literacy terms Flashcards
repetition of initial constant sounds
alliteration
a reference to a person a place, an avent, or lliterary work that the author expects the reader to understand
allusion
a comparison used to illustrate similarites between two objects or abstractions
analogy
lines spoken to the audience from a character on stage
aside
repetition of vowels
assonance
a narrative told in verse
ballad
verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
blank verse
the personality of a character displayed and developed by the auhtor through direct and inderect means
characterization
the highest part/point of tension in a narrative
climax
a literacy work depicts a happy and a miracle ending
comedy
the villain negative force opposes the hero
antagonist
the problem that needs resolution or the struggle between two opposing forces in a narrative
conflict
repetition of similar consonant sounds
consonance
the resolution or outcome of a narrative
denoument
lines between two characters
dialouge
word choice
diction
a lyric poem in memorial or lamentation, sad
elegy
a long narrative poem aboud a legendary hero and values of society
epic
the beginning of a narrative the background context
expostion
hints in the beginning of a narrative, the background context
foreshadowing
verse with no fixed problem
free verse
description in exaggerated terms
hyperbole
words or phases that create sensory images
imagery
a contrast or opposition to what is started or expected
irony
an implicit comparison between a literal and abstract image
metaphor
a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
meter
something associated with an object is representative of the object in its entirely
metonymy
lines give by one character
monolouge
atmosphere of a narrative or poem, the readers emotional response
mood
repetition of a symbol word or situation in order to emphasize a theme
motif
word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
onomatopeia
a seeming contradiction that reveals a kind of truth
paradox
non human objects are given human characteristics
personification
sequence of events within a narrative
plot
perspective from which a narrative is told
point of view
sound devices in poetry
prosody
the centeral character of a narrative
protagonist
regular repetition throughout a work of poetry
refrain
the repetition of similar sound between words or the ending of words
rhyme
arrangement of syllables into patterns
rhythm
the time and place of a narrative
setting
lines given by a character alone on stage
soliloquy
a 14 line lyric poem
sonnet
an explicit comparison using like or as
simile
an authors manner of writing
style
a concrete object is representative of an abstract idea
symbolism
a subsitiution of a part for the whole
synechdoche
the general idea or centeral message of a piece of writing
theme
the authors attitude convoyed through a writing
tone
a literary work that depicts a sorrowful or disastrous ending
tragedy
