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lit. devices-week 1
English 3a lit. devices for week 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Imagery | writing that involves one or more of the senses |
| Sonnet | lyric poem consisting of 14 lines |
| Tone | author’s attitude about his/her subject |
| Mood | how the reader feels after reading a piece of literature |
| Climax | dramatic high of story |
| Protagonist | Hero or central character in a piece of literature |
| Plot | sequence of events in a story |
| Short Story | a fully developed theme but shorter than a novel |
| Satire | literary work that blends a critical attitude with humor so that humanity may be improved |
| Analyze | take apart, figure it out, examine |
| Rising Action | events that lead to the climax |
| Analogy | comparison made to show a similarity |
| Suspense | feeling of growing tension and excitement |
| Dynamic | character who undergoes an important change |
| Infer | hint, read between the lines, suggest |
| Allusion | reference to a person, event, place, or phrase |
| Oxymoron | figure of speech that seems to be self-contradictory |
| Trace | copy, outline, follow the path of or map out |
| Foil | character who is meant to represent characteristics which are opposed to those of another character |
| Iambic Pentameter | metrical pattern of poetry which consists of five iambic feet per line |
| Evaluate | judge, score, judge the quality, rank |
| Foreshadowing | little hints about what is going to happen later in a story |
| Symbol | anything that stands for something else |
| Dialogue | a conversation in a piece of literature |
| an extreme exaggeration | an extreme exaggeration |
| Flashback | a shift in a story to an earlier event that interrupts the normal development of the story |
| Setting | time and place a story occurs |
| Onomatopoeia | word’s sound imitates its meaning |
| Archetype | model of person, personality, or behavior |
| Parody | humorous imitation of a previous literary work |
| Alliteration | repetition of the consonant sound |
| Formulate | plan, make it, put it together, put to this, add up, create, develop, build, invent, etc. |
| Gothic Fiction | genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance |
| Metaphor | comparing two unlike things without “like” or “as” |