Literary Terms Flashcards
Bildungsroman
About the education or personal growth of the protagonist
Canon
Literary works commonly regarded as “classics” or central to literary traditions
Anaphora
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
Auxesis
Form of hyperbole that intentionally overstates something to increase significance.
Adds emphasis to increase significance
Idiom
Not predictable from the literal meaning
Metonomy
Using the name of one object for another related object
Pen meaning words
Neologism
Slang word that replaces another
Bae meaning lover
Nostalgia
Sentimental yearning for happiness felt in another place
Paradox
Statement that leads to a conclusion that contradicts.
Scarlett Letter
A negative symbol of something a person has done that defines them
Siren
Temptation to do something that is attractive but leads to bad consequences
Soliloquy
Utterance of speech given by a person talking to themselves who is oblivious to everything
Catharsis
Cathartic
Was of releasing your emotions for spiritual or moral renewal
Connotation
Indirect meaning implied from a word or expression
Denotation
Direct meaning of a word or expression
