literary terms
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- symbol
- something which is itself and yet stands for, suggests, or means something else
- apologue
- a fictitious narrative about animals or inanimate objects, which, by acting like human beings, reflect the weaknesses of mankind (animal farm)
- theme
- the message, idea, or moral of the story
- sketch
- a brief composition simply constructed and usually unified in presenting a single scene, character, or incident
- allusion
- a reference in a work of literature to a person, place, or thing in another work of literature, art, or music
- onomatopoeia
- the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
- point of view - 3rd person - objective
- narrator does not interpret the story
- theme - stated
- author tells the idea directly
- anthology
- "a gathering of flowers" - term used to describe a collection of writing, either poetry or prose, usually by various authors
- two themes
- stated & implied
- man against what four ? ? ? ?
- man, nature, society, himself
- anachronism
- false assignment of an event, a person, a scene, or language to a time when that event, thing, or person was not in existance
- climax
- the point of highest action in a story
- metaphor
- a figure of speech that implies a direct likeness between two unlike things
- simile
- a figure of speech in which two basically unlike objects are directly compared using like or as
- point of view - 3rd person - omniscent
- the author as narrator adds his own comments
- epilogue
- a concluding statement; an appendix to a work
- personification
- a figure of speech that attributes human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
- sarcasm
- a form of verbal irony in which, under the pretense of praise, a bitter expression of strong, personal disapproval is given
- soliloquay
- a speech of a character in a play delivered while the speaker is alone. Its purpose is to inform the audience what is passing in the characters mind
- parable
- an illustrative story answering a question or pointing out a moral or lesson
- point of view
- angle or position from which a writer tells a stroy
- point of view - first person - I
- Story told from point of view of one of the characters
- theme - implied
- author develops hints, and reader must figure out message
- character- foil
- a character similar to another character but who sets the other one off by contrast
- caricature
- descriptive writing which seizes upon certain individual qualities of a person through exaggeration or distortion, producing a ridiculous effect
- villian
- an evil character, guilty of, or capable of, serious crimes, and who acts against the hero
- the three points of view are? ? ?
- first person - I, third person - objective, third person - omniscient
- style
- the arrangement of words in a manner which best expresses the individuality of the author and the idea and the intent in his mind
- foreshadowing
- clues that hint at later events in the story
- anecdote
- a short narrative that gives details of an interesting episode or event
- alliteration
- a series of words that begin with the same sound or consonant
- resolution
- final outcome
- plot
- series of related actions or events in a short story