Literature 1st quarter Exam (terms) Flashcards
An approximate rhyme in which initial consonant sound are the same:
Out of the Hills of Habersham’
Down the valleys of Hall…
Alliteration
A reference to mythology, history, or literature
Allusion
The repetition of vowel sounds:
Player with rAilroads and nAtion’s frEIght handler
Assonance
A short narrative song written in stanzas
Ballad
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Blank verse
Incorrect spelling often used for humorous effect
Cacography
A strongly exaggerated simile or metaphor
Conceit
The repetition of final consonant sounds
Consonance
Regional language
Dialect
A conversation between characters
Dialogue
A pattern in a line of poetry consisting of one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables
Foot
Poetry having no metrical pattern
Free verse
The use of words to convey the opposite of there literal meaning usually with a humorous effect
Irony
An implied comparison in which one thing is described in terms of another
Metaphor
The occurrence of rhythm at regular intervals
Meter
Using words which sound like what they mean
Onomatopoeia
A comparison in which human qualities are given to an inanimate object or an animal
Personification
The arrangement of incidents or events in a story or novel
Plot
The method of presenting the reader with the material of the story
POV
POV: author tells the story from the viewpoint of one character
Limited POV
POV: the author presents the characters in action with no comment
Objective POV
POV: all knowing author is the narrator who comments freely on the actions and characters
Omniscient POV
The correspondence of sounds
Rhyme
The repetition of the accented or stressed vowel sound at the end of lines in poetry
End rhyme
The regular recurrence of a sound
Rhythm
The ridicule of human folly or vice with the purpose of correcting it
Satire
An expressed comparison of unlike things in which the words like or as are used
Simile
The twist at the end oof a story
Surprise ending
The controlling idea or insight into life which the author seeks to impart through characters
Theme
The writers attitude toward his subject
Tone or Mood
