Damico Final 10H
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Poetry | One of the three major types of literature. The others are prose and drama. The use of imagery, figurative language, and special devices of sound such as rhyme are often used and poems are typically organized in stanzas, but they could be organized like prose or have no form at all. |
| Prose | The ordinary form of written language. It can occur in two forms: fiction or nonfiction. |
| Fiction | Type of prose writing. Tells about imaginary events. |
| Nonfiction | Type of prose writing. Tells about real events. |
| Genre | A category or type of literature. Poetry, prose and drama are all genres. Each of these three major genres is then divided into smaller genres. |
| Plot | The sequence of events in a literary work involving both characters and a central conflict. |
| Rising Action | All of the events leading up to the climax including an exposition, inciting incident and development. |
| Falling Action | Follows the climax. |
| Conflict | A struggle against an opposing force. |
| External Conflict | Struggles against an outside source. |
| Internal Conflict | Struggles against himself. |
| Climax | Highest point of interest. |
| Denouement | Any events occuring after the resolution. |
| Resolution | The end of the central conflict. |
| Description | A portrait in words of a person, place, or object. |
| Dialect | The form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group. |
| Dialouge | A conversation between characters. |
| Diction | Word choice. |
| Exposition | A writing or speech that explains a process or presents information. |
| Foreshadowing | The use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur. |
| Flashback | A look into the past to explain the feelings that a character is experiencing in the present. |
| Framework Structure | A story within a story. "The Open Window" is an example. |
| "In Media Res" | Greek saying meaning "in the middle of things". |
| Suspense | The feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work. |
| Inciting Incident | The narrative hook. |
| Character | A person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work. |
| Characterization | The act of creating and developing a character. |
| Direct Characterization | The author directly states a character's traits. |
| Indirect Characterization | An author shows a character's personality through his or her actions. |
| Foil | A character that serves as a complete opposite of another character. |
| Round Character | A character that shows many different traits: faults and virtues. |
| Flat Character | A character that shows only one side. |
| Protagonist | The main character, who is most important to the story. |
| Antagonist | The character who opposes the main character. |
| Static Character | A character who does not change throughout the story. |
| Dynamic Character | A character who changes throughout the story. |
| Setting | The time and place of the action. |
| Atmosphere/Mood | The feeling created in a reader by a literary work or passage. |
| Tone | The writer's attitude towards his or her audience and subject. |
| Point of View | The perspective, or vantage point, from where the story is told. |
| Narrator | A speaker or character who tells a story. |
| Omniscient | All-knowing. |
| Stream of Consciousness | The flow of thought. |
| Symbol | Anything that stands for or represents something else. Usually represents abstract ideas. |
| Irony | Literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality, expectation and result, or meaning and intention. |
| Verbal Irony | Words are used to suggest the opposite of what was meant. |
| Dramatic Irony | There is a contradiction between what the character thinks and what the audience knows is true. |
| Situational Irony | An event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience. |
| Theme | A central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work. |
| Comedy | A humorous play. |
| Tragedy | A representation of an action that is worth serious attention. |
| Tragic Hero | The main character whose tragic flaw leads to their downfall. |
| Tragic Flaw | The character defect that causes the downfall of a protagonist. |
| Monolouge | A long speech by one character. |
| Soliloquy | A long speech expressing the true thoughts of a character, who is alone on stage. |
| Aside | A short speech delivered by an actor directed to the audience. |
| Direct Address | Lines directed to a specific character, who is mentioned. ex: "Caesar, your death shall be avenged." |
| Stage Directions | Tells where actors move on stage. |
| Anachronism | An object is out of its time/place. |
| Blank Verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter. |
| Rhyming Couplet | Two lines of poetry with end rhyme (ends a sonnet). |
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