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Literary Terms Flashcards

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Allegory

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A narrative written so that is has two different meanings (eg. the Russian revolution in animal farm)

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Alliteration/Alliterative

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The repetition of consonant sounds in neighbouring words (eg. bouncing ball)

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Allusion

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A direct or indirect reference to a person, place or thing

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Analogous

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Showing an analogy: a comparison between two or more things that infers a conclusion about something else.

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Anaphora

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The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of sentences, paragraphs or verses.

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Anthropomorphism

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The attribution of human characteristics to a inanimate object, animal or deity.

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Apostrophe

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(With reference to an ode) Speech that addresses someone not present, or to a personified object or idea (eg. “O Death, where is thy sting?”)

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Assonance

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A form of rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are repeated to set an intended mood (eg. “Poetry is old, ancient, goes back far”)

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Auditory

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Aural imagery/devices, sound imagery

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Augustan

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The eighteenth century in English literature

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Autodidact

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Someone who has learnt a subject without the benefit of a teacher, self taught .

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Ballad

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A simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas.

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Blank Verse

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An unryhmed verse, especially unrhymed iambic pentameter verses found in English dramatic and epic verse.

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Cacophony/cacophonous

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The use of harsh or jarring sounds in language for literary effect

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Caesura

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A pause, usually during the middle of a verse lone

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Dramatic Monologue

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A poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects about their character while describing a particular situation.

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Connotation/connotative

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The associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning.

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Consonance

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The correspondence of consonants, especially at the end of a word, in a passage of prose or verse.

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Couplet

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A pair of successive lines of verse, especially those that rhyme.

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Diatribe

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A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.

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Dialectic

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The contrast of two conflicting point of views or the art of logical debate between to theories or opinions.

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Didactic

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Intended for instruction, instructive, especially morals instructions.

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Dissonance

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Inharmonious or harsh sound; discord or cacophony

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Eidetic image

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An unusually vivid, elaborate and apparently exact mental image resulting from a visual experience.

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Ekprasis

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A literary description and or critique on a visual work of art. (eg. a poem about a photograph or film)

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Elegy/elegiac

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A mournful and melancholy poem, especially a lament for the dead.

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Ellision

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(in verse) The omission of a vowel at the end of one word where the next wot

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Ellipsis

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Marks as in … or *** to indicate an omission or suppression of letters or words

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End Rhyme

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A rhyme that occurs betweens the end of lines of a poem, as opposed to internal rhyming.

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End-stopped line

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The opposite of enjambment, where a single phrase, clause or sentence corresponds with the length of the line.

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English/Shakespearean Sonnet

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A sonnet with three quatrains, a concluding rhyming couplet, iambic pentameter and the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg.

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Enjambment

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The running over of a sentence from one line to another

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Epic

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An extended narrative poem with dignified language, celebrating the feats of a traditional hero.

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Euphony/euphonic

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A pleasant sound, especially in speech and pronunciation

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Fricatives

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Words that when said, create audible friction in the throat such as th, v, h

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Hegemony/Hegmoic

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The domination or ascendency of power of a state within a larger league or empire. The political, economic, ideological or cultural dominance of one group over another group.

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Hendiadys

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The expression of a single idea by two words connected with an ‘and’, for example nice and warm

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Heroic Couplet

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A verse consisting with two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter.

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Hyperbole

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An exaggeration not meant to be taken literally

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Iamb

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A foot of two syllables, an unstressed and then stressed syllable.

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Iambic Pentameter

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Poetry structured in five iambs per line, not necessarily rhyming and not having to follow the structure at all times.

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Iambic Tetrameter

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A line consisting of four iambs per feet.

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Iconoclast

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Somebody who challenges or overturns traditional views within a society.

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Idyll

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A short poem or prose depicting a idealised rural setting with romantic themes.

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Imagery

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Figurative language or descriptions which invokes feelings in the senses.

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Invocation

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The act of calling upon a god or deity for aid or protection or inspiration.

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Irony

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Incongruity between what has actually occurred and what might be expected.

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Juzxtaposition

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The placing of verbal elements side by side so that he reader can establish connections between the two elements and create meaning.

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Lyric

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A poem which expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet, it does not portray characters or actions.

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Mellifluous

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Quite, gentle, sweet sounding and flowing.

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Metonymy

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The use of a word as substitute for another word which is closely associated, such as the use of sword for war or Washington as the United States.

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Metaphor

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Comparing something to something else completely out of place in order to create meaning. “She is the Sun’ or ‘A sea of troubles.

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Mythopoeia

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The creating of a myth

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Neo-classical

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a revival of classical art and culture.

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Neologism

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The practice of coining a new word or extending the meaning of a new word, a recerntly coined word or phrase

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Octave/Octet

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A group of eight lines of poetry

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Ode

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A lyric poem, usually very long, expressing enthusiastic emotion with a formal structure.

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Oxymoron

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A rhetorical device which features two opposite words or phrase used in conjunction with each-other to create meaning. “Parting is such sweet sorrow” “Deafening silence”

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Onomatopoeia

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The formation or use of words such as “bang” or “pop” to represent sounds associated with the action they refer to.

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Pastoral

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Portraying or referring to the idyllic life of a Shepard in the country.

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Persona

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A voice or character adopted by the writer in a piece of literature.

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which inanimate objects are attributed human or organic characteristics, “the trees danced in the breeze”.

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Prosody

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The study of meters in poetry and the structure of verses.

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Quatrain

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A stanza or poem with four lines.

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Masculine rhyme

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A rhyme that matches with only one syllable, usually at the end of a line. (i.e. “end-mend, condescend-transcend”

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Feminine rhyme

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A rhyme that matches with two syllables, usually at the end of a line. (i.e. “painted-passion, acquainted-fasion”

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Internal rhyme

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Thyme that occurs in the middle of lines in-between verses.

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End rhyme

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Line that occurs at the end of the line in-between verses.

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Satire

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The use of irony, sarcasm or ridicule to denounce and shame and individual, organization or society.

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Sestet

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A group of six lines of poetry, especially the last six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet.

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Sibilance

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Having a hissing sound, “the sibilant sound of wing among the leaves”.

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Similie

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A figure of speech in which two completely unlike things are compared, often in phrase using like or as “How like the winter hath my absence been”

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Sonnet

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A 14 line poem in traditionally in Shakespearean or Petrarchan form. The latter consists of an eight line octet with a rhyme scheme of abba cddc followed by a concluding sestet of varying rhyme scheme. A Shakespearean sonnets consist of three quatrains rhyming abab cdcd efef in iambic pentameter, ending with a rhyming couplet.

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Sonorous

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Deep sounding, echoing and resonant.

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Soporific

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Sleep inducing, hypnotic or monotonous.

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Stanza

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A fixed number of verse lines creating a pattern of units in a poem.

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Symbol

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Something that represents or stands out as something else, usually via convention or association, especially a material or tangible object.

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Synaesthesia

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A literary device where one kind of sensation is described in terms of another, “felt the sounds” “shining words”.

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Synecdoche

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A figure of speech which refers to part of something to reference the whole of something. i.e. , boards in place of state, society for high society.

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Tone

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The mood of the poem, which can be used to indicate the feelings of the writer and in some cases the persona.

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Trimeter

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A line consisting of three metrical feet.

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Verisimilitude

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The appearance of being true or real.

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Vernacular

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The plain language used in everyday by ordinary people, the native language of a place.

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Volta

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the 9th line of a Petrarchan sonnet which indicates a turn or shift in mood for the poem.

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