Lit Terms 3rd Quarter Flashcards
(35 cards)
The emotional quality of a literary work
Mood
A practical lesson a four right and wrong conduct
Moral
A significant word,phrase, image,description, idea,or other element that is repeated throughout a literary work and is related to the theme
Motif
The stated or implied reason a character acts, thinks, it feels a certain way
Motivation
A traditional story that deals with goddesses, gods, heroes, and supernatural forces
Myth
Writing or speech that tells a story
Narrative
Verse that tells a story
Narrative poetry
The person who tells a story
Narrator
Literature about real people, places, and events
Nonfiction
A book length fictional prose narrative
Novel
The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes
Onomatopoeia
Literature that passes by word-of-mouth from one generation to the next
Oral tradition
A figure of speech in which opposite it ideas are combined
Oxymoron
A simple story pointing to a moral or religious lesson
Parable
Situation or statement that appears to be contradictory but is actually true, either in fact or in a figurative sense
Paradox
The use of a series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical form.
Parallelism
A humorous imitation of a literary work that aims to point out the works shortcomings
Parody
The person who is understood to be speaking or telling a story or another work
Persona
A figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a force of nature, or an idea is giving human characteristics
Personification
A type of writing, usually nonfiction, that attempts to convince Readers to think or act in a particular way
Persuasion
The sequence of events in a narrative work
Plot
A form of literary expression that differs from prose in emphasizing the line, rather than the sentence, is the unit of composition
Poetry
Their perspective form which a story is told
Point of view
An introductory section of the play, speech, or another literary work
Prologue
