Literary Terms Final 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 soliloquy | in drama, a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience |
| metaphor | comparison not using like or as |
| ethos | an appeal based on the character/reputation/ credibility of the speaker. |
| pathos | emotional appeal |
| logos | an appeal based on logic or reason |
| synecdoche | using a part of something to represent the whole thing |
| juxtapostition | placing dissimilar objects close together for comparison or contrast |
| foreshadowing | the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot |
| simile | a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') |
| oxymoron | a figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms |
| setting | arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted |
| theme | a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work |
| plot | the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc. |
| personification | the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. |
| dramatic irony | (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play |
| situational irony | occurs when the outcome of a work is unexpected, or events turn out to be the opposite from what one had expected |
| verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |
| protagonist | the principal character in a work of fiction |
| antagonist | A character or force in conflict with the main character |
| anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses |
| allusion | passing reference or indirect mention |
| monologue | a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor |
| tragic hero | A literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy |
| pun | a humorous play on words |
| irony | incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs |
| exposition | introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation |
| inciting incident | the event that starts the conflict |
| rising action | events leading up to the climax |
| climax | the decisive moment in a novel or play |
| falling action | events after the climax, leading to the resolution |
| resolution | something settled or resolved |
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