#76-90 Literacy Terms Flashcards
Situational irony
an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended.
Soliloquy
a dramatic convention that allows a character alone on stage to speak his or her thoughts aloud.
Sonnet
a fourteen-line poem, usually in iambic pentameter, with a varied rhyme scheme.
Stereotype
a conventional patter, plot, or setting that possesses little or no individuality, but that may be used for a purpose.
Stream of consciousness
the recording or re-creation of a character’s flow of thought.
Style
the distinctive handling of language by an author.
Symbol
a person, place, or object that represents something beyond itself.
Synecdoche
figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole.
Synesthesia
the description of one sense using another sense.
Syntax
the arrangement of words within a sentence.
Theme
the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
Tone
the author’s attitude toward his or subject matter and toward the audience.
Understatement
figure of speech that says less than one means.
Verbal irony
the intended meaning of a statement or work is different from what the statement or work literally says.
Villanelle
poetic form of five tercets and a final quatrain (19 lines).
