Words of Delight
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ninjaturtle96 on October 2, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acrostic | verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message |
| allegory | an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances |
| allusion | a brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or idea in history or literature |
| antagonist | A character or force in conflict with the main character |
| anti hero | a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine) |
| anti romance | A work of literature, or a part of a work of literature, that presents unideal experience; a literary world of total bondage and the absence of the ideal. |
| antithetic parallelism | common, easy to recognize literary characteristics of Hebrew poetry in which two lines stand in sharp contrast to each other |
| aphorism | a short saying stating a general truth |
| apocalyptic literature | in Greek literally means "to uncover" or "to reveal"; stories usually involving war or a final battle that are used as a message of hope to a people/community that is oppressed |
| apostrphe | addressing something nonhuman as if it were human |
| archetype | the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype. |
| blazon | (v.) to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely |
| calling stories | In the Gospels, stories in which Jesus calls a person to follow him or to respond to a command. |
| climactic parallelism | The type of poetic parallelism where the second line of a poetic couplet echoes part of the first line and adds a phrase to it extending and completing its sense. |
| comedy | light and humorous drama with a happy ending |
| conflict stories | Gospel stories that narrate Jesus' controversies with an opposing person or group. |
| denouement | final outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work; the end of a story when everything is explained |
| didactic | intended to teach or instruct |
| discourse | speech |
| dramatic irony | This occurs when the audience or reader knows more than the characters know. |
| dramatic monologue | a poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener |
| emblem | special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. |
| emblematic blazon | A love poem that lists the features of the beloved and compares them to objects or emblems in nature or human experience. |
| encomium | a formal expression of praise |
| encounter stories | Gospel stories in which a person is confronted with the claims of Jesus, which that person must either accept or reject. |
| epic | a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds |
| epiphany | a moment of sudden revelation or insight |
| epistle | a letter or literary composition in letter form |
| epithalamion | a poem written in celebration of marriage |
| epithet | any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality |
| explication | The art of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text. It usually involves close reading and special attention to figurative language. |
| exposition | The introductory material which gives the setting, creates the tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding the story. |
| expository writing | writing that explains or informs |
| elegy | a mournful poem |
| imagination | the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses |
| genre | a kind of literary or artistic work |
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