Literary Terminology Flashcards
What is flashback?
The author the scene of a narrative to tell about earlier events.
Ex: “Lana thought back to her first visit to the beach.”
What is alliteration?
The repetition of identical beginning consonant sounds.
Ex: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”
What is foreshadowing?
When an author often gives hints or clues as to what will happen in a story.
What is hyperbole?
Exaggeration; Author uses it for emphasis or humorous effect.
What is irony?
3 types:
- situational
- verbal
- dramatic
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two unlike things , without using like or as.
What is onomatopoeia?
The technique of forming words that imitate specific sounds.
What is paradox?
Is a statement that at first seems self-contradictory but that upon reflection makes sense.
Ex: “ less is more. “
What is personification ?
Gives human characteristics to an animal, an object or a thing .
What is pun?
Plays on words that have similar meanings.
What is refrain?
A word, phrase or series of lines that is repeated, adding rhythm and emphasis to a song or poem.
What is repetition?
The act of simply repeating words or phrases throughout a work.
What is simile?
Comparing two things using like or as.
What is symbol?
A person, place or object that has significance beyond its surface meaning .
What is tone?
The emotion created by the author’s use of language or by the characters words and actions .
What is understatement?
The opposite of hyperbole; it minimizes the importance of what is meant.
What is fiction?
Hint: Genre .
Based on imagination not on a fact.
What is nonfiction?
Hint: Genre.
Based on a fact.
What is poetry?
Ex: Genre.
Has rhythmically measured lines & tries to get people to understand the emotion .
What is drama?
Literary genre intended to be preformed by actors on a stage.
What is chronological?
A common structure of a novel or story.
What is epistolary novel?
A novel written in the form of letters, diary/journal entries, postcards, or e-mail.
What is frame narrative?
A story told within another story.
What is in medias res?
Latin term for “in the middle of things.”
What is rhyme?
The repetition of sounds, most commonly heard at the ends of lines in poetry.
What is end rhyme?
Rhymes that occur at the end of a line of poetry.
What is internal rhyme?
Rhyme occurring within a line of poetry.
What is slant rhyme?
(Near rhyme, half rhyme, off rhyme) the final consonant sounds are the same but the vowel sounds are different.
What is consonance?
A kind of slant rhyme; words have the same beginning and ending consonant sounds but a different vowel.
What is assonance?
Not a true rhyme; uses repetition of similar vowel sounds. May occur in the initial vowel as in alliteration.
What is rhyme scheme?
The pattern of rhymes in a poem; each new rhyme in a stanza is represented by a different letter of the alphabet.
What is fixed form?
Written in traditional verse and and generally rhymes.
What is free form?
(Free verse poetry) ; tries to capture cadence of regular speech , free verse.
What is blank verse?
Written in unrhymed iambic pentameter, a patter of five iambic feet per line.
What is narrative poems?
Tells a story.
What is a ballad?
A narrative poem.
What is lyric poetry?
Expresses a person’s thoughts or feelings .
What is allusion?
An implied or indirect reference to a person, place, or thing that is fictitious, historical, or real.
What is conceit?
An elaborate or extended simile or metaphor.
What is metonymy?
A figure of speech where the name of a thing is being substituted for another word or term associated with it.
What is synecdoche?
A part is used to represent the whole or vice versa.
What is tragedy?
A serious play that ends in disaster and sorrow.
What is comedy?
A lighthearted play intended to amuse the audience.
What is expressionism?
Reflects to both a type of drama and the way it is portrayed on the stage.
