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Literary term
All literary terms that will be on the final exam.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Irony: Verbal, Situational, Dramatic | Verbal - when you say one thing and you mean another (sarcasm without the "bite"); Situational - when what happens in a situation is the exact opposite of what you would expect; Dramatic - when the audience knows something but the characters do not |
| Theme | what the author wants us to know, think, feel, or believe after reading his or her piece. (is also a repeated motif) |
| Sonnet | The English version of this has: - 14 lines of iambic pentameter: U / U / U / U / U / -OR- ta Tum ta Tum ta Tum ta Tum ta Tum; - rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG; - 3 quatrains (4 lines) and 1 couplet (2 lines) |
| Imagery | Descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader. These pictures or images are created by details of the 5 senses. |
| Tragedy (according to Aristotle) | 1. Has to have a tragic hero that falls down from a height (literally or metaphorically); 2. Has to take place in 24 hours; 3. Audience must experience catharsis (cleansing of the soul); 4. Fate must be worse than what the character(s) deserved |
| Monologue | a speech revealing the character's thoughts to the audience when other characters are on stage but are not privy to the character's thoughts |
| Soliloquy | a speech revealing the character's thoughts to the audience when no other characters are on stage |
| Foil | a character whose main purpose is to reveal the characteristics of another character, through means of contrast |
| Connotation vs. Denotation | Connotation - meanings, given the associations with a word/phrase; Denotation - dictionary definition of the word/phrase</span></p>" |
| Syntax | word order |
| Diction | word choice |
| Simile | comparing things using "like" or "as" |
| Metaphor | comparing things without using "like"" or "as" |
| Hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| Cliché | an overused expression |
| Allusion (verb form allude) | a reference to another literary work within a literary work (usually biblical or mythological |
| Idiom | an expression that cannot be defined literally by its constituant elements |
| Euphemism | a kinder, gentler way of saying something |
| Symbol/symbolism | any object that takes on greater meaning in a literary work (mockingbird, juniper tree) |
| Motif | a repeated symbol (if this is repeated it is a theme) |
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