Unit 2 Set 1 Flashcards
inverted word order for emphasis, rhyme, or rhythm
Anastrophe
conventional character, plot, or setting—predictable
Stereotype
figurative language in which a part is used for the whole or the whole is used for a part
Synecdoche
the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
Rhythm
the term used to describe a contrast between what appears to be and what really is.
Irony
when a character says one thing but means something else.
Verbal Irony
an occurrence that is different from what is expected
Irony of Situation
when there is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience knows to be true.
Dramatic Irony
a fact is expressed less emphatically than it could be
Understatement
method used to describe characters by revealing physical traits and personality.
Characterization
repetition of initial consonant sounds
Alliteration
repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds
Assonance
repetition of consonant sounds preceded by different vowel sounds
Consonance
words whose sounds imitate the natural sounds of an object or animal
Onomatopoeia
a movement or tendency in art, literature, and music reflecting the principles manifested in the art of ancient Greece and Rome. It emphasizes the traditional and the universal, placing value on reason, clarity, balance, order.
Classicism
a movement that flourished in literature, philosophy, music, and art in Western culture during most of the 19th century, beginning as a revolt against classicism. It essentially upholds feeling and the imagination over reason and fact. It favors the picturesque, the emotional, the exotic, and the mysterious.
Romanticism
verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Blank Verse
unrhymed verse that has either no metrical pattern or an irregular pattern
Free Verse
a break or pause in a line of poetry which contributes to the rhythm of the poem.
Caesura
rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry.
Internal Rhyme
a tale in prose or verse in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities—has two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning.
Allegory
any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, such as a quality, an attitude, a belief, or a value.
Symbol
a word or expression that is not meant to be interpreted in a literal sense (more than 200 types).
Figure of Speech
a figure of speech using exaggeration, or overstatement, for special effect.
Hyperbole
a figure of speech in which something very closely associated with a thing is used to stand for or suggest the thing itself.
Metonymy
a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas
Oxymoron
traditional songs, myths, legends, fables, fairy tales, proverbs, and riddles composed anonymously and either written or passed down orally
Folklore
a struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem.
Conflict
between two persons, between a person and society, between a person and nature
External Conflict
between two elements struggling for mastery within a person
Internal Conflict
the representation of an inanimate object, animal, or idea as a human being by giving it human qualities
Personification
