Literary Terms Flashcards

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Allusion

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Reference to a person or place to which a reader is presumed to be familiar

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Style

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The author’s characteristic choice and arrangement of words

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Tone

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The attitude and author takes toward his or her subject revealed through the choice of details, word choice, style, and through emphasis and comments that are made

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Juxtaposition

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Placing two ideas, words, or messages side-by-side so that the closeness creates an original, ironic, or insightful meaning

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Theme

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The generalized meaning or message of a literary work arising out of the specific subject that the work developed

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Satire

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Writing that makes fun of popular institutions, customs, and beliefs

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Couplet

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Two lines in a poem (in a row) that rhyme

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Rhyme Scheme

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The pattern of rhyming lines in a poem

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Characterization

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And author’s development of a character; physical and/or personality traits (actions, dialogue, what other character say or think about the character, blatant author statements)

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Parody

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A humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of lit or writing

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Vernacular

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Characteristic language of a particular area

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Dramatic irony

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A contrast between what the character thinks and what the reader or audience knows is happening in the plot

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Verbal irony

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When words are used to suggest the opposite of what is actually meant (kind of like sarcasm – kind of)

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Tragedy

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A type of play characterized by the depiction and dramatic treatment of misfortunes, disasters, and/or the death of the main protagonists

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Motif

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Any recurring element that has symbolic significance in the story. Through to petition, a motif can help produce other literary aspects such as the theme or mood.

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Oxymoron

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It figures speech that combines contradictory terms

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Alliteration

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word

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Surrealism

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A cultural movement that began in the early 1920s. It features elements of surprise, unexpected juxtaposition

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Foot

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Used in poetry, two syllables

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Stanza

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A poetry paragraph

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Conflict

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The problem that causes the plot to occur

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End-stopped Line

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A line in poetry that ends with a pause marked by puntuation

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Enjambment

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When one line ends without a pause and continues onto the next line for its meaning

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Foreshadow

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When an author subtly hints at something that is to come later in the story; often found when rereading a piece

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Simile

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A comparison of two very different things that uses “like” or “as”

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Paradox

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A type of irony; The effect of creating a meaning very different than the surface one; something that appears to be false but then is true when you look at it