Deck 2 Flashcards
(19 cards)
consonance
the close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowels (slip/slop; creak/croak; black/block; leave/love; short/shirt; fulfill; flipflop)
dialogue
the conversation of the characters
double entrendre
a word or expression so used that it can have two meanings; one of which is usually frivolous or bawdy
double speak
deliberately euphemistic, ambiguous, or obscure language (“downsizing” instead of laying off)
drama
a story that is written to be acted out before an audience
epic
a long narrative poem that tells of the adventures of heroes who embody the values of their particular civilizations
epigram
a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way (“The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.”—Albert Einstein)
epilogue
final remarks in a play, addressed to the audience
epithet
a word or phrase describing a quality or characteristic of a person or thing: “the grey-eyed goddess”
euphemism
an affected, excessive, artificial style of writing and speech (“let go” instead of “fired;” “fluffy” or “big boned” instead of “fat”)
exposition
introduction of who, what, when, and where in the plot of the story
farce
a play in which anything goes, as long as it make the audience laugh
fiction
writing that contains some imaginary characters and events
figurative language
imaginative language intended to mean something other than what it says
figure of speech
a word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level
flashback
interruption of a narrative to show an episode that happened before the present point in the story
foil
a character who is used as a contrast to another character
foreshadowing
a hing giving to the reader of what is to come
genre
the specific form of a literary work
