Deck 4 Flashcards
(19 cards)
plot
a series of events that make up the action of a story
poetry
words that express ideas, events, or emotions imaginatively, generally in a rhythmic pattern, sometimes containing rhyming elements
point of view
the position from which a story is told
prologue
opening lines introducing a drama’s characters, setting, and conflict
prose
writing that is structured in sentence and paragraph form
protagonist
the chief or central character in a literary work
proverb
a short pithy saying that embodies a general truth (“a rolling stone gathers no moss.”
pun
a play on words based on sound or meaning
resolution
the section of plot that works out and/or explains all problems posed during the complication and climax
rhyme
the repetition of sounds at the ends of word
satire
technique that employs wit to ridicule a subject, usually some social institution or human foible, with the intention of inspiring reform
setting
the time and place of a literary work
short story
short piece of prose fiction with a limited number of characters, limited setting, and simple plot
simile
imaginative comparison between two essentially unlike things, usually using like or as
soliquy
character’s thought spoken aloud on stage
sonnet
a fourteen line poem usually written in iambic pentameter
stanza
a group of lines in a poem, considered a unit
symbol
an object or event that represents something more than itself
theme
a central idea or underlying meaning expressed or implied in a literary work
