61-80 Flashcards
Autobiography
When an author writes a story about himself
Memoir
A record of memories
Cumulative Sentence
A sentence that adds subordinate or modifying elements after the subject and predicate
Blank Verse
An un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter
Bildungsroman
A story of the growing up of a sensitive purpose who looks for answers to his questions through different experiences
Bildungsroman
Extended explanation
Illusion
It helps the reader imagine how something looks, sounds, or feels
Free Verse
Poetry that doesn’t rhyme or have a regular meter
Foil
A character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character with the objective to highlight the traits of the other character
Intertextuality
A textual reference within some text that reflects the text used as a reference
Litotes
A figure of speech that uses employs and understatement by using double negatives
Utopia
The idea of a perfect, unblemished place
Sonnet
A poem with 14 lines
Round Character
A significant character who is often the star of the story
Situational Irony
When incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead
