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Literary Term

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Literary Terms 1-100

Literary TermDefinition
alliteration repetition of initial consonants
allusion reference to a well-known work
ambiguity vagueness
antagonist opposes the main character
archetype literay sterotype
aside character's thoughts out loud
assonance repetition of vowel sounds
ballad song-like poem; a type of lyric poem
blank verse unrhymed iambic pentameter
characterization the way an author reveals a character
direct characterization the author tells you about the character
indirect characterization you must infer the character traits
comedy funny work
concrete poetry poetry shaped like its theme
conflict problems among characters
internal conflict problems within a character
external cinflict problems between characters
connotation perceived meaning of a word
consonance repetition of consonants at end
couplet two rhymed lines of poetry
heroic couplet two rhymed lines in Iambic Pentameter
denotation literal meaning of a word
denouement "order restored"
dialect the sound of speech
diction choice of words
drama serious/staged work
epic long narrative poem about a hero
epithet nickname
essay short work of non-fiction
euphemism renaming something (more pleasant)
exposition the beginning/introduction
fable tale with a moral
fantasy tale based on unrealistic elements
farce comedy (belly laughs)
figurative language language not to be taken literally
flashback thinking back about an earlier event
foil opposite characters
folk tale tale particular to a culture
foreshadowing a hint about something to come
free verse no rhyme, no meter
genre category of literature
haiku 3 line Japanese poem (5,7,5)
hyperbole exaggeration, oversatement
iambic pentameter ten syllables per line (every other stressed)
image/imagery mental picture
irony real differs from supposed
dramatic irony audience knows more than characters
situational irony situation is different from supposed
verbal irony not saying what you really mean
jargon specialized language
metaphor comparison with no like or as
meter mesurable rhythm of a poem
monologue speech by one character
mood feeling a work creates in the reader
motif element repeated throughout the work
myth story created to explain a phenomenon
narrator/point of view eyes through which a story is told
1st "I" point of view
3rd objective "fly on the wall" narrator
3rd limited limited to one persons thoughts
omniscient all-seeing, all-knowing narrator
onomatopoeia sound word, like "buzz"
oxymoron opposite words put together for emphasis
paradox contradiction
parallelism same word order, same form
paraphrase to put into your own words
parody a funny version of something serious
personification animating something inanimate
plot chain of events in a story
poetry literature written in verse
narrative poem poem that tells a story
dramatic poem poem in which the author is not the speaker
lyric poem poem that has elements of a song
prose not poetry; written in paragraphs
protagonist the main character
pun play on words
refrain repeated stanze of poetry
repetition repeated for emphasis
rhyme words with same vowel sound
rhythm beat (audible) of a work
satire making fun for political change
Science Fiction a story based on technology (future)
setting time and place of a story
short story brief work of fiction
simile comparison using like or as
soliloquy speech said alone on stage
sonnet 14 line poem
stanza the paragraph of poetry
stereotype generalization about person/group
stream of consciousness follows thoughts as they happen
structure the form of a poem/story
symbol something concrete that represents soemthing abstract
synesthesia stimulating more than one sense
syntax word order
theme the meaning of a work
tone author's attitude/choice of words
tragedy ends unhappily/often in death
understatement not giving emphasis to a subject
malapropism using the wrong big word
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