Key Terms and Concepts Pgs 11&12 Flashcards
Structure
The organization or arrangement of the various elements in the work
Stock character
Character who appears in the number of stories or place, such as the cruel stepmother
Style
A distinctive manner of expression; each author ___ is expressed through his or her diction, rhythm, imagery, and so on. it’s a writers typical way of writing. ____ includes word choice, tone, degree of formality, figurative language, rhythm, grammar, structure, sentence length, organization, and every other feature of a writers use of language
Symbolism
A person, place, thing, event, or pattern in a literary work that designates itself and at the same time figuratively represents or stands for something else. Often the thing or idea represented it is more abstract, general, or non-or supernatural then the symbol, which is more concrete and particular.
Synecdoche
One a part is used to signify a whole
Syntax
The way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. ______ is sentence structure and how it influences the way the reader receives our particular piece of writing
Terza rima
A verse form consisting of three line stanzas in which the second line of each rhymes with the first and the third of the next. AB AB CB
Theme
A generalized, abstract paraphrase of the inferred central or dominant idea or concern of the work; the statement a poem makes about its subject
Tone
The attitude of a literary work takes toward its subject and theme; the tenor of a piece of writing based on particular stylistic devices employed by the writer. _____ reflects the narrators attitude
Tragedy
A drama in which a character, usually good and noble and of high rank, is brought to a disastrous end in his or her confrontation with a superior force. Often the protagonist downfall is a direct result of a fatal flaw in his or her character.
Trochaic
A metrical foot in poetry that is the opposite of iambic the first syllable is stressed, the second is not.
Turning point
The third part of plot structure; the point at which the action stops rising and begins falling or reversing. Sometimes referred to as a climax of the story
Villanelle
A verse form consisting of 19 lines divided into six stanzas-five tercets (three line stanzas) and one quatrain. The first and third line of the first tercet rhyme, and this rhyme is repeated through each of the next 4 tercets and in the last two lines of the concluding quatrain
Voice
The acknowledged or an unacknowledged source of the words of the story; the speaker; the person telling the story or poem.
