literary terms Flashcards by kurstin hack

what is the concentration comp eatsblished by the nazis?

Auschwitz

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what word means prison in paris?

Bastille

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what was the fort called in a chaple in san antanio?

Alamo

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what refers to the langauge that decribes concepts rather than concrete images?

Abstract

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what word means extended narrative in prose or verse?

Allegory

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what word means short and simple in an narrative of an incident?

Anecdote

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what explanatory notes gets added to a text to explain?

Annoation

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what means the presentetion of two constructing images?

Antithesis

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what means short and often witty in a statement?

Annorism

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the word usally used in poetry but sometimes in a prose.

Apostrapbe

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what writing attempts to prove the point of view?

Argumentation

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harsh award, or sounds used in potery or prose its the opposite of euphony

Cacophony, Dissonance

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descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a persons apperance

Caricature

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a word or pharse using slang in everyday conversatation

Colloquiallism

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quailty of a piece of writing in which all the parts devolpe a central idea

coherence

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langauge that desribes people, places, rather than ideas or qualities

concrete language

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implied or suggested meaning of a word

connatation

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repetion id identical constant sounds with in two or more words

consonance

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a riddle whose answer is or involves apun pacdox or a diffcult problem

concundrum

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the process of moving from a general rule to a example

deduction

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literal meaning of a word as defined

denotation

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the picturing in words of something or someone

description

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A element of style that creates attitude ,tone and style

Diction

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A poem that tells a story

Ballad

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Story of a persons life written by someone else

Biography

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

Blank verse

Pause brakes in a line. Of poetry

Caesura

An event that comes first and the other one follows

Cause and effect

A person who is responsible for the thoughts and actions of a story

Character

A character in a story or poem who frustrates the main character

Anatgoist

A picture of a persons habits

Caricature

A character who sewes as a contrast

Foil

a character whose actions are inspiring or noble

Hero/heroine

the order which events happen in time

Chronogical order

the readers process of pausing while reading to review what they understand

clarifying

a type of figurative langauge having overused expression

cliche

see plot

climax

a dramtic work that is light and often funny

comedy

the process of identifying similarities

comparsion

type of poetry that uses its visual form to present its meassage

concrete poetry

the tension or problem in the story

conflict

the dominantor or most important conflict in the story

central conflict

the problem or struggle that exsist between the main character and the outside force

external conflict

the problem or struggle that takes place in the main characters mind

internal conflict

a readers process of reading of a litrary work to his or her own knowledge

connecting

the idea of feeling associated with award as oppsed to its dictionary definition

connotation

hints or suggestions that may surround unfamilar words or pharses

context clues

the process of pointing out differences between things

contrast

a rhymed pair of lines in a poem

couplet

see plot

denouement

a form of langauge that is spoken in a particular place or group of people

dialect

the converstation between characters in a drama or narrative

dialogue

a play or drama that is meant to be preformed by actors before an audience

drama

combining several information to make a influence

drawing conclusions

literarcy device that is used when a character reveals their inner thoughts

dramatic monologue

a type of literature defined as a sonoger poem

elegly

in poetry an in comlpete syntat at he end of a line

enviambment

a short poem or verse that seeks to ridicule a thought or event

epigram

a long narrative about the adventures of a hero who shows actions

epic

a sudden moment of understanding that causes a character to change

epiohony

a short poem or verse written on memory of someone

epitath

a short work of nonficition that deals with a single subject

essay

describes a particular subject

descriptive essay

someones purpose to explain and give infromation about a subject

expository essay

highly organizied and throughly researched

formal essay

purpose is to entertain the reader

humorous essay

the lighter in tone and usally reflects the writers feelings and personality

informal essay

an essay that tells a story

narritive essay

attempts to convince a reader to adopt a particular option

persuasive essay

the process of judging the value of something or someone

evaluting

see hyperbole

exaggeration

see plot

exposition

a figure of speech that compares to essentiallly unlike things in great length

extented metaphore

see conflict

exernal conflict

a breif tale that teaches a lesson about human nature

false

a fact is a statement that can be proven and an opinion reflects the writer

fact and opinion

see plot

falling action

plose writing that tells an imaginary story

ficition

expressions that are not literary true

figurative language

see point of view

first person point of view

an interruption of the chronoagical sequence

flash back

see character

foil

traditions customs and stories that are passed down within a culture

folklore

a unit of meter within a line

foot

when the writer provides questions or hints

foreshadowing

poetry without regular patterns of rhythm

free verse

a broad statement about an entire topic

generailzations

a type of category of literature the four main genre

genre

a traditional form of Japanese poetry

halau

see character

hero

fiction that explores a past

historical fiction

rhyming lines that contain a complete thought

accuplet

contains mysterious events to create a sense of terror

horror fiction

the equality that provokes laughter

humer

a figure of speech

hyperbole

see meter

iambic pontometer

a phrase that means something different

idiom

the use of words and phrases that appeal to the five senses

imagery

a logical guess

infrernce

see conflict

internal conflict

a meeting in which one person asks another about personal matters

interview

a contrast between what is expected

irony

occurs when the speaker means something to different

verbal irony

occurs when facts are not known to the characters

dramtic irony

suggests that some unknown force brings about fire and dreadful events

cosmic irony

the difference between what is expected to happen

irony of situation

a story handed down from the past

legend

a short humorous poem

limreck

the actual meaning of a word or phrase

literal meaning

a song like a poem

lyric

the most important point of the story

main idea

a specific type of autobiography

memior

a type of figurative language

metephor

the regular pattern of accented and unaccented symbols

meter

one foot per line

monometer

two feet per line

dimeter