Literary Terms 151-175

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opening a story in the middle of the action and then filling the previous action with flashbacks

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in media res

Front 2

form of logical reasoning which examines evidence before drawing a conclusion

Back 2

inductive reasoning

Front 3

technique for presenting the stream of conscious of a character.
Recording the internal emotional experience of the character

Back 3

Interior monologue

Front 4

rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry

Back 4

internal rhyme

Front 5

in satirical writing, the use of denunciatory, angry, or insulting language

Back 5

invective

Front 6

reversing the normal subject-verb-complement order seen in a sentence
Poets use it for rhyme patterns
Prose writers use it for emphasis

Back 6

inverted order

Front 7

an address to a deity for aide
used in epics

Back 7

invocation

Front 8

form of expression in which the meaning intended is different form what is expected

Back 8

irony

Front 9

formal satire in which the speaker attacks vice and error with contempt and indgnation

Back 9

Juvenalian satire

Front 10

placing two person, places, or things next to each other to create an effect

Back 10

juxtaposition

Front 11

figurative phrase used in Old Germanic languages as a synonym for a simple noun
Usually picturesque metaphorical compounds

Back 11

Kenning

Front 12

form of apprenticeship novel in which the protagonist is an artist struggling from childhood to maturity toward an understanding of his creative mission

Back 12

Kunstleroman

Front 13

violent and scurrilous satirical attack against a person or institution

Back 13

lampoon

Front 14

narrative of tradition handed down from the past
distinguished from a myth by having more historical truth and less supernatural

Back 14

legend

Front 15

recurrent repetition of some word, phrase, situation, or idea as a way to unify a work through its power to recall earlier occurrences

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leitmotif

Front 16

type of poetry meant to entertain or amuse

Back 16

light verse

Front 17

form of light verse, containing five lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme
chiefly concerned with manners and morals

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Limerick

Front 18

form of understatement in which the negative of the opposite is used to achieve emphasis and intensity

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Litotes

Front 19

writing that exploits the speech, dress, and habits of thought to a certain region, primarily for the portrayal of life of a geographical setting

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Local color

Front 20

sentence grammatically complete before its end
opposite of periodic sentence

Back 20

loose sentence

Front 21

subjective, reflective poetry with regular rhyme scheme and meter that reveals the poet's thoughts and feelings to create a single, unique impression

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lyric

Front 22

inappropriateness of speech resulting from the use of one word for another that resembles it

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malapropism

Front 23

line of verse that ends on a stressed syllable

Back 23

masculine ending

Front 24

rhyme that falls on the stressed, concluding syllables of the rhyme words

Back 24

masculine rhyming

Front 25

an elaborate dramatic spectacle involving masked actors, lavish costumes, and music

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masque