Chapter 2 Terms Flashcards
Frame story
A second story embedded behind another story
Literary ballad
A narrative poem created in imitation of old folk poets writings
Couplets
Of successive lines of verse
Tone
Any sound considered do/references to its quality
Quatrains
Stanza of four lines, usually w/ alternate rhymes
Romance
The colorful world, life, or depicted in tales
Didacticism
Intended for instruction
Mock epic
A long humorous poem written in mock heroic style
Plot
A sector plot or scheme to accomplish a purpose
Atmosphere
A surrounding or pervading mood environment or influence
Hyperbole
Exaggeration that implies less than what is said
Symbolism
The practice of representing things by symbols
Understatement
Giving a weak instance of something or under describing it
Metonymy
The substitution of a attribute or adjunct