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158 Cards in this Set

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Alliteration
Repetition of the first letter in a series of words.
ex: He had hundreds.
Allusion
A reference to something in history or literature
Ambiguity
Having more then one interpretation
Analogy
A simple concept used to explain a complex concept
Ancedote
Short, often amusing story
Antagonist
opposing force to the protagonist, the "bad guy"
Antecedent action
Significant action taken place before story
Apostrophe
A figure of speech, objects are addressed as though people, the absent as though present, dead as though alive.
Aside
comment made by actor, meant to only be heard by members of the audience.
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words.
Atmosphere
The emotion created by diction, stylistic choices and the story itself.
Autobiography
The life of an individual recored by oneself.
Ballad
A poem which tells a story and can easily be put to music
Biography
A life of one person recorded by another person.
Blank Verse
Poetry with rhythm that is unrhymed
Cacophony
Harsh mixture of sounds
Catastrophe
Final disaster of a tragedy
Catharsis
Release of built up tension or emotion
4 character types
Round-Well developed, well "rounded"
Flat- Simple development
Stock-Conventional based on sterotype
Type- Serves only one purpouse
Character change
Dynamic- permanent change
Static- no change
Character foil
Character traits and views can be contrasted with another character.
Character parallel
Character traits and views can be compared with another character
Characterization
Method of developing character.
Direct-clear statements made about the character
Indirect- audience learn about the character through actions and others opinions.
Chronological
Organized according to time
Cite
Quote or referance to something
cliche
an over used expression
Climax
Highest point of suspense
Clown
"Fool" used to lighten somber plays, comice relief
Colloquial
Using ordinary, conversational language and tone.
Comedy
A play whose protagonist overcomes his or her obstacles and reaches goals
Comic Relief
Humourous scene designed to ease tension
Complication
Setback in the path of a character
Confidante
Character whose dramatic function is to help reveal the inner qualities, thoughts and feelings of major characters
Conflict
Forces which are in opposition
Connotation
A meaning of words based on context, experience, location and situation
Consonance
Repetition of the middle cononant sounds
Context
Surronding material, helps suggest meaning
Contrast
Latin for standing against. Places two things in opposition to show differences
Convention
Established technique or practice that is acceptable to the literary people of a particular time
Couplet
Two consecutive lines that rhyme
Crisis
Turning point. Choices of protagonist goes right or wrong
Cultural Millieu
Social setting and life styles of people in a piece of literature
Deduction
Reasoning movng from general to specific
Denotation
Dictionary meaning of a word
Denouement
The unraveling sequence that follows the climax, ties up the los
Dialogue
Conversation between two people
Diction
Choice of words
Dilemma
A situation in which there are two equally problematic alternatives
Elegy
A lyric poem lamenting the dead
Ellipsis
Three spaced periods showing something has been left out
Epic
Long narrative poem
Epilogue
Literally means "in addition", section following the novels explaining work
Epitaph
Inscription on a tombstone
Escape fiction
Literature intended to entertain
Eulogy
Speech given at a funeral
which honours deceased
Euphemism
A polite or soft way of expressing something unpleasant
Euphony
Soft mixture of sounds
Explicity
Stated Directly
Exposition
Writing used to convey information
Fable
Allegory illustrating particular traits found in humans, often represented by animals or fantasty creatures
Falling Action
Follows the clmax
Fantasy
An improbable story. Events, characters and animals can not be found in real life
Farce
Comedy, silly characters are placed in improbable situations to exaggerate humour
Fate
indifferent force that controlss the course of human life
Figurative
Non-literal,suggested or implied meaning
Flashback
Recounting of past incidences
Foil
Any character who by contrast brings out the personality of another.
Fool
Character used for comice relief in shakespeares plays
Foreshadowing
Hinting of what is to come
Genre
Type or class of literature
Groundling
Lower class people who stood on ground to watch play
Haiku
Japanese verse consisting of 17 syllables
line 1: 5
Line 2: 7
Line 3: 5
Usually deals with nature
Heaven
Roof over the Elizabethan Stage
Hell (cellar)
Area under the Elizabethan stage
High angle
Camera is placed above subject
Homonym
Words that sound alike but are spelt differently
ex: There, Their, They're
Hyperbole
Employing deliberate exaggeration for effect
Iambic
A rhythmic pattern, soft syllable followed by a hard syllable
Idyll
Literally means "little picture" Short poem suggesting innocence and peace
Imagery
Descriptive words used to create a picture
Implied Meaning
Hidden Intent of the words
Indeterminate Ending
No resolution in a story
Initial Incident
Action that starts the conflict or complication
Interpretive Fiction
Fiction intended to offer some insight into human nature or society
3 types of irony
Dramatic: What the character believes to be true and what the audience knows to be true
Situational: incongruity betwen the person and the situation in which it occurs
Verbal: what is said and what is meant or what the listener is intepreted as said.
Juxtaposition
Unassociated ideas placed together to create surprise and wit
Literal
Dictionary meaning of a word
Litote
Assertion of something by denial of another
Low Angle Shot
A camera shot in which the camera is placed low in relation to the subject
Limerick
Nonsense verse
Lyric
Brief discontinuous poem emphasizing sound and pictorial imagery
Malapropism
When a word is used incorrectly because it sounds similar to the word actually meant. Usually the character is attempting to sound smart but comes across as foolish
Meiosis
Ironic understatement
Metaphor
Comparison NOT using "like", "as" or "than"
Metonymy
An associated idea names the items
ex: The pen is mighter then the sword
Mood
The feeling or atmosphere created
Motif
Recurring image in a piece of literature
Leit Motif
Recurring Idea
Motivation
The reason the charcter acts the way he does
Narrative Hook
First few lines that grab the audiences attention
Narrative Poem
Poem which mainly tells a story
Ode
Long Lyric Poem
Onmatopoeia
Use of words formed sounding like what the signify
Oxymoron
Deliberate combination of contradictory words that is used to shock the reader into awareness
Pan Shot
Camera shot in which the camera is moved from one side of a scene to the other side
Paradox
A contradiction or play on words which is true when thought about.
Parallelism
Grammatical or structural similarity between sentences
Paraphrase
Restate something using different words
Parody
A comic work in which a particular style or composition is ridiculed through imitation
Pastoral
Any literary work dealing with rural life.
Pathetic Fallacy
Nature Responds to human emotion
ex: When someone is sad it rains
Pentameter
A line of poetry whose rhythm contains five hard syllables
Personification
Imagery where human attribites are given to non-humans
Pit
Area around the stage where groundlings stood
Plot
The events of a story
Poetic Justice
Occurs at the end of story, good is rewarded and the bad is punished
Poetic License
When the author uses correct structure and style for effect
Point of View
The perspective from which a story is told.
Prolouge
An introductory Statement to a piece of literature
Prose
Anything other then poetry
Protagonist
Central Character, usually the "good guy"
Puns
A play on words
Quatrain
Four lines of poetry that form a rhyme scheme
Reflective Narrator
Story teller who recounting events of his past
Resolution
When all suspense or conflict is a story is resolved
Rhetorical Question
A question which expects no answer.
Rhyme
Matching sounds at the end of words
Rhythm
Measured flow of repeated sound patterns
Rising Action
The series of complications in a story
Satire
Any work which criticizes people, ideas by holding them up to ridicule
Scansion
Identifying rhythm in poetry
Science Fiction
Dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals
Setting
Time, place, cultural milleau of the story
Simile
Comparison using like as or than
Soliloquy
Speech made by a character while alone on stage
Sonnet
Traditonal poem of fourteen lines with a rhyme scheme according to the type
Stanza
Lines grouped together for effect in a poem
Style
The way in which the author expresses what he has to say
Summarize
Reduce something to its main ideas
Surprise Ending
An ending of a story that breaks the cause and effect of the story
Surreal
Un-real, dream like
Suspense
The tension and anxiety felt by the audience towards a certain character whose fate is uncertain
Symbol
A concrete entity standing for some general idea
Synonym
A word which has the same meaning as another word
T.A.G Line
Title
Author
Genre
Theme
The main idea that the author is trying to express
Thesis
Statement expressing the main argument of an essay
Tone
Authors attitude towards both subject matter and audience
Topic Sentance
Sentance containing main idea of a paragraph
Tragedy
A play in which the protagonist does not overcome his or hers obstacles and is defeated by death
Transition
A shift in thought
Understatement
Presenting something as less significant as it really is
Unity
The relation of every detail in a paragraph to the topic sentence
Universality
A work of art attractive to all people of all times and places
Verbal wit
Expression of amusing relations among ideas
Verisimillitude
Apperance of reality achieved by choices an author makes
Voice
The personal and recognizable style of a writer
Zoom
Adjusting the camera lens to increase or decrease depth