| Term | Definition |
|---|
| literature | a subject |
| genre | to catagory literature |
| culture | a style of beliefs |
| diction | a writers word choice |
| theme | the central idea, concern, or purpose |
| imagery | the descriptive language used in literature to re-create |
| point of view | the perspective |
| figurative language | writing or speech not meant to be literal |
| metaphor | is a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken |
| simile | uses like or as |
| synecdoche | when a part is used as a whole |
| hyperbole | a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement |
| personification | when non living things are given human abilities |
| epic simile | a long narrative poem about the gods |
| symbolism | was a literary movement |
| plot | the sequence of events in a literary event |
| poetry | one of the three major types or genres of lit. |
| free verse | poetry not writtenin a regular, rythmical pattern |
| epic | is a long narritive poem about the adventures |
| narritive poem | a poem that tells a story in a verse |
| alliteration | repetition of initial constant sounds in accented syllables |
| consonance | repetition of final consonant sounds |
| assonance | reptition of vowel sounds |
| biography | a life story written by someone else |
| autobiography | a life written by yourself |
| drama | the art or practice of writing or producing dramatic work |
| character | a notable or well known person |
| irony | a literary style employing such contrast for humorus |
| chronological | arranged in order of time of accurence |
| flashback | to see in the past |
| myth | ancient story dealing with supernatural beings |
| understatement | a statement that is less that completic |
| tone | a sound or district pitch |
| classical tagedy | a classic tragedy |
| tragic hero | a hero that goes through something tragic |
| deus ex machina | a god lowered to stage by machinary to resolve plot |
| aside | a piece of dialogue intended for the audience |
| dialogue | a conversation between two or more people |
| idiom | regional speech or dialects |
| cognate | relaxed by blood having a common ancestory |
| haiku | a three line oem |
| end rhyme | th rhyme at the end of a poem |
| internal rhyme | rhyme that occurs within a line of verse |
| terza rima | contains 10 to 11 syllables with the middle line rhyming |
| prose | ordinary speech or writing without metrical structure |
| fiction | storys based on false imformation |
| non fiction | storys based on truth |
| short story | a short peice of prose fiction |
| novel | a long story having plot unnfold by actions |
| essay | a short literary composition on a single subject |
| editorial | an article in a publication expressing the opion of its editors or publishers |
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