Lit. Terms 2 Flashcards
Allusion
A reference to a person, thing, event, situation, etc./// (the team has been in a batting slump but will live like the Phoenix) (Phoenix in mythology rises from its ashes to rejuvenate and begin again)
Anachronism
Placing a person or event out of history context/// ( George Washington was driven by limo to the inauguration)
Anaphora
The regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases of clauses/// ( MLK Jr. - I have a dream speech)
Allegory
A narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrate multiple levels of meaning and significance; universal symbol/// (Cupid=chubby angel with a bow and arrows) (Humpty Dumpty= French Revolution)
Anastrophe
inverted word order for emphasis (yoda talk)/// (glistens the dew upon the morning grass)
Anecdote
The brief narration of a Single event or incident
Anthropomorphism
Giving human emotion and attributes to an animal or abstract things/// (my cat cried all day because I left)
Antithesis
The juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structures, or ideas/// to err is human to forgive is divine
Aphorism
A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief///spare the rod and spoil the child
Archetype
A symbol, theme, setting, or character type that recurs in different times and places in types of literature/// The quest, dissent to the underworld, death and rebirth
Asyndeton
A structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series (veni, vidi, vici)
Catharsis
The process by which an unhealthy emotional state is corrected and emotional health is restored
Chiasmus
A figure of speech and generally is syntactical structure where the order of the terms in the first half of clause is reversed in the second half/// you can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy
Cliché
Trite phrase that has become overused/// there’s no place like home
Climax
The point in the story where the problem is resolved in one way or another
Colloquial
The direction of the common, ordinary folk, especially in a specific region or area/// y’all
Conflict
The struggle between two opposing forces
Connotation
The emotional shading society puts a word which somewhat alters the meaning/// House and home
Convention
And excepted mentor, Model or tradition
Couplet
Pair of successive rhyming lines of poetry with the same meter
Denotation
The dictionary definition of a word
Dialect
The language and speech Idiosyncrasies of a specific area, region, or group/// yall and you all
Diction
authors word choice
Elegy
A poem or prose work that meditates upon the death of a person
Ellipses
The omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary can be deduced from the context/// “hey Ethan…. I made my own quote”
Erid rhyme
Simple rhyming of words at the end of lines
Epic
A long poem about the ventures of gods or hero///. The odyssey
Epitaph
Writing a phrase of a dead person most often is inscribed upon a headstone
Essay
Prose work that presents a point of view
Euphemism
In indirect, kinder, or less harsh or hurtful way of expressing unpleasant information/// passed away vs. died
Flashback
Interruption to show a previous happening
Foil
A character whose traits are the opposite of another/// Batman and Joker
Foreshadowing
A hint at future action
Free verse
A type of poetry without a fixed pattern of rhyme
Genre
Form of literary work
