Literary Terms C1 Word Scramble

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Definition	Term
A brief reference to a person, place, thing, event or idea in history or literature. Cultural experience shared by reader and writer	allusion
allows for 2 or more simultaneous interpretations of a word, phrase, action, or situation	ambiguity
idea or expression that has become tired from overuse. Sign of a bad writer	cliché
associations and implications that go beyond the litteral meaning of a word. positive or negative	connotation
the dictionary meaning of a word	denotation
explains figurative language. longer than the original work	explication
smooths out figurative language. shorter or longer than the original work	paraphrase
a fictional narrator	persona
The voice used by the author to tell a story. May be almost identical to the poet	speaker
The ordering of words into meaningful verbal patterns such as phrases, clauses and sentences. Poets manipulate it to place emphasis on certain words	syntax
	voice
The author's implicit attitude toward the reader or people, places, and events in a work as revealed by the elements of the author's style	tone
The central meaning or dominant idea in a literary work. Unifying point around which the plot, characters, setting, point of view, symbols, and other elements of a work are organized. Not the subject	theme
A writer's choice of words, phrases, sentence structures, and figurative language, which combine to help create meaning	diction
Plain language of everyday use, and often includes idiomatic expressions, slang, contradictions, and many simple, common words	informal diction
maintains correct language usage, but is not the most formal	middle diction
Refers to the way poets sometimes employ an elevated diction that deviates significantly from the common speech and writing of their time, choosing words for their supposedly inherent poetic qualities	poetic diction
special vocabulary of any professional world	jargon
a set phrase constantly said that carries a political or social meaning	cant
special vocabulary of the criminal world	argot
designed to teach an ethical, moral, or religious lesson	didactic
designed to show, entertain, or represent	mimetic
a type of lyric poem in which a character (the speaker) adresses a distinct but silent audience imagined to be present in the poem in such a way as to reveal a dramatic situation and, often unintentionally, some aspect of their temperament or personality	dramatic monologue
long narrative poem, told in a formal, elevated style, that focuses on a serious subject and chronicles heroic deeds and events important to a culture or nation	epic
a type of brief poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a single speaker. 1st person, not necessarily the poet	lyric
a poem that tells a story	narrative poem
any poem with a rhyme every 2 lines	couplet
in poetry, stanza refers to a grouping of lines, set off by a space, that usually has a set pattern of meter and rhyme	stanza
a 3 line stanza, ABA BCB CDC DED	triplet
3 lines that rhyme	triplet
4 line stanza	quatrain
5 line stanza	quintain
6 line stanza	sestet
8 line stanza	octave

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