Final test Flashcards
the emphasis on emotion, reacting against reason, sympathizing with others and appreciating beauty
sensibility
a story with both a literal and an implied level of meaning
allegory
a lyric poem of praise or thankgsgiving to God meant to be sung
hymn
the best-known lyrical structure for hymns that employed quatrains of iambic lines alternating between tetrameter and trimeter
common meter
a perspective in which the narrator stands outside the story and refers to the characters as he, she, they
third-person point of view
a character for whom the reader has favorable feelings
sympathetic character
a unifying recurring element throughout a work or across many artistic works
motif
a question asked not to receive an answer but to achieve an effect
rhetorical question
the unique imprint of an author’s personality on work by which the readers forms an impression of the author
voice
a short narrative of interesting or amusing incidents
anecdote
conversations between characters
dialogue
a reference within a work of literature to something outside it, usually history or another piece of literature
allusion
a perspective in which the narrator refers to himself or herself as I throughout
first-person point of view
a nonfiction account of the life events of a real person other than the author
biography
a character for whom the reader has strong feelings of dislike
unsympathetic character
an autobiographical account of the author’s experience as a slave
slave narrative
a mode of writing formed by a combination of elements such as syntax, diction, figurative language, imagery, tone, and voice
style
a character who changes internally
dynamic character
jarring, discordant sounds
cacophony
a devotion to beauty and therefore, art as the highest human concern
aestheticism
rhymes within a line
internal rhyme
a momentary emotional experience in which readers transcend everyday living and briefly grasp the ultimate of beauty, horror, time, or grandeur
the sublime
grammatical units that flow seamlessly past the line’s end into the next
enjambment
a pause in the middle of a poetic line
caesura