Epic Poetry Lit Terms
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Mr. Few's 6th Period Class, BHHS English I Pre-AP, Perrigin's English IV, Mr. Few's 1st Period Class, Mr. Few's 4th Period Class, Mrs. Fisher's Freshmen (see more)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 archetype | refers to characters, plots, themes, images, patterns, and stories that recur throughout the history of literature consistently enough to be considered a universal concept or situation. |
| character | a person, animal, or a natural force presented as a person appearing in a literacy work. |
| diction | a writers choice of words to convey a particular tone or meaning. |
| epic | a long, narrative poem that traces the adventures of a larger-than-life hero. They intertwine myths, legends, and history reflecting the values of the societies in which they originate often intervene in the affairs of humans. |
| epic poetry | a long narrative poem on a serious subject with elevated or formal style. |
| epic simile | a long, elaborate comparison that continues for several lines. It is a feature of epics, but is found in other poems as well. |
| epithet | a brief phrase that is used to characterize a person, place, or thing. |
| foreshadowing | an authors use of clues that hint at events that will occur later in the plot. |
| hero | the main character in a literacy work, typically one whose character or deeds inspire the admiration of the reader. |
| hubris | arrogance, excessive self pride and self confidence. |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech using exaggeration or overstatement for special effect. |
| imagery | words or phrases that because of their sensory details, appeal to the readers five senses, helping them imagine how things look, feel, smell, sound, and taste. |
| in media res | the literacy technique of opening a story in the middle of the action and then supplying information about the beginning of the action through flashbacks. |
| personification | a figure of speech in which something non human is given human qualities. |
| irony | a contrast or an incongruity between what is stated and what is meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens. |
| invocation | an address to a deity for aid, a prayer for help. |
| repetition | a literacy device in which sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas are repeated for emphasis in a poem, a speech, or another piece of writing. |
| motivation | something that prompts a person to act in a certain way, or that determines the outcome in a situation or story. |
| myth | a traditional story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heros that informs or shapes the world view of a person as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the customs or ideals of a society. |
| narrator | one who tells a story |
| pun | a humorous play on two or more meanings of the same word or on two different words with the same sound. |
| sensory details | evocative words that convey sensory experiences - seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, and smelling. |
| suspense | the quality of a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem that makes the reader or audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of events. |
| tragic hero | the main character of a tragedy who suffers a downfall. |
| tragedy | a play in which a main character or tragic hero suffers a downfall. That character typically is a person of dignified or heroic stature. The downfall may result from outside forces or from a tragic flaw in the character. |
| tragic flaw | a weakness within the main character of a tragedy and is the cause of his downfall. |
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