literary terms 21-23 Flashcards
a grouping of two or more lines within a poem.
stanza
two line stanza
couplet
three line stanza
triplet or tercet
four line stanza
quatrain
five line stanza
cinquain or quintet
six line stanza
sestet or sextet
seven line stanza
septet
eight line stanza
octave
fourteen line stanza
sonnet
see character
static character
a broad generalization or an oversimplified view that disregards individual differences.
stereotype
a visual organizer that helps a reader understand a work of literature by tracking setting, characters, events and conflicts.
story mapping
how a writer says something; many elements contribute to style, including word choice, sentence length, tone and figurative language.
style
see plot
subplot
the process of briefly recounting the main ideas of a piece of writing in a person’s own words, while omitting unimportant details.
summarizing
a feeling of growing tension and excitement. writers create suspense by raising questions in readers minds about what might happen.
suspense
using something specific to stand for something else, especially an idea.
symbolism
a literary technique in which the whole is represented by naming one of its parts or vice versa.
synecdoche
a humorously exaggerated story about impossible events.
tall tale
a common thread or repeated idea that is incorporated throughout a literary work.
theme
see point of view
third person point of view
the writers attitude or feeling about his or her subject
tone
a dramatic work that presents the downfall of a dignified character or characters who are involved in historically or socially significant events.
tragedy
