English Literary And Language Elements/terms Flashcards
Plot
A pattern of carefully selected events that create a conflict
Exposition/introduction
The begging of a story where characters, background, and setting are introduced
Rising action
A series of events that build from the conflict
Climax
The turning point in a story
Falling action
The part after the climax that leads to the resolution
Resolution/denouement
The final solution or outcome of the story
Setting
The general locale
Characterization
The authors means of conveying to the reader a characters personality, life values ext
Flat/static character
A simplified character who does not change
Round/dynamic character
Character depicted with such slept that he or she seems like a real person
Narrator
The person telling the story
Point of view
The position from which a story is narrated
First person POV
The narrator is the person in the story who can only reaveal their personal thoughts and feeling
Third person POV
The narrator is an outsider and can only report what he or she sees and hears
Omniscient POV
The narrator is an all knowing outsider who can see or tell what everyone is thinking and/or feeling
Conflict
A struggle between opposing forces which is the driving force of the story
Theme
The central idea of the work
Protagonist
The main character in a story who had most of the narrators attention
Antagonist
The person or thing who is working against the protagonist
Foil
Emphasize opposing traits in another character
Allegory
Where every side of the story is representative
Allusion
Referencing something famous
Foreshadowing
Suggesting
Tone
Writers attitude
Mood
The feeling
Diction
The choice of language
Irony
An implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant
Verbal irony
When an author says one thing and means another
Dramatic irony
When the audience knows something a character in the book doesn’t know
Situational irony
A discrepancy between the expected results and the actual results
Paradox
A seeming contradiction that contains an element of truth
Epiphany
A sudden revolution of the truth
Motif
An often repeated element
Realism
Literature that tries to represent life as it really is by paying close attention
Sarcasm
The use of praise to mock someone
Satire
A literary ton used to make fin at ridicule humans
Tragedy
The hero is destroyed by some flaw or weakness
Tragic hero
Charecter that faces an inner struggle because of their weakness or flaw
Denotations
The dictionary definition of the word
Connotation
The suggested or implied meaning of a word
Colloquialism
A conversational familiar or Informal expression
Slang
Informal non standard “colorful”
Cliche
A overused expressin
Euphemism
A soften bland vague or totally bland vague or totally inoffensive expression
Jargon
The special vocabulary of a particular activity or group
Dialect
A regional dialect of language
Idiom
An accepted phrase or expression having a different meaning from the literal
Figurative language
Expressions that form pictures and/or use imagery
Archaic
Out of date words
Obsolete
A term no longer in use but of historical interest
