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CLEP Lit

analyzing and interpreting literature CLEP

TermDefinition
Alliteration the repetition of consonants
Apostrophe Address to something or someone that's isn't there
Assonance repetition of vowel sounds
Bathos deliberate anti-climax
Caesura a pause made by punctuation
Conceits very elaborate comparisons
Consonance similar to slant rhyme
Diction a word for word choice
Enjambment the running on of one line poetry
Hyperbole refers to a large overstatement
Irony plays an important role in voice and tone
Metonymy a name for something closely related
Onomatopoeia word capturing a sound
Oxymoron a form of paradox
Paradox a situation that appears to be contradictory
Pun a play on words
Sarcasm harsh verbal irony
Synecdoche when a part of an object is used to represent a whole and vise-versa
Villanelle a courtly love poem
Enacted performed by an actor or actors
Mimesis the greek word for imitation
Plot the sequence of events
Exposition reveals what info we need to understand the impending conflict
Resolution after the crisis
Theme places us within the mirror image along with characters and actions
Attitudes are identified as high or low
Force low comedy
Satire high comedy
Tragic Hero good and noble
Hamartia a tragic flow
Hubris an excessive pride
Realism seeks truth through direct observation
Created by: abortiz
 

 



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