Terms Flashcards
The correspondence of sounds
Rhyme
The regular recurrence of sounds
Rhythm
Using words that sound like what they mean
Onomatopoeia
The repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
Alliteration
The repetition of final consonant sounds
Consonance
No metrical pattern
Free verse
Purposely misspelling words for a humorous effect
Cacography
Imitation of regional language, the words and pronunciation which are peculiar to a people in a certain section of a country or a certain class of people
Dialect
An imaginative prose narrative written to give the reader entertainment and insight
Short story
What happens in the story
Plot
Who makes the plot happen
Characters
What the plot means
Theme
The time place and general background
Setting
The attitude or emotion of the author or narrator toward his subject or audience
Tone\mood
The various elements that make up a short story give it this aspect
Unity
The method of presenting the reader with the materials of the story, the perspective from which it is told
Point of view
And all knowing author is the narrator who comments freely on the actions and characters as he’s able to delve into the minds of all the characters
Omniscient point of view
The author tells the story from the viewpoint of one character
Limited point of view
The author presents the characters in action with no comment
Objective point of view
Saying the opposite of what is meant
Verbal irony
Contrasting what a character says and what reader or audience knows to be true
Dramatic irony
Presenting a discrepancy between appearance and reality between expectation and fulfillment
Irony of situation
The ridicule of human folly or vice with the purpose of correcting it, or for a humorous effect
Satire
The recurrence of Motion or sound
Rhythm
When rhythm occurs at regular intervals
Meter
A pattern in a line of poetry consisting of one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables is called—
Foot
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Blank verse
U ‘
Iamb
’ U
Trochee
U U ‘
Anapest
’ U U
Dactyl
’ ‘
Spondee
’
Monosyllabic foot
A reference to mythology, history, or literary work
Allusion
A strongly exaggerated simile or metaphor
Conceit
