Flashback - Myth

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Flashback

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A return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present actions or circumstances

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Foot

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A unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used to determine the meter of a poetic line

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Foreshadowing

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Providing hints of things to come in a story or play

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Frame

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A structure that provides premise or setting for a narrative.

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Free Verse

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A kind of poetry without rhymed lines, rhythm, or fixed metrical feet.

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Genre

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A term used to describe literary forms, such as novel, play, and essay.

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Gothic novel

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A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action.

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Harangue

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A forceful sermon, lecture, or tirade.

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Hubris

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The excessive pride that often leads heroes to their death.

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Humanism

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A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity.

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Hyperbole

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Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect.

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Idyll

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A lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place.

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Image

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A word or phrase representing that which can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled, or felt.

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In media res

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A Latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point.

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Indirect quotation

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A rendering of a quotation in which actual words are not stated but only approximated or paraphrased

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Invective

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A direct verbal assault; a denunciation.

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Irony

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A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or light sarcasm; a state of affairs or events that is the reverse of what might have been expected

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Kenning

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A device employed in Anglo-Saxon poetry in which the name of a thing is replaced by one of its functions or qualities, as in ring - giver for king and whale - road for ocean.

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Lampoon

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A mocking, satirical assault on a person or situation.

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Light verse

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A variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse, but sometimes with a satirical thrust.

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Litotes

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A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity.

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Loose sentence

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A sentence that follows the customary word order of English sentences (subject-verb-object). The main idea of the sentence is followed by one or more subordinate clauses.

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Lyric poetry

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Personal, reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's though and feelings about the subject

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Maxim

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A saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth

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Melodrama

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A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that compares unlike objects

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Metaphysical poetry

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The work of poets, particularly those of the 17th century, that uses elaborate conceits, is highly intellectual, and expresses the complexity of love and life.

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Meter

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The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry

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Metonymy

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A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated.

Ex) The White House

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Middle English

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The language spoken in England roughly between 1150 and 1500 A.D.

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Mock Epic

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A parody of traditional epic form

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Mode

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The general form, pattern, and manner of expression of a work of literature.

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Montage

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A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea.

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Mood

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The emotional tone in a work of literature.

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Moral

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A brief and simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature.

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Motif

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A phrase, idea or event that repetition serves to unify or convey a them in a work of literature.

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Muse

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One of the ancient Greek goddesses presiding over the arts. The imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer.

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Myth

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An imaginary story that is accepted as part of the cultural or religious traditions in a group or society.