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AM Lit EOC Prep
Vocab for AM LIT EOC
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | Repeating identical beginning consonant sounds |
| flashback | The author interrupts the scene of a narrative to tell about earlier events |
| foreshadowing | An author gives hints or clues as to what will happen in a story |
| hyperbole | Exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect |
| situational irony | When things happen that are in direct contrast to what we expect (or would like to happen) |
| verbal irony | When people say one thing but mean the opposite |
| dramatic irony | When the reader knows something the character doesn't |
| metaphor | Compares two things directly, without using the words "like" or "as" |
| extended metaphor | A continued comparison throughout a work |
| onomatopoeia | Words that imitate specific sounds |
| paradox | A statement that at first seems self-contradictory but that upon reflection makes sense |
| personification | Gives human characteristics to animals, objects, or ideas |
| pun | A play on words that have similar meanings |
| refrain | A word, phrase, or series of lines that is repeated, adding rhythm and emphasis to a song or poem |
| simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" |
| symbol | Using one thing to represent another |
| tone | The emotion created by the author's use of language or by a character's words and actions |
| understatement | Minimizes or lessens the importance of what is meant |
| fiction | A literary genre based on imagination and not necessarily on fact |
| non-fiction | A literary genre based on fact |
| drama | A literary genre intended to be performed by actors on a stage |
| chronological | The story is arranged in order of time from the beginning to the end |
| in media res | The novel or story begins at the midpoint, flashes back to the beginning, & tells the story from there. |
| end rhyme | Rhymes that occur at the end of a line of poetry; the most common type of rhyme |
| internal rhyme | Rhyme occurring within a line of poetry |
| slant rhyme/approximate rhyme | Also called a near rhyme, half rhyme, or off rhyme. The final consonant sounds are the same but the vowel sounds are different. |
| consonance | Repeating consonant sounds at any point in a word |
| assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds |
| rhyme scheme | The pattern of rhymes in a poem |
| free verse | Follows no specific guidelines about rhyme, meter, or length |
| allusion | An implied or indirect reference to a person, place, or thing that is fictitious, historical, or real |
| tragedy | A serious play that ends in disaster and sorrow |
| comedy | A lighthearted play intended to amuse the audience |
| theme | The central idea of a text |
| denotation | The dictionary definition of a word |
| connotation | A meaning or idea associated with a word |
| narrative writing | Tells a story |
| descriptive writing | Language to describe a person, place, or thing |
| expository writing | Used to provide information on a topic or to explain something |
| rhetorical question | A question to which no answer is needed |
| parallelism (parallel structure) | The repetition of similar parts of a sentence or of several sentences to show that the phrases or sentences are of equal importance |
| analogy | A comparison of two items, more extensive than a simile, often used to convey difficult ideas by comparing them to things or ideas most people know |
| diction | The word choices a writer makes |
| protagonist | The central character and the one with whom the reader often identifies |
| antagonist | A character (or force) that opposes the protagonist |
| setting | When and where a story takes place |
| mood | A feeling or emotion created by the words and setting |
| point of view | The perspective from which a story is told |
| first person point of view | The point of view is told by the character that uses the first person pronoun "I". third person limited POV |
| third person point of view | This is a point of view in which the narrator is outside the story and reveals the thoughts of only one character or an all-knowing narrator who is privy to the thoughts and actions of any or all characters. |
| direct characterization | Author directly describes character |
| indirect characterization | When the author uses clues to describe a character and the reader must infer their meaning. |
| dialogue | Communication between two or more people |
| internal conflict | A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character. |
| external conflict | A character struggles against some outside force: another character, society as a whole, or some natural force |
| monologue | A long speech in a play or story, delivered by a single person. |
| syntax | Arrangement of words in phrases and sentences |
| satire | A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way. It doesn't simply abuse (as in invective) or get personal (as in sarcasm). It targets groups or large concepts rather than individuals. |
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