Literary Terms (1)
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| representation of spiritual, moral, or abstract meaning through concrete forms (symbols) | ||
| repetition of same sound at the beginning of each word or stressed syllable | ||
| a passing reference | ||
| similarity between like feautures of two things on which a comparison may be based | ||
| opponent; adversary | ||
| the leading character and hero | ||
| a short saying embodying a general truth or wise observation | ||
| any short, witty (often paradoxical) saying | ||
| used to indicate the omission of letters in a word, the possessive case, and plurals of abbreviations | ||
| use of same vowel sounds with different consonants or vice versa | ||
| the dominant mood or tone of a work | ||
| simple narrative poem composed in short stories and adapted for singing | ||
| unrhymed verse | ||
| no fixed pattern or meter | ||
| a break or pause in a line of verse (||) | ||
| description; portrayal | ||
| principles or styles characteristic of the literature and art of ancient Greece and Rome | ||
| pertains to a revival or adaptation of classical styles | ||
| movement that stressed emotion, imagination, nature, and freedom from rules | ||
| decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot | ||
| an elaborate metaphor (especially of a strained or far-fetched nature) | ||
| a fight, battle, or struggle | ||
| the associated or secondary meaning of a word; implication | ||
| the explicit or direct meaning | ||
| a pair of rhyming lines | ||
| 'God from a machine' introduced in a story to resolve the entanglements of a plot | ||
| style of speaking or writing as dependent on choice of words | ||
| lack of harmony or agreement, incongruity | ||
| poetic form in which a single character reveals himself and the dramatic situation | ||
| a parody of the epic form of poetry, often by treating a minor subject seriously | ||
| a long poetic compostion usually centered on a hero whose achievements and events are narrated in elevated style | ||
| a characterizing word or phrase firmly associated with a person or thing and often used in place of an actual name or title | ||
| a short tale used to teach a moral | ||
| an exaggerated or unlikely comedy | ||
| a non-literal expression used to suggest images or heighten effect | ||
| a person or thing that gives contrast to another | ||
| indication beforehand; prefigure | ||
| obvious exaggeration | ||
| consists of five meters with repeating feet of unstressed and stressed syllables | ||
| descriptions that stir mental images | ||
| an outcome of events contrary to what was expected | ||
| pretended ignorance in discussion | ||
| irony that is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in a play |