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Allegory |
A story in which the people, places, and things are symbolic |
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Alliteration |
Repetition of initial consonant sound |
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Analogy |
A comparison between two unlike things to show similarity |
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Allusion |
A reference to some aspect possible of literature, history, or the Bible |
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Antagonist |
Person or force that opposes the protagonist |
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Antithesis |
Opposing view or ideal |
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Aphorism |
A proverb; they belief, pointed statement |
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Apostrophe |
When one speaks to an entity or nonliving thing as though it were alive and present when it is not |
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Aside |
Internal reflection I heard by audience but not by other characters |
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Assonance |
Repetition of similar vowel sounds |
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Atmosphere |
prevailing mood or feeling in a work |
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Autobiography |
A written by himself/ herself |
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Ballad |
A story told in verse |
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Biography |
Account of a person's life written by another |
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Blank verse |
Verse written in iambic pentameter but is not rhymed |
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Caricature |
A drawing for the sanitation to exaggerate the features of an individual |
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Climax |
The highest point of intensity |
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Comedy |
A literary work that ends happily and in which the characters are usually more common |
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Conceit |
A kind of metaphor comparison between two very different things |
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Conflict |
A struggle between two opposing forces or characters (as the turning point in a story) |
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Connotation |
The associated meaning of a word; all the emotions and associations that a word or phrase may arouse |
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Consonance |
Repetition of similar consonant sounds in a groups of words |
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Denotation |
Literal or dictionary meaning of a word |
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Dénouement |
Final outcome of a story |
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Diction |
A writer's choice of words, particular mean for your Clarity, Effectiveness, and precision |
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Dissonance |
Harsh disagreeable sound or combination of sounds |
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Dramatic monologue |
Kind of stories, and poetry form, in which one character speaks |
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Elegy |
Poem of mourning over the death of some one |
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Epic |
Long, narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero and the values of his /her society |
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Epigram |
Short, witty, pointed statement in poetic form |
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Epigraph |
A quotation on model at the beginning of each chapter, in book, short story, or poem that makes a point regarding the work |
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Epilogue |
A short Addition/conclusion at the end of a literary work |
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Epiphany |
A moment of illumination |
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Epitaph |
Inscription on a gravestone, or a short poem in memory of the Dead |
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Epithet |
Descriptive name or phrase to characterize someone or something |
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Essay |
A piece of prose writing is usually short that deals with a subject in a limited way to express a point of view |
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Exposition |
The part of a narrative or drama in which important background information is revealed |
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Exemplum |
A tale/story usually inserted into the text of a sermon that illustrates a moral |
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Fable |
Brief story told to teach a moral its characters are often animals |
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Farce |
Type of Comedy based on a ridiculous situation often with stereotyped character |
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Figurative language |
Language that is not to be interpreted literally |
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Figure of speech |
Similar to figurative language a word or expression not meant literally; simile, metaphor |
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Flashback |
A scene in a work that interprets to show previous events |
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Free verse |
Has no meter or pattern |
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Gothic novel |
Type of Novel popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries characterized by a mysterious sightings in an atmosphere of Terror and groom; for example Frankenstein |
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Hyperbole |
Figure of speech using exaggeration for effect |
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Iambic pentameter |
Poetic line consisting of five verse feet with each foot being an iamb |
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Imagery |
Words/phrases that creates pictures or images in the readers mind; language that appeals to all the senses |
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In Medias Res |
Technique of plunging into the middle of a story and only later using flashback to tell what happened previously |
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Interlude |
In the 15th century a play with a non religious plot and characters; secular play |
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Invocation |
At the beginning of an epic, a call of muse, god, or spirit for inspiration |
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Irony |
Contrast between what is stated and what is ment |
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Lyric |
Poem that expresses a speaker's personal thoughts and feelings |
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Maxim |
Mandate; concise statement expressing a principal or rule of conduct |
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Melodrama |
A drama that has stereotyped characters exaggerated emotions, that pits an all-good hero against an evil villian |
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Metaphor |
Implied comparison, not using comparative terms such as like or as |
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Metonymy |
Figure of speech in which something closely associated with a thing is used to stand for the entire thing itself |
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Mock Epic |
Comic literature firm that treats a trivial subject in the grand, heroic style of the epic |
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Modernism |
A movement that broke with traditions and established rules that characterized the arts before ww1 |
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Motif |
Reoccurring featuring (name, image, phrase) in a work of literature |
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Myth |
A story often about immortals and sometimes connected with religious rituals intending to give meaning to the world's problems |
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Narrative poem |
A poem that tells a story |
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Narrator |
Someone who tells a story |
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Neoclassicism |
A Revival in the 17th and 18th century of classic standards of order balance and harmony |
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Novel |
A Book-length, lengthy, fictional prose writing, narrative having many characters and often a complex plot |
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Onomatopoeia |
The use of the words that sound similar to its meaning |
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Paradox |
A statement that reveals a truth which at first seems self-contradictory |
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Parallelism |
The use of phrases, clauses or sentences that are similar or complementary in structure or meaning |
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Parody |
The humorous imitation of a work or a person |
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Pastoral |
Poem that deals in an idealized way with shepherd and rustic life |
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Pathos |
Feeling; the quality in a work that arouses one's feelings for a character |
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Persona |
An assumed personality; the person who speaks in a literary work |
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Personification |
A figure of speech in which a nonhuman thing is given human qualities |
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Plot |
Sequence of events in a story: exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, dénouement |
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Cacophony |
Harsh, unpleasant sound |
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Mellifluous |
Gentle sounding word |
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Foreshadowing |
Use if hints or clues in Narrative to suggest later events |
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Novella |
A long, short story |
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Ode |
A complex, often lengthy, lyric poem; written in a dignified, formal style; some lofty, serious subject |