LITERARYTERMSFORAPENGLISHLITERATUREANDCOMPOSITION

1、LiteraryTermsLiteraryTermsLITERARYTERMSFORAPENGLISHLITERATUREANDCOMPOSITIONLITERARYTERMSFORAPENGLISHLITERATUREANDCOMPOSITIONNEW!QUIZLETnotecardsforalloftheliteratureterms!Thankyou,Sarralane!#1METAPHORICALDEVICES/IMAGERY:LiteratureTerms#1#1METAPHORICALDEVICES/IMAGERY:LiteratureTerms#11.Metaphor:Compa

2、risonoftwoseeminglyunlikethings2.Simile:Comparisonusinglikeoras3.Personification:Characteristicsofhumansgiventonon-humans4.Synechdoche:Partforthewhole5.Metonymy:Substitutionofassociatedwordforworditself6.Allusion:Referencetowell-knownbeingorevent7.Symbol:Iswhatitisandsomethingmore8.Image:Sensorydeta

3、il9.Archetype:Recurrentimagethattouchescollectivesubconscious1.Abstract/Concrete:Classificationsofimagery2.Motif:Recurrentimage,idea,orthemeinspecificpieceofliterature#2IRONICDEVICES:LiterayTerms#2#2IRONICDEVICES:LiterayTerms#21.Verbalirony:Sayonething,meananother2.Dramaticirony:Audienceknows,charac

4、terdoesnt3.Situationalirony:Unexpectedresult4.Understatement:Makingbigthingsseemsmall5.Hyperbole:Exaggeration6.Paradox:Seemingcontradiction-longstyle7.Oxymoron:Seemingcontradiction-shortstyle8.Litotes:Affirmationfromnegative9.Ambiguity:Purposefulmultiplemeaningsasinpunanddoubleentendre#3RHETORICALDE

5、VICES:APLit3#3RHETORICALDEVICES:APLit31.Diction:Wordchoice2.Syntax:Sentenceandphrasestructure3.Antithesis:Balancingofcontrastingideas4.Polysyndeton:Stringingasentenceoutwithconjunctions5.Anacoluthon:Breakingoffasentence6.Parallelism:Repetitionofsimilarsyntacticalstructure7.PointofView:Narrativepersp

6、ective1st,2nd,3rdPerson8.Apostrophe:Addressingperson/entitynotpresent9.Analogy:Extendedcomparisonofsimilarthings1.Colloquialism:Informaldiction2.#4SONICANDRHYTHMICDEVICES;STRUCTURE:#4SONICANDRHYTHMICDEVICES;STRUCTURE:Lit.Terms#41.Alliteration:Repetitionofconsonantsoundininitialposition2.Assonance:Re

7、petitionofavowelsound3.Consonance:Repetitionofconsonantsoundinanyposition4.Euphony:Soft,pleasingsounds5.Cacophony:Harshsounds6.Onomatopoeia:Wordwhosesoundsuggestsmeaning7.MetricFeet:Spondee,iamb,anapest8.Amphibrach:Unaccented,accented,unaccentedsyllable9.MetricLines:Ex.Tetrameter,Pentameter,Hexamete

8、rStanzas1.Stanzas:Ex.Couplet,quatrain,octave2.BalladStanza:abcb,alternatingtetrameterandtrimester3.RhymeScheme:endrhymeexpressedalphabetically(abbacdcd)4.BlankVerse:Unrhymediambicpentameter5.FreeVerse:Poetrywithnoregularrhymeorrhythm6.HeroicCouplet:Tworhymedlinesiniambicpentameter;completethought#5P

9、OETRYTYPESANDTERMS:(Citeapoemasexampleoftypesofpoems)Lit.Terms#5#5POETRYTYPESANDTERMS:(Citeapoemasexampleoftypesofpoems)Lit.Terms#51.LyricPoetry:Shortversestressingemotionaloverstory2.NarrativePoetry:Versethattellsastory(Ex.:ballad)3.EpicPoetry:Longstoryinverse4.Canto:Divisionofalongpoem(likechapter

10、tonovel)5.EnglishSonnet:Fourteenlinepoemwiththreequatrainsandacouplet6.ItalianSonnet:Fourteenlinepoemwithoctaveandsestet7.Epigram:Wittypoemorsaying8.Epitaph:Memorialpoem9.Enjambment:Runningoverofasentencefromonelineorstanzatoanother1.Refrain:Repetitionoflineorphraseatregularintervals(likechorus)#6NA

11、RRATIVETERMS/PLOTTERMS:#6NARRATIVETERMS/PLOTTERMS:1.Atmosphere:Effectofphysicalenvironment2.Tone:Authorsorspeakersattitude3.Conflict:interplayofopposingforces4.ComicRelief:Lightensnarrative5.Complication:Plotreversals6.DeusExMachina:Contrivedending7.Epiphany:Suddenawareness8.Flashback:Devicetosupply

12、background9.Foreshadowing:Hintsatcomingevents1.StreamofConsciousness:Thoughtsandfeelingsrecordedastheyoccur2.Theme:Centralidea3.Motif:Often-repeatedideaortheme4.Plot:Exposition,risingaction,climax,fallingaction5.Denouement:Resolution,outcomereplicatingthought6.Inmediares:beginninginthemiddleofthings

13、#7CHARACTERTERMS:#7CHARACTERTERMS:1.RoundCharacter:Complex,multi-faceted,notpredictable2.FlatCharacter:Recognizabletype;lackscomplexity3.Confidant:Protagonistsintimate4.Foil:Charactersilluminatorthroughcontrast5.Protagonist:Characteraroundwhichtheactioniscentered6.Antagonist:Personorforceworkingagai

14、nsttheprotagonist7.Omniscience:Tellerknowsallabouteveryone8.LimitedOmniscience:Tellerknowsallaboutonecharacter9.DramaticPerspective:Tellerpresentsjustthefacts1.Doppelganger:Mysteriousdouble2.Antihero:Anordinary,modernman/womangropingthroughlife#8LITERARYMOVEMENTS:#8LITERARYMOVEMENTS:1.Renaissance:1T

15、17thCentury,rebirthofhumanism2.Neoclassicism:Restoration18thCentury,orderandreason3.Romanticism:18th19thc.,imaginationoverreason4.Realism:Verisimilitude5.Naturalism:Extremerealism6.Existentialism:Humansinadequatetoexplaincomplexworld7.MagicalRealism:Beginsreal,getsweird8.Expressionism:Objectifyinner

16、experience#9LITERARYGENRES:#9LITERARYGENRES:1.Tragedy:Startsgood,getsbad,herodestroyed2.Comedy:Startsbad,getsgood,herotriumphs3.ComedyofManners:Elevated,oftensatirical,fromRestorationPeriod4.Farce:Crude,oftenobscene5.Melodrama:Excessiveappealtoemotions6.Bildungsroman:Novelaboutyoungpersonmaturation(

17、ComingofAge)7.Allegory:Personsequatedwithmeaningsbeyondthenarrative8.Satire:Improvinghumanconditionsthroughexaggeration,comedy9.Novel:Extendedfictionalnarrative1.Novella/Novelette:Longerthanashortstory2.Parody:Ridiculeofaseriousworkbyexaggeratedimitation3.PicaresqueNovel:Lifestoryofarascal4.ShortSto

18、ry:Brieffictionalnarrativeinprose5.Essay:Prosediscussionofalimitedtopic6.HoratianSatire:Gentleridicule7.JuvenalianSatire:Angryridicule8.Myth:Traditionalstoryexplainingnaturalphenomenaorculturalpractice9.DidacticLiterature:Seekstoinstruct#10ESSAYTERMSANDLITERARYCRITICISM:#10ESSAYTERMSANDLITERARYCRITI

19、CISM:1.Hook:Initialattentiongetter2.CentralIdea:Coreofwritersassertion3.Thesis:Outlineofwritersproofs4.TopicSentence:Focusofparagraph,partofthesis5.Structure:Introduction,body,conclusion6.ExpositoryEssay:Presentationofinformation,facts,ideas7.PersuasiveEssay:Presentationtoconvincereader8.DescriptiveEssay:Singleclearpictureofperson,place,thing,oridea9.NarrativeEssay:Tellsastory1.Literar