Final Flashcards
A story with a literal and an implied level of meaning
Allegory
The repetition of similar consonant sounds within a group of neighboring words or lines. Often initial consonant sounds are repeated. This poetic device often increases the musical effect of the language
Alliteration
A reference within a work of literature to something outside it
Allusion
A force or character who struggles against the protagonist
Antagonist
A brief statement, often witty, that expresses a principle, truth, or observation about life
Aphorism
The addressing of non personal object as if it were able to reply
Apostrophe
A short, simple narrative song
Ballad
A nonfiction account in which the author tells the true events that makeup the life of a real individual other than himself
Biography
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Blank verse
Major pauses within lines
Caesura
Drama that ends happily
Comedy
A of comparison that draws a striking parallel between two dissimilar things
Conceit
The opposition of two or more characters or forces; the three main conflicts are man against man, man against himself, and man against a greater force
Conflict
Two consecutive lines in poetry, often wrong then in iambic pentameter, with end words that rhyme
Couplet
Regional variations within the same language, as spoken in different areas of a country
Dialect
A poem in which the main character addresses an identifiable by silent listener at a time of crisis in the speakers life
Dramatic monologue
A mournfully contemplative poem that mourns death of someone, or the loss of something
Elegy
A poetic device in which lines flow past the end of one verse line and into the next with no punctuation at the end of the first verse line
Enjambment
A long, stylized narrative poem celebrating the deeds of a national or ethnic hero
Epic
A metaphor that is developed beyond a single sentence or comparison
Extended metaphor
An artful deviation from literal speech or normal word order
Figurative language
A story originally in oral tradition
Folktale
A literary device that supplies clues that hint at later plot developments
Foreshadowing
A literary technique that sometimes serves as a companion piece to a story within a story
Frame story