Literary Terms Final
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| To give a particular inflection to | ||
| The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas | ||
| A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work | ||
| The pattern of elements in a narrative | ||
| The attitude or outlook of a narrator or character | ||
| Representing things by use of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings to objects, events, or relationships | ||
| Comparing two things not using like or as | ||
| Distinctness of pronunciation in speech | ||
| A figure of speech in which two things are compared using like or as | ||
| Containing many figures of speech | ||
| The use of characters or events to represent ideas/principles in a story | ||
| The use of words (like buzz) to imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they represent | ||
| Similarity or comparability | ||
| When inanimate objects or abstractions are represented with human qualities | ||
| The main character | ||
| The "bad guy" in a story | ||
| Language particular to a group or jargon | ||
| A short account of an interesting or humorous incident | ||
| Third person ominous vs first person | ||
| A recurrent thematic element | ||
| To present an indication or suggestion of what's to come | ||
| A state of mind or emotion | ||
| The context and environment in which something is set | ||
| The everyday language spoken by a people | ||
| A regional variety of a language distinguished by punctuation, grammar, or vocabulary | ||
| The use of regional detail | ||
| A literary work that imitates an artistic style | ||
| An ideal example of a type | ||
| Using an indirect reference | ||
| The implied or associative meaning of a word | ||
| The most specific or direct meaning of a word, in contrast to its figurative or associative meanings | ||
| One that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another (i.e. Phoebe to Holden) | ||
| A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true | ||
| A form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation. | ||
| A figure of speech in which contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in balanced or parallel grammatical structures | ||
| A theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about | ||
| A technique that presents the thoughts/feelings of a character as they develop (Holden) | ||
| a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term | ||
| Ludicrous misuse of a word (esp with a word of similar sound) | ||
| an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up | ||
| A technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated. | ||
| Figurative or embellished language, using words in no literal ways | ||
| introductory remarks in a literary work | ||
| A fatal flaw | ||
| A descriptive word or phrase | ||
| A quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing | ||
| Intended to instruct | ||
| Something out of its time (i.e. Gatsby called his friend on his cell phone) |