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Hourigan 11 Lit
Literary Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| allusion | reference to a piece of art or history the author expects readers to be familiar with |
| symbolism | marks, signs, or words that represent an idea |
| characterization | the development of a character |
| alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| anaphora | repetition of words, phrases, or clauses @ beginning of lines or sentences |
| simile | a comparison of unlike objects using "like" or "as" |
| irony | when what appears to be the case differs radically from reality |
| verbal irony | occurs when what is said/written differs from what is intended |
| dramatic irony | occurs when the character lacks vital information but the reader or audience has it |
| situational irony | occurs when someone's expectations have been violated--either the reader's/viewer's or the character's |
| point of view | vantage point from which a story is told |
| first person point of view | narrator is a character in the story; uses "I" and "me" |
| second person point of view | narrator speaks directly to reader; uses "you" |
| third person point of view | narrator is an outsider; uses "she/he/they" |
| limited point of view | narrator reveals a limited perspective--only the private thoughts of themselves or a single character |
| omniscient point of view | "all-knowing" point of view; narrator reveals private, internal thoughts of all characters |
| metaphor | a comparison of unlike objects not using "like" or "as" |
| setting | where, when a story takes place; includes era, architecture, weather, setting . . . |
| foreshadowing | hints about what is to come in a story |
| purpose of foreshadowing | builds suspense |
| mood | feeling created in readers by a passage |
| tone | the author's attitude toward the topic |
| diction | author's word choice |
| denotation | meaning of words as they are in the dictionary |
| connotation | an emotion or idea that a word invokes in addition to its meaning |
| theme | a message or lesson conveyed by a passage |
| apostrophe | refers to a speech or address to a person who isn't present |
| personification | giving human attributes or abilities to non-human objects or things |
| paradox | the juxtaposition of a set of seemingly contradictory concepts that reveal a hidden and/or unexpected truth |
| enjambment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line in poetry |
| free verse | unrhymed poetry |
| passive voice | occurs when the true subject of the sentence is acted upon; literally speaking, the true subject of the sentence is missing from the sentence |
| stanza | a grouped set of lines in poetry |
| syntax | the arrangement of words into a sentence that makes sense in a given language |
| stream of consciousness | a literary style in which a character's thoughts, feelings, and reactions seem to flow in the order in which s/he thinks of them |
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