Literary Terms

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Allegory

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story with more than one level of meaning

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Allusion

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reference to a wel known person, place, event, liteary work, or work of art

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Anachronism

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something pressented out of its actual time

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Analogy

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compares two different things to point out how they are similar

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Anecdote

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brieft sotry about an amusing or strange event

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Aside

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short speech in a play spoken in an undertone to suggest the other characters on stage are unable to hear it.

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Assonance

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the repetition of internal vowel sounds in a litery work(tinkle sprinkle twinkle)

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Blank Verse

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poetry writtern

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Charcterization

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the act of creating and devolping a character

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Cliche

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an expression used so often it becomes stale (clean as a whistle)

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Connotation

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hidden meaning prefer vintage automobile to old wreck

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Denotation

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opposite of connotation (direct)

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Euphemism

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substitution of a mild or pleasant expression to one thats offensive or unpleasant (sanitation engineer to garbage collector)

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Fable

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brief story, usually with animal character that teaches a lesson

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Free Verse

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poetry that doesnt contain patterns, rhythm or rhyme

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Hyper Bole

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deliberate exaggeration or overstatement that is not meant to be taken literally (raining cats and dogs)

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Inference

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a judgement based on reasoning

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Irony

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liteary techniques that involve surprising interesting or amusing contradictions

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Local Color

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use of characters and details from a aspecific geographic region.

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Monologue

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speech made entirely by one character

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onomatopoeia

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use of words that imitate sounds

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Oral Tradition

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passing of songs stories, poems from generation to generation by mouth

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Oxymoron

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figure of speech that puts together two opposing contradictory ideas

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Parable

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brief story with humans that teaches a moral lesson

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Paradox

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a situation or statement that seems to contradict itself.

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Parallelism

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repetition of a secntence patter

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Parody

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imitation of another work that exaggerates or distorts features of the work to make fun of it (Scary Movie 1 2..)

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Prose

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ordinary form of written language, not poetry drama or song.

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Pun

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a humorous use of a word or construction of a phrase that suggests two or more interpretations.

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Rhyme Scheme

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regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem.

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Satire

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writing the ridicules or criticizes individuals, ideas, institutions, social conventions, or other works of art or literature.

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Style

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a writers stle is his or her typical way of writing.

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Sub-plot

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second, less important plot within the story

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theme

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central message or insight into life revealed by a literay work

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Tone

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expresses author's attitude toward his or her subject