Literary Terms English 2nd Trimester IA
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 allusion | a brief reference to an event, person, or story within a work to something outside the work |
| slant rhyme | the final sounds are similar but not identical |
| stage direction | indicates where a scene takes place, what is should look like, and how the characters should move and speak |
| dramatic exposition | conveys critical information about a play's setting, props, characters, and historical or social context |
| logical fallacy | an idea or argument that appears logical though it is based on a completely faulty premise |
| irony | involves a contrast between what is stated and what is mean, or between what is expected to happen and what really happens |
| Gothic Literature | involves the story set in a black or remote place, involves gruesome, horrifying,ghastly, horrible, characters are in psychological or physical torment, a supernatural is present |
| internal rhyme | a rhyme within a single line of a poem |
| Narrative Poem | tells a story or narrative in verse |
| alliteration | the use of a repeated consonant sound usually at the beginning of words |
| free verse | a structure of poetry that has irregular meter and line length |
| theme | the central idea or insight into life that a writer strives to convey |
| extended metaphor | a comparison that is developed throughout the course of a literary work |
| Puritan Plain Style | characterized by short words, direct statements, and reference to ordinary, everyday objects |
| apostrophe | a figure pf speech in which a speaker directly addresses an object, person, or a personified object, quantity, or idea. |
| parallelism | repetition of grammatical structures |
| personification | a figure of speech where a non-human subject is given human characteristics |
| point of view | attitudes about the topic or audience |
| oratory | formal public speaking that is persuasive, emotionally appealing, addresses the needs and concerns of its audience, and involves the use or colorful/rhythmic language |
| Journey Motif | includes the following easily identifiable components: an event that prompts a young person to the known world, a trip/journey ensues, the end involves a discovery of some sort, traveler returns to the world he knows, changed for the experience |
| hymn meter | frequently used by Emily Dickinson, the lines alternate between 8 syllables (4 beats) and 6 syllables (3 beats) as in abcb order. |
| anthropomorphic | attributing human characteristics or qualities to objects, animals, or gods |
| diction | word choice which adds to the style, theme, and tone of a poem or story. |
| dialect | way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or group of people |
| tone | the attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject, or a character |
| Hemingway Hero | a reserved, enduring, courageous protagonist that fights against a chaotic, painful world, ultimately dying bravely and alone |
| rhyme scheme | is a pattern of rhyming within a poem |
| symbolism | when an object, character, or event represents not only itself but a larger idea |
| Walt Whitman | often wrote in free verse, his diction is characterized by the use of catalogues or long lists |
| Emily Dickinson | often wrote in slant rhyme and exact rhyme |
| The Crucible Act 1 Setting | Paris's Household |
| The Crucible Act 2 Setting | Proctor's Household |
| The Crucible Act 3 Setting | Courtroom |
| The Crucible Act 4 Setting | Salem Jail |
| The Crucible | written in 1950's by Arthur Miller, touched on 1960's on Salem Witch Trials |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | written in 1880's by Mark Twain, touched on American society during the 1850's |
| The Old Man and the Sea | written in 1950's by Ernest Hemingway, touched on the city of Havana, Cuba during the 1950's |
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