Final: Literary Terms Flashcards
(41 cards)
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
Allusion
the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing
Diction
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Hyperbole
sarcasm or being sarcastic
Verbal Irony
when you know something that a characters doesn’t know
Dramatic Irony
when something happens is opposite of what is expected from the story
Situational Irony
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Metaphor
a literary composition
Motif
written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure
Prose
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid the words “like” or “as” are typically used
Simile
the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
Symbolism
the central idea of a work of literature; a topic
Theme
a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved
Thesis
the author’s attitude toward the subject
Tone
it is a novel of letters
Epistolary Novel
a literary technique that sometimes serve as a companion piece to a story with in a story
Frame Tale
What is the five types of sensory imagery?
Imagery Auditory Imagery Gustatory Imagery Kinesthetic Imagery Olfactory Imagery Visual
pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables
Meter
an image that is form from a sound in a story
Imagery Auditory
an image that is related to sense of taste
Imagery Gustatory
an image that is related to the sense of touch in a story
Imagery Kinesthetic
an image that is related to the sense of smell
Imagery Olfactory
a picture created in words
Imagery Visual
a line of verse with five metrical feet each enclosing of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable
Iambic Pentameter
