Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Literar Terms
60 vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repition of consonant sounds in words that are close together |
| a reference to a statement, a person, place, or an event from literature, the arts, etc. | allusion |
| assonance | the repitition of vowel sounds in words that are close together |
| a song or songlike poem that tells a story | ballad |
| climax | the point in the story that creates the greatest suspense or interest |
| a struggle between opposing forces | conflict |
| connotation | a meaning, association, or emotion suggested by a word, in addition to its dictionary definition, or denotation |
| a work of literature meant to be performed for an audience by actors | drama |
| epic | a long narrative poem that is written in heightened language ad tells stories of the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a society |
| a short piece of nonfiction prose that examines a single suject | essay |
| fable | a brief story told in prose or poetry that contains a moral |
| a prose account that is made up rather than true | fiction |
| folk tale | a story that has no known author and was originally passed on from one generation to another by word of mouth |
| the use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot | foreshadowing |
| free verse | poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme |
| language that appeals to the senses | imagery |
| irony | a contrast between expectation and reality |
| a story of extraordinary deeds that is handed down from one generation to the next | legend |
| limerick | a very short humorous or nonsensical poem |
| a poem that expresses the feelings or thoughts of a speaker rather than telling a story | lyric poem |
| metaphor | an imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing |
| a pattern of stressed ad unstressed syllables in poetry | meter |
| mood/atmosphere | can often be described in one or two adjectives |
| a story that explains something about the world and typically involves gods or other supernatural forces | myth |
| narrative | a poem that tells a story |
| prose writing that deals with real people, things, events, and places | nonfiction |
| novel | a long fictional story, usually longer than one hundred book pages |
| a lyric poem, rhymed or unrhymed, on a serious subject | ode |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sounds imitate or suggest their meaning |
| a figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as if it had human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | personification |
| plot | the series of related events that make up a story |
| a kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imagination | poetry |
| point of view | the vantage point from which a story is told |
| tha main character in a work of literature | protagonist |
| refrain | a repeated sound, word, phrase, line, or group of lines |
| the repitition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem | rhyme |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of end rhymes in a poem |
| a musical quality produced by the repitition of stressed and unstressed syllables or by the repitition of certain other sound patterns | rhythm |
| setting | the time and place of a story, play, or narrative poem |
| a short fictional prose narrative | short story |
| simile | a comparison between two unlike things,using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles |
| a group of consectutive lines in a poem that form a single unit | stanza |
| theme | the general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals |
| the attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, or audience | tone |
| tragedy | a play, novel, or other narrative in which the main character comes to an unhappy ending |
| a statement that says less than what is meant | understatement |
| consonance | the repitition of constant sounds, especially in poetry |
| parable | a short take that illustrates a moral or religious principle |
| a statement that is true in fact although it seems to contradict itself | paradox |
| parallelism | the repitition of phrases that are similar in structure or meaning |
| theattempt to represent life as it really is without sentimentalizing or idealizing it | realism |
| satirize | to blame or make ridiculous through satire |
| a line of poetry that contains five iambic unites of beats consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable five times | iambic pentameter |
| blank verse | poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme | couplet |
| sonnet | a fourteen line lyric poem with a rhyme scheme that may follow one of several patterns, usually written in iambic pentameter |
| japanese verse form consisting of three lines and, usually, seventeen syllables (five in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third) | haiku |
| editorial | a newspaper or magazine article that gives the opinions of its editors or publishers |
| exhibits or written records from the past based on history that is known to be true records of important events and their causes | historical document |
Created by:
Bking
Popular English Vocabulary sets