Final Review Flashcards
alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
ballad
a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture.
character motivation
what drives a character to be who they are and do what they do
character trait
all the aspects of a person’s behavior and attitudes that make up that person’s personality
comedy
a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion
conflict
It is a literary device used for expressing a resistance the protagonist of the story finds in achieving his aims or dreams
dialogue (quotation marks)
The lines spoken by a character or characters in a play, essay, story, or novel, especially a conversation between two characters, or a literary work that takes the form of such a discussion
free verse
poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
haiku
a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables.
imagery
an author’s use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to his or her work
metaphor/implied metaphor
a figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing for rhetorical effect, thus highlighting the similarities between the two
monologue
a speech delivered by one person, or a long one-sided conversation
scene design
is the creation of theatrical, as well as film or television scenery
sensory details
include sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste. Writers employ the five senses to engage a reader’s interest
setting
the environment in which a story or event takes place
simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).
soliloquy
an act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
speaker
speaks of his or her situation or feelings.
stage directions
an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting
symbol/symbolize
a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract
synthesizes
to combine two or more elements to form a new whole
theme/moral
underlying message, or ‘big idea.’
tone
the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation
narrator
a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem.
onomatopoeia
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle ).
personification
a figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects or ideas
point of view
the narrator’s position in relation to the story being told
rhyme
correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry
tragedy
a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically involving a great person destined to experience downfall or utter destruction, as through a character flaw or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or an unyielding society
voice
the form or a format through which narrators tell their stories
