Terms Test Flashcards
Define: Alliteration
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in adjacent words, often used for poetic effect.
Define: Plosive Alliteration
Plosive consonants involve a burst of sound created by the closure of partial closure of the vocal tract. Examples include “p,” “b,” “t,”“d,” “k,” and “g.”
Define: Fricative Alliteration
Fricative consonants involve the friction of air through a narrow passage in the vocal tract. Examples include “f,” “v,” “s,” “z,” “sh,” and “zh.”
Define: Allegory
A narrative or story in which characters and events represent abstract ideas or moral qualities, often with a hidden or symbolic meaning.
Define: Ambiguity
The presence of multiple possible meanings or interpretations within a text, often intentionally employed by the author for complexity or depth.
Define: Anachronism
The inclusion of something in a literary work that is chronologically out nof place, whether in terms of historical context or cultural setting.
Define: Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words for rythmic effect, often used in poetry. For example “fleet feet sweep sleeping geeks.”
Define: Connotation
The implied or suggested meanings associated with a word beyond its literal definition.
Define: Diction
The author’s choice and use of words and phrases in writing, which contriubutes to tone, atmosphere and meaning.
Define: Foreshadowing
A literary device in which an authro hints at future events of the plot, creating suspense or anticipation in the reader.
Define: Hypophora
A rhetroical device in which the speaker poses a question and the immediately answers it.
Define: Hyperbole
Exaggerated language or claims not meant to be taken literally, often used for emphasis or dramatic effect.
Define: Imagery
Vivid descriptive language that appeals to the senses, creating mental nimages and enhancing the reader’s experience.
Define: Irony
A literary technique involving contradictions or contrasts between expectation and reality, often used for humorous, dramtic or satirical effect.
Define: Verbal Irony
A statement in which the intended meaning is different from the literal meaning of the words used.n Example “what a beautiful day” during a thunderstorm.
Define: Dramatic Irony
When the audience or reader knows something that the characters do not, leading to tension or suspense.
Define: Situational Irony
When the outcome of a situation is different from what was expected or intended, often resulting in unexpected consequences. E.g a firestation burning down.
Define: Socratic Irony
Pretending ignorance to engage others in a discussiona and ultimately reveal their errors or contradictions.
Define: Mood
The emotional atmosphere or tone evoked by a literary work, created through elements such as setting, language and imagery.
Define: Motif
A recurring element, symbol, image or theme in a literary work that contributes to its overall meaning or effect.
Define: Narrative Voice
The perspective from which a story is told.
Define: First-person Narrator
Narration from the perspective of a character within the story, using “I” or “we” pronouns.
Define: Second-person Narrator
Narration adressed directly to the reader, using “you”v pronouns.
Define: Third-person Narrator
Narration from an outside perspective using “he,” “she,” “they” pronouns.
