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| a story illustrating an idea or a moral principle in which objects take on symbolic meanings |
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| used for poetic effect, a repetition of the initial sounds of several words in a group |
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| a reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work |
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| a person or force which opposes the protagonist in a literary work |
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| a poetic form of direct address to a person or thing that can't answer |
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| a device in which a character in a drama makes a short speech which is heard by the audience but not by other characters in the play |
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| the repetition of vowel sounds in a literary work, especially in a poem |
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| a story in poetic form, often about tragic love and usually sung |
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| a poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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| an unpleasant combination of sounds |
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| a pleasant combination of sounds |
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| a pause within a line of poetry which may or may not affect the metrical count |
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| a latin phrase which translated means "seize the day," meaning make the most of today |
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| a person, or any thing presented as a person, example: a spirit, object, animal, or natural force, in a literary work |
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| the method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character in a literary work |
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| the decisive moment in a drama, the climax is the turning point of the play to which the rising action leads |
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| a literary work which is amusing and ends happily (often with a wedding or feast) |
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| a far-fetched simile or metaphor, a literary conceit occurs when the speaker compares two highly dissimilar things |
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| the point in a drama to which the entire play has been leading |
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| in the plot of a drama, conflict occurs when the protagonist is opposed by some person or force in the play |
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| emotional content of a word |
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| dictionary definition of a word |
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| a stanza of two lines, usually rhyming |
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| in drama, a conversation between characters |
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| in literature, the occurrence of a single speaker saying something to a silent audience |
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| a lyric poem lamenting death |
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| in literature generally, a major work dealing with an important theme |
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| a brief quotation which appears at the beginning of a literary work |
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| in literature, a word of phrase preceding or following a name which serves to describe the character |
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| a mild word of phrase which substitutes for another which would be undesirable because it is too direct, unpleasant, or offensive |
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| in drama, the presentation of essential information regarding what has occurred prior to the beginning of the play |
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| the falling action is the series of events which take place after the climax |
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| a type of comedy based on a humorous situation such as a bank robber who mistakenly wanders into a police station to hide |
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| a reference to an event which took place prior to the beginning of a story or play |
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| a character in a play who acts off the main character or other characters by comparison |
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| the basic unit of measurement in a line of poetry |
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| in literature, a method used to build suspense by providing hints of what is to come |
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| unrhymed poetry with lines of varying lengths, and containing no specific metrical pattern |
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| a literary type or form. drama is a genre of literature |
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| consists of three lines; five syllables in the first and third lines, and seven syllables in the second line |
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| a figure of speech in which an overstatement or exaggeration |
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| a metrical pattern of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable |
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| a word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell |
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| the result of an action is the reverse of what the actor expected |
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| a detailed setting forth of the characteristics of a particular locality, enabling the reader to "see" the setting |
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| a short poem wherein the poet expresses an emotion or illuminates some life principle |
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| a figure of speech wherein a comparison is made between two unlike quantities without the use of the words "like" or "as" |
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| a regular pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line or lines of poetry |
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| applying the name of an object to an event, thing, or person which the object is closely related |
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| an unverifiable story based on a religious belief |
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| a poem which tells a story |
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| 1700's a fiction prose work of substantial length |
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| a poem in praise of something divine or expressing some noble idea |
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| a literary device wherein the sound of a word echoes the sound it represents |
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| a combination of contradictory terms |
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| a brief story, told or written in order to teach a moral lesson |
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| a literary work that imitates the style of another literary work |
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| a literary work that has to do with shepherds and rustic settings |
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| a figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human characteristics |
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| the perspective of the narrator |
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| the hero or central character of a literary work |
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| a four-line stanza which may be rhymed or unrhymed |
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| the part of a story or drama which occurs after the climax and which establishes a new norm |
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| in poetry, a pattern of repeated sounds |
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| recurrences of stressed and unstressed syllables at equal intervals, similar to meter |
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| the part of a drama which begins with the exposition and sets the stage for the climax |
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| in the middle ages, tales of exciting adventures written in the vernacular |
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| a piece of literature designed to ridicule the subject of the work |
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| a close, critical reading of a poem, examining the work for meter |
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| the time and place in which a story unfolds |
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| a short fictional narrative |
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| a figure of speech which takes the form of a comparison between two unlike quantities for which a basis for comparison can be found, and which uses the words "like" or "as" in the comparison |
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| in drama, a moment when a character is alone and speaks his or her thoughts aloud |
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| a lyric poem of fourteen lines whose rhyme scheme is fixed |
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| a major subdivision in a poem |
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| an author's method of treating a character so that the character is immediately identified with a group |
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| a sequence of events often paralleling or resembling the main story |
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| a device in literature where an object represents an idea; natural, conventional and personal |
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| one sensory experience described in terms of another sensory experience |
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| a drama based on an absurd situation |
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| an ingredient of a literary work which gives the work unity |
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| expresses the author's attitude toward his or her subject |
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| a serious play showing the protagonist moving from good fortune to bad, and ending in a death or death-like state |
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| a statement that is seemingly contradictory or absurd, but true |
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