English Literature Flashcards
What are the two types of consonants?
Altruism / Altruistic
Polysyndeton
Blank verse
Tenuous
Indicative
Semantic field
Semantic
Anastrophe
Phallic imagery
Soft and hard consonants
Doing good for someone else without needing a reward (or getting a reward)
Repetition of and
Uniformed regular metre but unrhymed
Serving as a sign or indication of something
Words that are similar
Words that are used
Inversion of grammatical structures to fit the line rhythm.
What does the following words mean:
Pervade
Ambiguous/ambiguity
Verisimilitude
Obfuscate
Incongruent
Diabolical
Divine
Vicarious
Hedonism/hedonistic
Perennial
Hubris
Spread throughout and be perceived in every part of
Open to more than one interpretation, not clear or decided
Having the appearance of being real or true (reality)
To make obscure, unclear or unintelligible
Out of place
Devilish
Godly
Seeing something through something else
Living purely for pleasure without thought of morals
Continuous
God like pride (over confident).
Integrity
Virtuous
Pedant/pedantic
Lechery
Epistolary
Regressive
Pariah
Doubling
Doing the right thing when no one is looking (morals without attention)
Having or showing high moral standards
A person who’s excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic interests
Excessive or offensive sexual desires/lustfulness
A novel written as a series of documents
Going backwards
Outcast of society/misfit/outlier
In literature, occurs when a pair of characters can be described as two sides of the same coin.
Portentous
Pretentious
Haughty
Complacently
Sycophantic
Foreboding
Ominous
Dichotomy/Dichotomous
Allegory
Gallant
Omnipotent
High thinking of yourself something done pompously
Attempting to impress
Pompous
Pleasant/pleased especially with oneself
Sucking up to someone
Inner feeling of future misfortune (aka feeling like something bad is about to happen)
Threatening, indicating nature of future event
Polar opposites of something (eg black and white)
Abstract concepts that are of which personified
Brave, spirited or exceptionally polite
Knowing everything/all knowing.
Portending
Voyeurs
Naïve
Enigmatic
Indulge
Audacity
Fatalistic
Impertinent
Transience
Hubris
Indicate an advance in something
Enjoyment of people/audience watching something (also voyeuristic)
(of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom or judgement
Difficult to interpret or understand/mysterious
Allowing oneself to enjoy the pleasure of something
Willingness to take bold risks / rude or disrespectful behaviour
Suggestion of no hope (in literature)
Not showing proper respect / rude
Change / Change in time
Excessive pride or self confidence.
Nostalgia (nostalgic)
Envoi
Angelic
Evocative
Hyperbole
Masculine rhyme
Feminine rhyme
Assonance
Polemic
Didactic
A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past
The final stanza/line that summarises the message of the poem
Relating to angels / Angel like qualities
Bringing strong images, memories or feelings to the mind
Exaggerating for effect
Stressed at the end
Stressed at the beginning
Repeating vowel sounds
Writing that carries a moral message
Writing intended to teach or instruct.
Well made play
Ensemble cast
What two things is dramatic irony used to create?
Narrative perspective
Hyperbole
Volta
Things that happen as they should do
No characters are more important (no specific role is more important)
Tension and comedy
Who we are hearing the story from
Exaggerating for effect
Shift/change in the text.
