Lit terms 21-40 Flashcards
- Denouement
The young child finally found his parents in the denouement.
where all the problems or mysteries of the plot are unraveled. ( resolution )
- Diction
The author’s diction created a melancholy tone.
A writer’s or speaker’s choice of words
- Dramatic irony
The reader knew that Desdemona didn’t cheat but Othello didn’t.
when the audience or the reader knows something important that a character in a play or story doesn’t know
- Dramatic monologue
The speaker of the poem made a grand speech to which there was no response
A poem in which a character addresses one or more listeners who remain silent or whose replies aren’t revealed
- Dynamic character
Katniss is considered to be a dynamic character
a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude
- Dystopia
1984 and The Hunger Games are considered to be set in a dystopia.
a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- Elegy
She wrote an elegy after her relative died.
A poem that mourns the death of a person or laments something lost
- Enjambment
The old man never
thought it could be possible.
when a phrase carries over a line-break without a major pause.
- Epic
The Illiad and Beowolf is considered an epic with Achilles and Beowolf as epic heroes.
A long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger than life hero who embodies the values of a particular society
- epiphany
After seeing the red umbrella, Doctor Who had an epiphany as to who was the impostor.
In a literary work, a moment of sudden insight or revelation that a character experiences
- epistolary
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is an epistolary novel as Charlie writes to an unknown person.
relating to or denoting the writing of letters or literary works in the form of letters.
- epitaph
The inscription on the tombstone read “Here lies ___. He/ She was loved.”
An inscription on a tombstone or a commemorative poem written about a person who has died
- ethos
The advertisement used J. Law as ethos for their product.
represents credibility or an ethical appeal which means persuasion by the character.
- euphemism
The mother used told the boy that the dog passed away instead of died.
polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or suggest something unpleasant.
- existentialism
Kate was an existentialist because she believed that she had power over own development.
a philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.
