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Literature

Vocabulary Semester 1

QuestionAnswer
Suspension of Disbelief The act by which the reader sets aside his/her skepticism to participate imaginatively in the work.
Myth A story that explains objects or events in the natural world referring to something in the supernatural force/entity.
Foreshadowing The act of presenting materials that hint at events to occur later in a story.
Moral A practical or moral lesson, usually relating to topics of right or wrong.
Hubris Pride or arrogance, especially if it upsets the gods.
Fairy Tale A story that deals with mischievous spirits and other supernatural occurrences.
Character A person (or animal) who figures in the action of a literary work.
Motif Any element that recurs in a literary work.
One-Dimensional Character A [flat character] or caricature that exhibits a single dominant quality, or character trait.
Three-Dimensional Character [A full or rounded] character who exhibits traits associated with human beings.
Parable A very brief story told to teach a moral lesson.
Symbol A thing that stands for or represents itself and something else.
Folk Tale A story passes by word of mouth from generation to generation.
Personification A figure of speech in which something not human is described as if it were human.
Fable A brief story, often with animal characters, told to express a moral.
Stock character One who is found again and again in different literary works.
Legend A story coming down from the past, often based on real events or characters from older times.
Irony A difference between appearance and reality.
Folk Song A traditional or composed song typically made up of stanzas, a refrain, and a simple melody.
Dialect A version of a language spoken by the people of a particular place, time, or social group.
Repetition The writer’s conscious reuse of a sound, word, phrase, sentence, or other element.
Allusion A figure of speech in which reference is made to a person, event, object, etc.
Spiritual Often contain repeated lines or phrases.
Onomatopoeia The use of words or phrases that sound like the things to which they refer.
Alliteration A repetition of initial constant sounds.
Allegory A work in which each element symbolizes, or represents something else.
Speaker The character who speaks in, or narrates a poem.
Effect The general impression or emotion imagery that it achieves.
Image Language that creates a concrete representation of an object or an experience.
Figurative Language Writing to speech meant to be understood imaginatively instead of literally.
Simile A comparison using [like] or [as].
Metaphor A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken out written about as if it were another.
Tone The emotional attitude toward the reader or toward the subject implied by a literary work.
Couplet Two lines of verse that’s usually rhyme.
Aim Is his or her purpose or goal
Antagonist a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
Connotation an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Denotation the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.
Flat Character a two-dimensional character lacking depth or a real personality.
Protagonist the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
Round Character is a deep and layered character in a story.
Tall Tale an account that is fanciful and difficult to believe.
Created by: Starrrrgemm90
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