Literary Terms

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a comparison between 2 things to show the similarites

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analogy

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a poetic foot consisting of 2 unstressed sylables followed by a stressed

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anapest

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repetition of similiar sounds in a word, usually consonants

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alliteration

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reference to person, place, thing or event that the reader should recognize

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allusion

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an error in chronology, or placing an event or person in the wrong time period

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anachronism

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person or oppising to the protagonist

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antagonist

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a terse, pointed statement expressing a wise clever observation about life

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aphorism

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figure of speech , in which an absent or dead person is adressed directly

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apostrophe

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verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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blank verse

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a break or pause in a line of poetry, usually to add rhythm to a poem

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caesura

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person, animal , thing, presented in a literary work

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chrachter

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movement or tendency in art, literature, and music reflecting the principles manifested in acient greece and rome

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classicism

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decisve point in narrative or drama, point of greatest intensity.

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climax

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struggle between 2 opposing forces;

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conflict

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repetition of similiar consonant sounds in a series of words.

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cossonance

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2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

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couplet

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poetic foot consisting of a stressed sylable followed by a unstressed

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dactyl

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mournful mencholy poem, especially funeral song for the dead and lament, reflective

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elegy

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writing intended to present imformation

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exposition

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word or expression not to be taken in a literal sense

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figure of speech

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event in a poem or story to go back to an event that has happened earlier.

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flashback

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traditional songs, myths, legends, fables, passed on anonymously written down or passed on mouth to mouth.

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folklore

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a unit used to measure the meter, or rhythmic pattern of a line of poetry.

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foot

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hints or clues used to tell what happen later

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foreshdowing

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unrhymed verse that has no meterical or rhythmic patterns

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blank verse

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a category or class of artistic endeavor having particular form, technique and style

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genre

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figure of speech using exaggeration, or overstatement

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hyberbole

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stressed followed by unstressed sylable

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iamb

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beginning a narative well along in a sequence of events

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in medias res

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a contrast between what is stated and what is meant, or what is expected to happen and actually happens

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irony

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comparison between 2 disimmilar things

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metaphor

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FOS in which in which something closely associated with a thing is used to describe a thing itself

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menotyny

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feeling or emotion of a literary work

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mood

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writing or speaking that tells a story

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narration

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tells the story

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narrator

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extreme form of realism

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naturalism

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lyric poem with a dignified theme; phrased in a formal elevated style

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ode

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use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning (boom)

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onomatopeia

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FOS in which 2 contradicory words r combined to produce a rhetorical effect

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oxymoron

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short simple story. designed to convey some religious principle or general truth

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parable

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statement that reveals a kinf of truth, although at 1st seems to be false

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paradox

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simple and clear style of writing, began as revolt to ornate style

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plain style

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sequence of events in a short story

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plot

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FOS in which something non human is given human qualities

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personification

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vantage point from which a narrative is told

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point of view

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central charater of story or drama

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protagonist

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theory in writing in which the familiar ordinary aspects of life are depicted in a matter of fact.

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realism

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word, phrase, or group of words used over and over in a poem ( end of each stanza)

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refrain

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repetition of sounds in 2 or more words that appear close to each other.

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rhyme

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arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a pattern

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rhythm

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movement that flourished in literature, philosophy. music, in western culture during the 19th century. revolt against classicism

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romanticism

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a line of poetry that has no pause at its end and continues to the next.

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run on line

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writing that holds up to ridule. the weaknesses and wrongdoings of individuals

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satire

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analysis of verse in meters

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scansion

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comparison of 2 things using like or as

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simile

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person speaking while alone or with no one in his prescense

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solliloquoy

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14 lines iambic pentameter, rhymes arranged to definite patterns

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sonnet

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unit of poem that is longer than a single line

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stanza

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writers way of wrting

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style

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person place or thing that has meaing in itself

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symbol

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part suggests the whole

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synecdoche

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attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject.

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tone

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philosophy which holds that basic truths that can be reached through intuition rather than reason

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trancendentalism

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stressed followed by unstressed syllable

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troche

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line of metrical writing, stanza, or poetry in general

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verse