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LA Final
Benjamin
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| allegory | everything is a symbol for another story |
| alliteration | repeating consonant sounds at the beginnings |
| analogy | comparing two unlike things |
| antithesis | opposite, puts two contrasting ideas together |
| aphorism | opinionated statement of wisdom |
| archetypes | typical thing representing patterns of human nature |
| aside | something said aloud that the audience hears but the other characters don't |
| attitude | perspective or behavior towards something |
| axiom | widely accepted truth, cliche |
| ballad | a short story in verse, simple poem that tells a story, set to music |
| canto | sections into which long poems are divided, 33 lines per stanza, ex. inferno |
| chorus | can act as narrator or commenter during a play |
| climax | turning point or most significant scene in a work, usually leading to a resolution of sorts |
| comedy | piece of work with a happy ending, ex. wedding |
| couplet | 2 lines together that rhyme with each other, at the end of a Shakespearean sonnet |
| direct characterization | author literally states something about the character's personality - adjectives |
| dramatic irony | audience (or other characters) knows something others don't |
| emotional appeal (pathos) | appeal to audience's emotions |
| epic | long poem about a hero |
| ethos | appeal to authority, credibility of author, ethics, moral |
| fable | short story that reveals a moral with talking animals |
| fact | statement that is true and can be verified |
| foreshadow | warning or indicating a future event |
| hyperbole | exaggeration, not to be taken literally |
| imagery | descriptive language for visualization |
| indirect characterization | the author reveals actions or thoughts about the character that give away their personality - verbs (actions) |
| infer | to conclude based on evidence |
| logos | appeal to logic, content |
| medieval epic hero (characteristics) | journey, chivalry, honor, boy scout, morally straight, chaste, loyal |
| metaphor | deep comparison of two unlike things without using like or as |
| monologue | extended speech given by one character (not alone on stage) |
| mood | the way the reader feels |
| myth | story that comes from ancient literature involving supernatural elements |
| octave | 1st 8 lines of a Petrarchan sonnet |
| onomatopoeia | word base on sound ex. buzz, oink |
| opinion | belief not verified with proof |
| parable | short allegorical story designed to teach a truth |
| paraphrase | to tell in other words |
| parenthetical documentation | in text citations |
| pathos | emotional appeal, appeal to audience's emotions |
| personification | giving human qualities to non human things |
| petrarchan sonnet | octave abba abba and sestet cde cde to cdc dcd |
| proverb | saying that expresses truth |
| purpose | why the author wrote it |
| quest | difficult journey |
| repetition | repeating words or phrases |
| resolution | act of solving the problem in a story |
| science fiction | genre |
| shakespearean sonnet | abab cdcd efef gg, three quatrains and a couplet |
| simile | comparing two unlike things using like or as |
| situational irony | opposite of what you expect, everyone is surprised |
| soliloquy | a character speaks to himself and usually reveals feelings that the audience needs to know (alone on stage) |
| stanza | grouped set of lines in a poem |
| summary | restatement of main points |
| symbol | physical object that refers to something deeper |
| terza rima | aba bcb cdc ded, three lines per stanza, inferno |
| theme | general subject of a piece of writing |
| tragedy | work that ends in human suffering for main characters |
| verbal irony | sarcasm, lie, say one thing yet mean another |
| verse | single line in a poem |
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