Literary Terms Flashcards
Sensory details that make a work of literature easy to picture
Imagery
A stated or implied Comparison between two or more objects
Metaphor
A comparison that is used multiple times throughout a work of literature
Extended metaphor
Does not directly compare one thing to another
Implied metaphor
A comparison that has become literal instead of figurative
dead metaphor
The use of two metaphors in one statement
Mixed metaphor
A brief reference to a work of art,person, place, or event
Allusion
The use of wit to ridicule a subject
Satire
A statement that seems to be contradictory but actually has meaning
Paradox
The repetition of sounds with two or more words
Rhyme
Two lines of poetry that rhyme
Couplet
The authors attitude to the subject
Tone
The handling of language
Style
A comparison between two startling different things
Conceit
A writers choice of words for clarity, effectiveness, and precision
Diction
Hey poetic foot that has an unstressed syllable then a stressed syllable
Iamb
A humorous story that was exaggerated
Tall tale
Rhymed verse lines written and iambic pentameter
Heroic couplet
Used to suggest meaning and mood
Symbolism
A comparison that uses like, as, then, or resembles
Simile
The sun that brief summer day
Rose cheerless over hills of gray
Couplet
A short story set in the present time that makes a reference to Rome’s Coliseum
Allusion
In death there is life
Paradox
Taylor’s comparison between cloth-making and God’s granting of graces in his poem, “Huswifery”:
Make me Thy loom then, knit therein this twine…
Thine ordinances make my fulling mills
Conceit
The storm of protest was nipped in the bud
Mixed metaphor
