Literary Terms and Elements Flashcards
(40 cards)
What is Allusion?
Relating to something without fully mentioning it.
What is Alliteration?
The repetition of the same sound or syllable.
Analogy
A comparison made based on the similarity of two (or more) things.
What is an Anticlimax? Define Anticlimactic.
When the conclusion to an interesting series of events is uninteresting
What is Irony?
When something is intended to be understood opposite from its literal meaning.
What is Dramatic Irony?
When the audience can tell and identify the irony while the characters can not.
What is Hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration.
What is Idiom?
A figure of speech.
What is Metaphor?
When something is said to be another thing.
What is Simile?
When something is compared with another thing using the words “like” or “as.”
What is Metrical Poetry?
Poetry that follows a certain patter of stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is a Moral?
A lesson of right or wrongdoing in a composition.
What is Personification?
When an inanimate object is given human characteristics.
What is Poetic Justice?
When one’s actions are awarded or punished
What is Rhetoric?
Effective writing.
What are Sensory Details?
Details that appeal to one’s senses.
What is Synecdoche?
When a part of something is used to represent the whole.
eg. Wheels to represent cars
What is Metonymy?
When something that is often associated with another is used to represent it.
(eg. the Crown can represent the Monarch)
What is Mood?
One’s feelings when reading the book (happy, sad, excited)
What is Tone?
The authors choice of words.
What is Atmosphere?
Ones general feeling of the setting (dark, gloomy, bright)
What is Digression?
A temporary departure from the topic
What is Catharsis?
A release of emotional tensions in writing.
What is Antithesis?
Something that is the opposite of another thing (love is the antithesis of hatred).
