Fourth Set of 40 Flashcards
Rhetorical Techniques
Techniques that authors use to convey to the listener a meaning with the goal of persuading him or her towards considering a topic from a different perspective
Rhyme
The correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words
Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem
Rhyme royal
A seven-line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc, used by Chaucer and other medieval poets
Rising Action
A related series of incidents that build toward the point of greatest interest
Romance
A novel or other narrative depicting heroic deeds, romantic exploits, etc., usually in a historical or imaginary setting
Round Character
Characters who are 3-dimensional and who are meant to be most like real people. They have depth and are sometimes unpredictable
Sarcasm
The use of irony to mock or convey contempt
Satire
A genre of literature in which follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule. Meant to shame individuals, corporations, or governments into improvement
Sestina
A fixed form of six, six-lined stanzas and a three line envoy. It is unrhymed, but has a fixed pattern of hand words in a different sequence in each stanza. The envoy uses three of the words at the ends of its three lines, and the other three somewhere within the lines
Setting
The historical moment in time and geographic location in which a story takes place
Sibilance
Hissing sounds represented by s, z, and sh
Simile
The comparison of two things or more things using conjunctions (“like” or “as”) to make a description more emphatic or vivid
Situational irony
A predicament or bit of luck, which is the opposite of what one would expect, give the circumstances
Soliloquy
A speech in which a character who is alone speaks his or her thoughts aloud
Sonnet
A poem of fourteen lines that follows a strict rhyme scheme and specific structure
Spondee
A metrical foot consisting of two accented syllables
Stanza
A grouped set of lines within a poem
Stereotype
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image of a particular type of person or thing
Stream of Consciousness
A literary style in which a character’s thought are depicted in a continuous flow that is uninterrupted by objective description or punctuation
Structure
The framework of a work of literature
Style
The way an author writes. The technique which an individual author uses in his writing’s. It varies according to syntax, diction, and tone
Syllogism
A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them
Symbol
An object that represents or suggests an idea or event
