literary terms lessons 21-23 Flashcards
stanza
a grouping of two or more lines within a poem
two line stanza
couplet
three line stanza
triplet or tercet
four line sanza
quatrain
five line sanza
cinquain or quintet
six line stanza
sestet or sextet
seven line stanza
septet
eight line sanza
octave
fourteen line stanza
sonnet
static character
see character
stereotype
a broad generalization
story mapping
a visual organizer
style
how a writer says something
subplot
see plot
summarizing
the process of briefly recounting the main ideas
suspense
a feeling if growing tension
symbolism
using something specific to stand for something else
synecdoche
a literary technique in which the whole is represented by naming one of its parts
tall tale
a story about impossible evemts
theme
a common thread of wwork
third person point of view
see point of view
tone
the writers attitude
tragedy
a dramatic work that presents the down fall of a character
trait
see characterization
understatement
restrained in iranic contrast to what might have been said
unenviable narrator
see narrative
urban legend
a contemporary story
voice
an author or narrators style or manner of expression
