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A play on words
Ex:Two surgeons are a "paradox." |
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| Portraying people and things as they really are without idealizing them |
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| Regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem |
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| The deliberate use of any element of language more than once- sound,word,phrase,sentence,grammatical pattern,or rhythmical pattern |
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| Part of the plot which shows how the problems are worked out |
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| Centered on a poet's feelings rather than on the outer world |
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| Fully developed characters who possess a wide array of personality traits |
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| Repetition of sounds at the end of words |
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The use of verbal irony in which a person appears to be praising something but is actually insulting it
Ex: "As i fell down the stairs headfirst, I heard her say, 'Look at that coordination.'" |
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| Writing (including poetry) that makes fun of a prevailing vice or folly |
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| The time and place in which a story occurs |
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| A change or movement in a work resulting from an epiphany, realization, or insight gained by the speaker, a character, or the reader. |
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| Comparison using "like" or "as" |
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| A speech in a play in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his or her thoughts directly to the audience. |
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| 14-line poem (usually) concerned with a single thought or feeling |
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Stylistic techniques that convey meaning through sound.
Ex: rhyme, consonance,alliteration,onomatopoeia
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The framework or organization of a literary work
(further explanation on sheet) |
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| Group of lines in a poem, considered as a unit; similar to a paragraph in prose |
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The writer's characteristic manner of using language
Ex: Hardy uses description of setting to set the tone.(Hello!) |
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| Feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events |
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Using an object, person, or event to stand as a symbol representing something else.
Ex:Dove as a symbol of peace |
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A form of metaphor. In synecdoche, a part of something is used to signify the whole.
Ex: "All hands on deck" (hands=sailors) |
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| The arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence |
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| Central idea, concern, or purpose in a literary work |
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| The writer's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience, conveyed through the author's choice of words and detail. (serious, humorous, sarcastic, indignant, objective, etc.) |
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| A drama in which the central character meets with disaster or great misfortune |
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| A noble or outstanding person with a character weakness (tragic flaw) that accounts for his downfall. This character is neither purely wicked nor purely innocent. |
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| Understatement (meiosis, litotes) |
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The opposite of hyperbole. It is a kind of irony that deliberately represents something as being much less than it really is.
Ex: "I could probably manage to survive on salary of two million dollars" |
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