Literature Terminology

Question 1

what does plot mean?

Answer 1

The sequence of events in a story.

Question 2

what does setting mean?

Answer 2

The time and place in which a story takes place.

Question 3

what do characters do?

Answer 3

The individuals who participate in the action of a literary work.

Question 4

What does point of view mean?

Answer 4

The perspective from which a story is told.

Question 5

What does symbol mean?

Answer 5

An object or action that represents something beyond its literal meaning.

Question 6

What is figurative Language?

Answer 6

Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

Question 7

What does theme mean?

Answer 7

The central idea or message of a literary work

Question 8

what does Mood mean?

Answer 8

The emotional atmosphere created by a literary work.

Question 9

what does Tone mean?

Answer 9

The authors’s attitude towards the subject matter or audience.

Question 10

What does meter mean?

Answer 10

The rhythmic structure of a poem.

Question 11

what does rhyme mean?

Answer 11

The repetition of similar sounds at the end of words.

Question 12

What is stanza?

Answer 12

A group of lines forming a unit in a poem.

Question 13

What is an epic?

Answer 13

A long narrative poem that tells the story of a hero.

Question 14

What is haiku

Answer 14

A traditional form of japanese poetry consisting of three lines.

Question 15

What is a sonnet?

Answer 15

A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme.

Question 16

what does terza rima mean?

Answer 16

A three-line stanza with a specific rhyme scheme.

Question 17

What is a villanelle?

Answer 17

A 19-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme.

Question 18

What is rhyme royal?

Answer 18

A seven-line stanza with a specific rhyme scheme.

Question 19

What does sestina mean?

Answer 19

A complex poetic form consisting of six stanzas.

Question 20

What is a blank verse?

Answer 20

Unrhymed iambic pentameter.

Question 21

What is free verse?

Answer 21

Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.

Question 22

what does Allegory mean?

Answer 22

A sory or poem that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning.

Question 23

What does alliteration mean?

Answer 23

The repetition of initial consonat sounds in neighboring words.

Question 24

What does allusion mean?

Answer 24

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of art.

Question 25

What does antithesis mean?

Answer 25

A contrast or opposition between two things.

Question 26

What does hyperbole mean?

Answer 26

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Question 27

what is imagery mean?

Answer 27

Visually descriptive or figurative language in a literary work.

Question 28

What is irony?

Answer 28

A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.

Question 29

What is a metaphor/simile?

Answer 29

A figure of speech that compares two things using like or as.

Question 30

What is psychoanalytic theory?

Answer 30

A psychological approach to literary analysis.

Question 31

what is a formalist theory?

Answer 31

An approach to literary analysis that focuses on the form and structure of a work.

Question 32

What is new criricism theory?

Answer 32

An approach to literary analysis that emphasizes close reading of the text.

Question 33

what is reader response theory?

Answer 33

An approach to literary analysis that focuses on the reader's interpretation and response.

Question 34

What is the structutalist theory?

Answer 34

An approach to literary analysis that examines the underlying structure of a text.

Question 35

What is the feminist theory?

Answer 35

An approach to litetaty analysis that focuses on gender roles and power dynamics.

Question 36

What is the Marxist Theory?

Answer 36

An approach to literary analysis that examines the social and economic context of a work.

Question 37

What is deconstructive theory?

Answer 37

An approach to literary analysis that questions the stability of meaning.

Question 38

What is platonic theory?

Answer 38

An approach to literary analysis thar explores the nature of reality and the role of art.

Question 39

What does everyman mean?

Answer 39

A morality play that uses allegorical characters to explore the nature of death and the afterlife.

Question 40

What does non-fiction mean?

Answer 40

Prose writing that presents facts or discusses real events.

Question 41

Analyzing a poem

Answer 41

The process of examining the elements and meaning of a poem.

Question 42

Writing a persuasive analysis of a poem

Answer 42

The process of crafing an argument about the meaninf and signigicance of a poem.

Question 43

Planning the second essay

Answer 43

The process of outlinging and organizing ideas for a written analysis.