Lit Terms Final Flashcards
The repeating of consonant sounds. The repetition can be put side by side (for example, “sleepy sun sank slowly over the sea”).
alliteration
A group of people that experience a work
audience
unrhyming verse in iambic pentameter
blank verse
the manner in which an author develops characters and their personalities.
characterization
a literary device that can be defined as having two successive rhyming lines in a verse, and has the same meter to form a complete thought.
couplet
word choice, or the style of speaking that a writer, speaker, or character uses.
dictation
a rhyme involving a word in the middle of s line of a line in the middle of the next
internal rhyme
a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics
metaphor
a type of metrical line used in traditional untressed-stress
iambic pentameter
the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
onomataopeia
ontrary to expectations, existing belief or perceived opinion. “In order to lead, you must walk behind.”
paradox
figure of speech in which a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes.
personification
the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic.
purpose of the author
When a writer attempts to describe something so that it appeals to our sense of smell, sight, taste, touch, or hearing
imagery
an extreme exaggeration used to make a point. It is like the opposite of “understatement.”
hyperbole
A measured pattern of words and phrases arranged by sound, time, or events. These patterns are [created] in verse or prose by use of stressed and unstressed syllables.
rhythm
a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things.
simile
a device often used in drama when a character speaks to oneself, relating thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audience, giving off the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections.
soliloquy
rhyme where vowels or constennts of stressed syllables are identical
slant rhyme
the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.
symbolism
defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly.
theme
shakespeare rhyme scheme
a b a b c d c d
e f e f g g
the turn of thought or argument in sonnets
turn
when, for instance, a man is chuckling at the misfortune of another, even when the same misfortune is, unbeknownst to him, befalling him.
situational irony
occurs when a speaker speaks something contradictory to what he intends to say.
verbal irony
the simple repeating of a word, within a short space of words (including in a poem), with no particular placement of the words to secure emphasis.
repetion
an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
tone