English Mid-terms Literary Devices
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- atmosphere
- the mood or the feeling
- allegory
- an entire story that represents something else
- lyric poetry
- verse, usually brief that focusses on the emotions or thoughts of the speaker
- ryme scheme
- a way of identifying the pattern of rhymes in a poem using lower case letters
- dramatic poem
- presents one or more characters speaking usually to each other but sometimes to themselves or directly to the readther, many characteristice of a play (definite setting, dramatic situation, vigourous speech, natural language
- symbolism
- something which maintains its own meaning while at the same time standing for something broader than itself
- forshadowing
- the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot
- dramatic monologue
- A type of poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener. As readers, we overhear the speaker in a dramatic monologue.
- alliteration
- the repitition of sounds, most often consonat sounds, at the begining of words. Alliteration gives emphasis to words.
- character
- persons animals natural forces or things represented as persons in literature
- shakespearan sonnet
- 14 lines, 3 couatrains and 1 couplet, abab, cdcd, efef, gg, 3 quatrain present a problem, couplet is a soulition (english)
- ballad
- a relatively short poem originally mean for singing, folk or popular, traveled by word of mouth
- literary ballads
- written by known artist, tend to be more elaborate, writer is first established
- metaphor
- a comparison of 2 unlike things without using "like" or "as", stronger than a similie
- meter
- is a pattern of rhythms in a line of poetry
- point of view
- the point from which a story is told
- dramatic irony
- discrepancy between what the character knows, and what the reader knows to be true, when the reader knows something that the character doesn't
- speaker
- the speaker in the poem may be the poety, or a voice in the poem could be a fictional character, even an object
- dialect
- speeck that is flavored by the usages of particular regional social or cultural groups
- satire
- literary work that mocks or ridicules the stupidity of individuals, groups, institutions or societys
- plot
- series of events that make up a story
- villanelle
- intricate 19 line poem, french, 6 stanza's only two rhymes allowed,
- diction
- A writer's choice or words, phrases, sentence structures, and figurative language, which combine to help create meaning.
- direct characterization
- author tells reader something about a character using direct details
- literal language
- A form of language in which writers and speakers mean exactly what their words denote.
- blank verse
- poetry written in unrhymed iambic pantameter.
- onomatopoeia
- musical device that occurs when a word imitates a sound or suggests its meaning
- diction
- authors choice of words, makes character more realistic
- epic
- A long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero. Epics typically chronicle the origins of a civilization and embody its central values
- imagery
- words/phrases tht use description to create pictures in the readers mind
- charcterization
- Is the process of presenting the differnet aspects of character and personality of someone in a novel or short storyor any other narratove depiction of humen being.
- lyric poetry
- highly musical verse that expresses the emotions of a speaker
- resolution
- the end of the story
- refrain
- reaccuring use of a phrase an entire line or a stanza, popular in ballads story poems often meant to be sang
- elegy
- a type of lyric poem that expresses mourning, usually over death
- poetic license
- the freedom to change words or even invent new words, creat new meaning , change things freely
- iambic pentameter
- a pattern of 5 groups of stressed un stresseed syllables
- iambic pentameter
- A metrical pattern in poetry which consists of five iambic feet per line. (an iamb, or iambic foot, consists of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.)
- connotation
- The emotions and feelings that surround a word; they may be negative, neutral, or positive, depending on their content, the deeper meaning
- rhythm
- refers to any regularly reaccurent flopw of motion or sound, natural rise and fall or words
- dramatic monolouge
- a speacial kin of dramatic poem . one character speaks to one or more other characters whos replies are not given
- hyperbole
- exaggeration of effect
- figurative language
- Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things, [examples are metaphor, simile, and personification.
- forshadowing
- hints given by the author that something was going to happen, important to plot development
- blank verse
- unrhymes iambic pentameter
- haiku
- 3 line poem, 575, 17 syllables, origins in Japan, usually about nature
- couplet
- A pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme
- denotation
- the literal meaning (dictionary) of the word
- indirect characterization
- author gives the reader clues about the character, you make assumptions based on clues
- falling action
- the falling action (or resolution) is characterized by diminishing tensions and the resolution of the plot's conflicts and complications
- allusion
- author refers to another work in their work
- tone
- authors attitude towards his subject
- narrartive poetry
- tells a story, incorperates story devices
- motivation
- the reason behind a characters action
- stanza
- group of lines or a poetic paragraph stanza can be one line seperated by a space
- free verse
- poetry that has no fixed line, length stanza form, rhymew scheme or meter
- theme
- the message the author wants you to take away from the story
- flashback
- the scene in a movie, play, short story, novel, or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to flash backward and tell what happened at an earlier time
- foil
- a character used to contrast with another character
- climax
- highest point of action. tension peaks
- motivation
- why the character does something
- figurative
- when someone means more than what is on the page
- irony
- a contrast between what is expected to happen and what really does
- climax
- the moment of greatest emotional tension in a narrative, usually marking a turning point in the plot at which the rising action reverses to become the falling action
- connotation
- the feeling you get when you hear a word whether positive negative or neutral
- metaphor
- a comparsion between two unlike things without using like or as.
- flashback
- a scene in a story or play that interups action to tell about events that happened at an earlier time
- conflict
- the problem/tension in a story
- dramatic poetry
- poetry that involves the techniques of drama; one or more characters speak to other characters who may or may not be present in the poem
- denotation
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression, dictionary meaning
- artistic license
- the artistic freedom writers have to change words or invent new ones and ignore grammar rules for the sake of their writing
- epic
- a long poem celebrating the deeds of a societys hero
- assonance
- The repitition of similar vowel sounds within the stressed syllables of a series of words to create a particular effect.
- setting
- place and time, where and when
- elegy
- A lyric poem lamenting the dead.
- ballad
- a narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain
- pretrachan sonnet
- 14 lines, 1 octave, 1 sestet,octave is one POV while the sested presents another
- antagonist
- the character who strives against another main character. This character opposes the hero. The term is also used to describe one who contends with or opposes another in a fight, conflict, or battle of wills.
- dramatic irony
- when the reader knows more than the characters
- personification
- giving human characteristics to an inatimite object
- conflict
- opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
- protagonist
- main character
- hyperbole
- extreme exaggeration
- suspense
- sense of uncertainty about the out come of the story
- exposition
- A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work, that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances. Exposition explains what has gone on before, the relationships between characters, the development of a theme, and the introduction of a conflict.
- internal ryhme
- rhyme reaccuring within a line of poetry
- exact rhyme
- word that exactly repeat a rhyme (love, dove)
- appoximate (slant) rhyme
- rhyme in which the final sounds of the words are similar but not identical
- dynamic character
- A character who changes in the course of a work of literature.
- short story
- a story written in prose that is shorter than a novel