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literary elements 1
Romeo and Juliet
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| archetype | an original model or form after which other similar things are patterned. |
| connotation | the connotation of a word is the set of ideas associated with it in addition to it's explicit meaning. |
| denotation | the denotation of a word is it's dictionary meaning, independent of other associations that have the word may have. |
| dialogue | is a conversation between characters. |
| monologue | is a speech by one character in a play, story,or poem. |
| narrator | is a speaker or character who tells a story. |
| soliloquy | is a long speech expressing the thoughts or a character alone on stage |
| understatement | a type of verbal irony in which something is purposely represented as being far less important |
| sonnet | is a fourteen line lyric poem, usually written in |
| allusion | is a reference to a well known person,place,event,literary work,or work of art. |
| foil | is a character who provides a contrast to another character |
| alliteration | is the repetion of initial constant sounds |
| oxymoron | an expression combining terms that clash or contradict each other, as sweet and sorrow |
| pun | a play on words that involves different senses of the same word or the similar sense or sound of different words |
| antagonist | character in conflict with the main character |
| character | a person or animal in a literary work |
| round character | shows different traits faults as well as virtues |
| flat character | shows only one trait |
| static character | does not change |
| dynamic character | develops and grows during the course of the story |
| characterization | the act of creating and developing a character |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces |
| external conflict | the main character struggles against an outside force |
| internal conflict | involves a character in conflict with themselves |
| foreshadowing | clues that suggest events that have not yet happened |
| imagery | descriptive or figurative language used to make word pictures |
| irony | literary technique that portrays differences between reality |
| dramatic irony | contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader knows |
| verbal irony | words that are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken as though it were something else |
| 1st person point of view | when a character in the story tells the story |
| 3rd person limited point of view | sees the world through one character's eyes and reveals only about that character |
| 3rd person omniscient point of view | all knowing third person narrator can tell the readers what any character thinks or feels |
| personification | giving human characteristics to nonhuman forms |
| plot | is the sequence of events in a literary work |
| exposition | writing or speech that explains a process or presents information |
| rising action | all events leading up to the climax |
| climax | high point of interest or suspense |
| falling action | follows the climax |
| protagonist | the main character in a literary work |
| setting | the time and place of the action |
| simile | figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison |
| speaker | the imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem |
| symbol | anything that stands for or references something else |
| theme | the central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work |
| stereotype | fixed idea or conception of a character that does not allow for any individuality |
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