Literary Terms Flashcards
Conversations held by the characters
Dialogue
A play; tragedies and comedies
Drama
One character who acts as a contrast to another character
Foil
A long, uninterrupted speech that is spoken in the presence of other characters
Monologue
A figure of speech that fuses two contradictory or opposing ideas
Oxymoron
Humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time
Pun
A speech, usually lengthy, in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his or her thoughts out loud
Soliliquy
A literary work in which the central character meets an unhappy or disastrous end
Tragedy
Anything written in sentences
Prose
Brief story used to make a point
Anecdote
Statement that seems to be contradictory but is really true
Paradox
A book of a persons memories about part of his life
Memoirs
Writing that makes fun of something in order to reveal a weakness
Satire
An expression that means something different from the literal meaning of each word
Idiom
Dictionary definition
Denotation
Emotions that are attached to words
Connotation
A short, witty saying that sometimes ends with a paradox
Epigram
A short statement or truth
Aphorism
Poem written at someone’s death
Elegy
Something nice said about the dead at a funeral
Eulogy
A short remark usually directed to the audience
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