a noun referring to a quality or state—love, honor, courtesy

a familiar wise saying, a proverb—“early to bed, early to rise, makes a man

a literary form in which some of all of the characters are embodiments of

repetition of initial consonant sounds—“Peter Piper picked a peck”

a casual reference to some character, person, idea or event.

a term used to signify that often, in poetry, two or more meanings of a

something out of its proper time. The clock that strikes in

a resemblance between two different things, often expressed as a simile.

a brief, pointed or humorous story, often included in a larger work.

the major character in opposition to the hero or protagonist of a

a sudden drop in the tone of a literary work, often for an intentional

a device in writing in which sharply opposing ideas are expressed within

a short pithy statement of a truth or belief—“Hope springs eternal in the

a figure of speech in which a thing is addressed directly as though it

the close repetition of similar vowel sounds, usually in stressed

similar to anticlimax in referring to a sudden and ridiculous descent from the

unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter

discordant or harsh sounds, frequently used for poetic effect.

a break or pause in sound or thought within a line of poetry which may or

a type of verbal portrait which makes a person ridiculous by

a timeworn or stale expression which has lost its vitality and to some extent its original meaning. The use of such old phrases suggests lack of imagination and

the moment in the story or play at which a crisis reaches its highest intensity and a decisive turning point.

a complex, elaborate, fanciful or startling parallel between two apparently

a noun referring to tangible things having concrete existence—

(confidante) a character in drama or fiction, a trusted friend to whom the

the emotional, imaginative, cultural or traditional associations

a pair of rhyming lines with parallel meter—Lizzie Borden took an Axe/Hit her father forty whacks.

the strict dictionary meaning of a word presented objectively, without

LATIN the god out of the machine A reference to the use, in

the particular choice of words a writer uses in a particular literary work.

term applied to any literary work whose principal aim is to instruct in

refers to the words and actions of characters who confidently

a poem of meditation and lament, usually over a death, or on the subject of

a short, usually, witty, statement, graceful in style and ingenious in

an appendix added after the conclusion of a play or a story.

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English10H Literary

Literary Terms for the 10th grade Honors class.

Question	Answer
ABSTRACT NOUN	a noun referring to a quality or state—love, honor, courtesy
ADAGE	a familiar wise saying, a proverb—“early to bed, early to rise, makes a man
ALLEGORY	a literary form in which some of all of the characters are embodiments of
ALLITERATION	repetition of initial consonant sounds—“Peter Piper picked a peck”
ALLUSION	a casual reference to some character, person, idea or event.
AMBIGUITY	a term used to signify that often, in poetry, two or more meanings of a
ANACHRONISM	something out of its proper time. The clock that strikes in
ANALOGY	a resemblance between two different things, often expressed as a simile.
ANECDOTE	a brief, pointed or humorous story, often included in a larger work.
ANTAGONIST	the major character in opposition to the hero or protagonist of a
ANTICLIMAX	a sudden drop in the tone of a literary work, often for an intentional
ANTITHESIS	a device in writing in which sharply opposing ideas are expressed within
APHORISM	a short pithy statement of a truth or belief—“Hope springs eternal in the
APOSTROPHE	a figure of speech in which a thing is addressed directly as though it
ASSONANCE	the close repetition of similar vowel sounds, usually in stressed
BATHOS	similar to anticlimax in referring to a sudden and ridiculous descent from the
BLANK VERSE	unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
CACOPHONY	discordant or harsh sounds, frequently used for poetic effect.
CAESURA	a break or pause in sound or thought within a line of poetry which may or
CARICATURE	a type of verbal portrait which makes a person ridiculous by
CLICHÉ	a timeworn or stale expression which has lost its vitality and to some extent its original meaning. The use of such old phrases suggests lack of imagination and
CLIMAX	the moment in the story or play at which a crisis reaches its highest intensity and a decisive turning point.
CONCEIT	a complex, elaborate, fanciful or startling parallel between two apparently
CONCRETE NOUN	a noun referring to tangible things having concrete existence—
CONFIDANT	(confidante) a character in drama or fiction, a trusted friend to whom the
CONNOTATION	the emotional, imaginative, cultural or traditional associations
COUPLET	a pair of rhyming lines with parallel meter—Lizzie Borden took an Axe/Hit her father forty whacks.
DENOTATION	the strict dictionary meaning of a word presented objectively, without
DEUS EX MACHINA	LATIN the god out of the machine A reference to the use, in
DICTION	the particular choice of words a writer uses in a particular literary work.
DIDACTIC	term applied to any literary work whose principal aim is to instruct in
DRAMATIC IRONY	refers to the words and actions of characters who confidently
ELEGY	a poem of meditation and lament, usually over a death, or on the subject of
EPIGRAM	a short, usually, witty, statement, graceful in style and ingenious in
EPILOGUE	an appendix added after the conclusion of a play or a story.

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