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WGU-Lit Terms 2
WGU-Literary Terms & Conventions Mod. 3 & Fiction Mod. 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Figurative Language | Uses figures of speech, metaphor, simile, & alliteration; is connotative & conveys the richness & complexity of language |
| Apostrophe | A way of addressing someone or something invisible or not ordinarily spoken to |
| Conceit | Poetic device using elaborate comparisons; comes from the Italian concetto, which means "concept" or "idea" |
| Hyperbole | A figure of speech which uses exaggeration for comic, ironic, or serious effect |
| Metaphor | A statement that one thing is something else which, in a literal sense, is not (Richard is a pig) |
| Metonymy | Figure of speech that replaces the name of one thing with the name of another closely related thing (The crown = monarchy) |
| Paradox | Statement that appears to be self-contradictory but upon analysis reveals an underlying truth, significance, or meaning |
| Personification | Figure of speech in which a thing, an animal, or an abstract term is made human; allows an author to dramatize the nonhuman world in tangibly human terms |
| Simile | Comparison of two things, indicated by some connective, usually like, as, than, or a verb such as resembles |
| Synecdoche | A figure of speech where a part of something is used to represent the whole (saying wheels for car) |
| Transferred Epithet | Device of emphasis in which the poet attributes some characteristic of a thing to another thing closely associated with it |
| Understatement | Ironic figure of speech that deliberately describes something in a way that is less than the true case |
| Diction | Word choice or vocabulary; refers to the class of words that an author decides is appropriate to use in a particular work |
| Tone | Conveys an attitude toward the person addressed; tells reader how the speaker feels about him or herself |
| Symbolism | An object or action that suggests some further meaning in addition to itself |
| Theme | Can be stated variously, depending on what you believe matters most |
| Imagery | The collective set of images in a poem or other literary language |
| Allegory | Narrative where the literal events (persons, places & things) consistently point to a parallel sequence of symbolic ideas; has literal level & symbolic level |
| Allusion | A brief (sometimes indirect) reference in a text of a person, place, or thing; fictitious or actual |
| Aside | Few words, or short passage spoken in an undertone or to the audience; other characters are deaf to it |
| Convention | Expected features such as themes, subjects, attitudes, or figures of speech |
| Dialogue | The direct representation of the conversation between two or more characters |
| Dues Ex Machina | (God from machine) refers to the Greek play writes frequent use of God to resolve human conflict with judgments & commands |
| Flashback | A scene relived in a character's memory; can be relayed by the narrator in a summary or can be experienced by the characters themselves |
| In Media Res | (In the midst of things) refers to a narrative device of beginning a story midway in the events it depicts |
| Satire | Seeks to expose the failings of individuals, institutions, ideas, communities, or society; ranges from mildly humorous to a bitter indictment & has frequent elements of scorn, indignation, or contempt |
| Soliloquy | Speech by a character alone onstage in which he or she utters his or her thoughts aloud |
| Point of View | Perspective from which a story is told |
| First Person | Narrator is a participant in the action, refers to him or herself as "I"; shapes readers perception |
| Third Person Objective | Doesn't see into the mind of any particular character, narrator reports action impartially without telling what the characters think or feel (Uses, he, she, or they) |
| Third Person Limited | See's events through the eyes of a single character |
| Third Person Omniscient | See's into the mind of all (or some) of the characters |
| Verbal Irony | Statement in which the speaker or writer says the opposite of what is really meant (you fall & your friend says "how graceful you are!") |
| Dramatic Irony | Reader/audience understands the implication & meaning of a situation & foresees the oncoming disaster/triumph but the character does not; it forms between the contrasting levels of knowledge of the character & the audience |
| Irony of Situation | Discrepancy exists when something is about to happen to a character or characters who expect the opposite outcome |
| Fable | Brief, often humorous narrative told to illustrate a moral; characters are traditionally animals whose personality traits symbolize human traits |
| Parable | Brief, allegorical narrative that teaches a moral; moral themes are explicit & can be interpreted in many ways |
| Tale | Short narrative without a complex plot; ancient form of narrative found in folklore, & often contain supernatural elements |
| Short Story | A prose narrative too brief to be published in a separate volume as novella & novels are |
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