Literary Terms

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

A form of extended metaphor. An underlying meaning that has moral,social,religious,or political significance,and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas. It is a story with 2 meanings,a literal and symbolic meaning.

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

A reference within a piece of work. An allusion draws on outside sources to provide greater context or meaning to the selection.

Question 3

Atmosphere

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The feeling surrounding a piece of work.

Question 4

Climax

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The highest point of suspense in a piece of work. The turning point before the plot is resolved.

Question 5

Complication

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A series of difficulties forming the central action in a piece of work.

Question 6

Conflict

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The struggle between opposing forces. 3 types: internal; a struggle within a character. Interpersonal; a struggle between 2+ characters(an argument or a fight). External; a struggle against nature or society.

Question 7

Connotation

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The attitudes and feelings associated with a word.these can be negative or positive,and have an important influence on style and meaning.

Question 8

Denotation

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The dictionary meaning of a word.

Question 9

Diction

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Word choice. The significance of an authors word choice.

Question 10

Eulogy

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A speech or writing in praise of a person who has died.

Question 11

Extended Metaphor

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A metaphor used throughout a piece of work or is continued for a few lines of a selection.

Question 12

Figurative Language

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A form of language in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words.

Question 13

Flashback

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An interruption of a work’s chronology to describe or present an incident that occurred prior to the main time frame of a work’s action.

Question 14

Foreshadowing

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Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story are given.

Question 15

Hyperbole

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Intended exaggeration used to create a desired effect such as humour or sarcasm.

Question 16

Imagery

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Language which describes something in detail,using words to substitute for and create sensory stimulation.

Question 17

Irony

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Dramatic:occurs when the audience and/or 1+ characters in a work are aware of info that another character(s) are not. Situational:evident where an unexpected event occurs,in the sense that it is somehow in absurd or mocking opposition to what would be expected or appropriate. Verbal:speech in which what is said is the opposite to what is meant. It is a form of sarcasm.

Question 18

Juxtaposition

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The arrangement of 2+ ideas,characters, actions,settings,phrases,or words side by side or in a similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison,contrast, or character development.

Question 19

Lyrics

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Words to a song.

Question 20

Memoir

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Autobiography writing.

Question 21

Metaphor

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Comparing 2+ things not using the words like or as.

Question 22

Monologue

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A composition,written or oral,by a single individual.(in a drama or other public entertainment)

Question 23

Mood

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The feeling you get after reading a piece of work.

Question 24

Oxymoron

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Using contradiction in a manner that oddly makes sense on a deeper level.

Question 25

Personification

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Giving non living things living characteristics.(human traits)

Question 26

Poetic Forms

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Ballad:a story,usually a narrative poem,in a song.
Elegy:a type of lyric poem that expresses sadness for someone who has died.
Epic:a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero.
Free Verse:poetry without a regular pattern of Of meter or rhyme.
Lyric:a poem used to express feelings.
Narrative:a poem that tells a story.
Ode:a long,elaborate poem of varying line lengths and sometimes intricate rhyme schemes dealing with a serious subject matter.
Sonnet:a poem that has 14 lines,3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet, along with iambic pentameter and rhyming “abab cdcd efef gg “.

Question 27

Point of View

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1st:a character narrates the story.”I”
2nd:the narrator directly addresses the protagonist.”you”
3rd:told by a narrator who is not in the story.
Limited:knowledge of character is limited,can describe only what can be seen or heard.”he/she/they”.
Omniscient:knowledge of everything about the characters.

Question 28

Pun

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A humorous play on words.

Question 29

Refrain

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A phrase,verse,or group of verses repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza.

Question 30

Sarcasm

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Use of verbal irony in which a person appears to be praising something,but is actually insulting it.

Question 31

Satire

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A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices,
stupidities,and follies.

Question 32

Setting

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The time,place and circumstances of a literary work that establish its context.

Question 33

Simile

Answer 33

Comparing 2+ things using the words like or as.

Question 34

Speaker

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The voice in a poem.

Question 35

Stanza

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In poetry, a “stanza” is a unit within a larger poem.

Question 36

Stereotype

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Putting a person or persons into a category. Usually a negative and derogatory category.

Question 37

Suspense

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Excited anticipation of an approaching climax.

Question 38

Symbolism

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When an object or action means more than itself. When and object represents an idea.

Question 39

Theme

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The message you get analyzing and reflecting a piece of work. Written in a sentence.

Question 40

Tone

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The implied attitude of a writer towards the subject and characters of a piece of work.