I List Literary Devices Flashcards
an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one
iamb
a poetic line of five iambic feet
iambic pentameter
a concrete representation of a sense impression, feeling, or idea; refers to the pattern of related details in a work; one specific version may predominate a literary work either by recurring throughout the work or by appearing at a critical point in the plot; often, writers use multiple versions throughout a work to suggest states of feeling and to convey implications of thought and action
image
a movement of French painters that reached its apex in the 1870s and 1880s; these painters attempted to capture the subjective experience of seeing things rather than create accurate reproductions; their attempts to capture subjective experience in art was very influential on symbolist poets and writer of stream-of-consciousness prose
Impressionism
“in the middle of things;” a technique in which a narrative begins in the middle of the action
in media res
an ending in which the central problem or conflict is left unresolved
indeterminate ending
method of characterization in which the author shows us a character in action, compelling us to infer what the character is like from what is said/done/shown by the character
indirect presentation of character
literature that provides valid insights into the nature of human life or behavior
interpretive literature
created by altering the standard word order of subject, verb, and object in a declarative sentence; often used to call attention to something or to slow the pace by choosing an unusual order
inversion
the images or symbols used by an artist or present in a work of art
iconography
a contrast or discrepancy between what is said and what is meant or between what happens and what is expected to happen in life and in literature
irony
a rhyme that occurs within a line
internal rhyme
