Ap English Literature, 5 Steps To A 5, UCHS, Mrs. Barnhizer,
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| 42381007 | allegory | a work that functions on symbolic level | |
| 42381008 | alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds | |
| 42381009 | allusion | reference from another work | |
| 42381010 | ambiguity | communicating multiple meanings | |
| 42381011 | anapest | metrical pattern of two unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable | |
| 42381012 | antagonist | the force of character that opposes main character | |
| 42381013 | apostrophe | direct address in poetry | |
| 42381014 | aside | words spoken to be heard by audience but not other characters | |
| 42381015 | attitude | speaker's, author's, or character's disposition towards a subject | |
| 42381016 | aubade | love poem set at dawn to bid farewell to beloved | |
| 42381017 | ballad | simple narrative poem, often incorporating dialogue and with general rhyme scheme of ABCD | |
| 42381018 | blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter | |
| 42381019 | cacophony | harsh and discordant sounds | |
| 42381020 | caesura | break or pause within line of poetry indicated by punctuation | |
| 42381021 | catharsis | release of emotion by the audience of a tragedy | |
| 42381022 | character | one who carries out action of plot (major, minor, static, dynamic) | |
| 42381023 | climax | turning point of action, highest moment of tension | |
| 42381024 | comic relief | inclusion of humor to contrast tragic elements | |
| 42381025 | conflict | clash of opposing forces | |
| 42381026 | connotation | associative, implied, or suggested meaning of word | |
| 42381027 | convention | traditional aspect of literary work | |
| 42381028 | couplet | two lines of rhymed poetry | |
| 42381029 | dactyl | foot of poetry, stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables | |
| 42381030 | denotation | literal, dictionary definition word | |
| 42381031 | denouement | resolution of conflict and plot, conclusion | |
| 42381032 | details | items or parts of a story | |
| 42381033 | deus ex machine | "the god from the machine", appears at last moment and resolves loose ends of play | |
| 42381034 | devices of sound | rhyme, alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia | |
| 42381035 | diction | word choice | |
| 42381036 | didactic | explicitly instructive | |
| 42381037 | digression | use of material unrelated to subject of a work | |
| 42381038 | dramatic monologue | type of poem presenting conversation between speaker and implied listener | |
| 42381039 | elegy | poem that laments dead or lost | |
| 42381040 | enjambment | running on of line or stanza in poetry | |
| 42381041 | epic | lengthy, elevated poem celebrating exploits of a hero | |
| 42381042 | epigram | brief, witty poem; satiric commentary | |
| 42381043 | euphemism | indirection to avoid offensive bluntness | |
| 42381044 | euphony | pleasant sounds | |
| 42381045 | exposition | background information | |
| 42381046 | fable | simple, symbolic story usually with animals as characters | |
| 42381047 | figurative language | enables writer to operate on levels other than literal | |
| 42381048 | types of figurative language | metaphor, simile, symbol, motif, hyperbole, etc. | |
| 42381049 | flashback | reference to past thoughts, events, or episodes | |
| 42381050 | foot | metrical unit in poetry, syllabic measure of line (iamb, trochee, anapest, dactyl, and spondee) | |
| 42381051 | foreshadowing | hints of future events | |
| 42381052 | form | shape or structure of literary work | |
| 42381053 | free verse | poetry without defined form, meter, or rhyme scheme | |
| 42381054 | grotesque | characterized by distortions and incongruities | |
| 42381055 | hyperbole | extreme exaggeration | |
| 42381056 | iamb | metrical foot consisting of unaccented syllable followed by accented one | |
| 42381057 | idyll | type of lyrical poem extolling virtues of ideal place or time | |
| 42381058 | image | verbal approximation of sensory impression, concept, or emotion | |
| 42381059 | imagery | total effect of related sensory images | |
| 42381060 | impressionism | writing that reflects a personal image of a character, event, or concept | |
| 42381061 | irony | contrast between what happens and what was intended or expected | |
| 42381062 | jargon | specific language of profession or group | |
| 42381063 | literal | not figurative, matter of fact, concrete | |
| 42381064 | lyric poetry | characterized by emotion, personal feelings, brevity | |
| 42381065 | lyrical | songlike; full of emotion, subjectivity, and imagination | |
| 42381066 | magical realism | a literary technique where the disbelief of the reader and writer produces a momentary shift in the real world wherein an element of the surreal enters and leaves with ease | |
| 42381067 | metaphor | direct comparision between dissimilar things | |
| 42381068 | metaphysical poetry | exploration of complex ideas through extended metaphors and paradox (John Donne) | |
| 42381069 | meter | pattern of beats in poetry | |
| 42381070 | metonomy | a representative term used for a larger idea | |
| 42381071 | monologue | speech given by one character | |
| 42381072 | motif | repetition or variations of image or idea to develop theme or characters | |
| 42381073 | narrative poem | tells a story | |
| 42381074 | narrator | speaker | |
| 42381075 | octave | eight line stanza | |
| 42381076 | ode | formal, lengthy poem celebrating particular subject | |
| 42602174 | omniscient | all knowing | |
| 42602175 | onomatopia | words that sound like the sound they represent | |
| 42602176 | parable | story that operates on more than one level, usually teaches a moral lesson | |
| 42602177 | paradox | seemingly contradictory statement | |
| 42602178 | parallel plot | secondary story line that mimics and reinforces the main plot | |
| 42602179 | parody | comic imitation that ridicules the original | |
| 42602180 | pathos | evokes feelings of dignified pity and sympathy | |
| 42602181 | personification | assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects | |
| 42602182 | plot | sequence of events | |
| 42602183 | point of view | method of narration | |
| 42602184 | protagonist | hero or main character, elicits audience sympathy | |
| 42602185 | quatrain | four-line stanza | |
| 42602186 | reliability | quality of characters eliciting trust from audience | |
| 42602187 | resolution | conclusion of literary work | |
| 42602188 | rhetorical question | does not expect explicit answer, arouses consideration | |
| 42602189 | rhyme royal | iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc | |
| 42602190 | rhyme | duplication of final syllable sounds | |
| 42602191 | rhyme scheme | the annotation of the pattern of the rhyme | |
| 42602192 | rhythm | repetitive pattern of beats in poetry | |
| 42602193 | romanticism | foundation in freedom, adventure, idealism, and escape | |
| 42602194 | satire | presents a ridicule on society, criticizes the follies of mankind | |
| 42602195 | sestet | six line stanza | |
| 42602196 | sestina | highly structured poem with 39 lines, iambic pentameter, and repetition of six words from first stanza in each of six stanzas | |
| 42605873 | setting | time and place | |
| 42605874 | simile | indirect comparison using "like" or "as" | |
| 42605875 | soliloquy | speech to reveal inner thoughts | |
| 42605876 | sonnet | 14 line poem with prescribed rhyme scheme, iambic pentameter | |
| 42605877 | spondee | poetic foot with two accented syllables | |
| 42605878 | stage directions | specific instructions of a playwright | |
| 42605879 | stanza | unit of a poem similary in rhyme, meter and length to other units | |
| 42605880 | stereotype | conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea | |
| 42605881 | strategy | management of language for specific effect; planned placing of elements to achieve an effect | |
| 42605882 | structure | organization and form | |
| 42605883 | style | unique way an author presents his ideas | |
| 42605884 | subplot | secondary plot that explores different ideas | |
| 42605885 | syllogism | form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn; major premise, minor premise, conclusion | |
| 42605886 | symbol | something that stands for something else | |
| 42605887 | synecdoche | utilizes a part as a representative for the whole | |
| 42605888 | syntax | grammatical structure | |
| 42605889 | tercet | three line stanza | |
| 42605890 | theme | underlying ideas illustrated in a work | |
| 42605891 | thesis | theme, meaning, or position | |
| 42605892 | tone | author's attitude toward subject | |
| 42605893 | tragic hero | generally good person of exalted position who has a fatal flaw or commits error in judgement | |
| 42605894 | understatement | ironic statement where one writes or says less than is intended | |
| 42605895 | villanelle | highly structured poem consisting of six stanzas: five tercets and a quatrain; first and third line are repeated throughout | |
| 42605896 | antithesis | figure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting words or ideas (balancing of one term against another for emphasis) | |
| 42605897 | assonance | repetition of idenical or similar vowel sounds | |
| 42605898 | consonance | repetition of similar consonant sounds in a group of words | |
| 42605899 | end-stopped | a line with a pause at the end (end with punctuation) in a poem | |
| 42605900 | extended metaphor | an implied analogy, or comparison, which is carried throughout a stanza or entire poem | |
| 42605901 | internal rhyme | rhyme that occurs within a line rather than at the end | |
| 42605902 | mixed metaphors | the mingling of one metaphor with another immediately following with which the first is incongruous | |
| 42605903 | oxymoron | a form of paradox that combines a pair of contrary terms into a single expression | |
| 42605904 | parallelism | a single gramatical structure between a line or lines of poetry | |
| 42605905 | pun | a play on words that are identical or similar in soundbut have sharply diverse meanings | |
| 42605906 | refrain | a group of words forming a phrase or sentence and consisting of one or more lines repeated at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza (hint: think song) | |
| 42605907 | sarcasm | a type of irony in which a person appears to be praising somthing but is actually insulting it | |
| 42605908 | scansion | a system for describing the meter of a poem by identifying the number and type of feet per line | |
| 42605909 | terza rima | a three line stanza rhymed ABA, BCB, CDC etc. | |
| 42605910 | bombast | pretensious | |
| 42605911 | subtext | implied meaning of work or section of a work |
