British Lit Spring Final Exam Flashcards
Hints at or predicts something that will happen later in a work
foreshadowing
Giving human attributes to non-human objects
personifcation
When the speaker says on thing, but means the opposite
verbal irony
Recurring pattern or theme
motif
When the opposite of what is expected occurs
situational irony
Stories containing elements such as terror, mystery, the supernatural, ghosts, haunted houses and Gothic architecture, castles, darkness, death, decay, doubles, madness, secrets, and hereditary curses, often with exotic settings.
Gothic literature
When the audience knows something that the characters in a story do not
dramatic irony
A futuristic, imagined place in which oppressive societal control and
the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic,
technological, moral, or totalitarian control. They usually, through an exaggerated
worst-case scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or
political system.
dystopia
Used to examine how money, power, and status are related and affect the outcome of a story
social class lens
Used to examine how gender roles and stereotypes affect how a character is portrayed or perceived
gender lens
The meaning of a text comes from the interaction between text and reader
reader-response theory
A story within a story
frame story
A character who serves to highlight aspects of a main character by comparison
foil
Genre that contains strong outpouring of emotion, appreciation for the natural world, emphasis on the ordinary
Romanticism
Rhyme occurring within a single line
internal rhyme
