest ideas, emotions, and moods (suggestion of something rather than an explanation). |
| epic | a long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society |
| epic hero | characters that undertake quests to achieve something of tremendous value to themselves |
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