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verbal irony
contrast between what was meant and what was said
Dramatic Irony
audience knows something while the cast doesn't
Situational Irony
contrast between what happens and what is expected
Satire
literature intended to ridicule the subject of work
Scansion
close, critical reading of a poem; examine work for meter
Setting
time and place of a story
simile
comparison between two unlike objects using "like" or "as"
Soliloquy
character speaking alone, to audience
Sonnet
lyrical poem; 14 lines
Stanza
paragraph of a poem
Style
elements contributing to an author's INDIVIDUAL style
Suspense
anticipation of events to come
Symbol
object represents a broader idea
Theme
point/truth about life that the author intends the work to convey to the reader
Tone
refers to how the work conveys the author's attitude towards the subject
Tradgety
story focusing on the events leading to the destruction of the protagonist
fatal flaw
Vernacular Style
refers to author's use of diction and detail designed to evoke the culture specific to the region
metaphor
occurs when a comparison is made between 2 unlike things
meter
regular pattern of unstressed stressed syllables
mood
feeling from author's description
motif
reoccurring image/word/object/phrase/action to develop a theme
onomatopoeia
poetic device; word represents sound
oxymoron
contradictory term
parable
brief story, to teach a moral lesson
personification
nonhuman given human attributes
plot
sequence of events
point of view
way story is told
protagonist
main character of story
pun
play on words
quatrain
4 line stanza
resolution
after climax; loose ends tied up
rhyme
pattern of repeating sounds
rising action
builds up climax
Figurative language
saying one thing to mean another
flashback
reference to event happened in past
foil
sets off main characters
hyperbole
exaggeration
imagery
word/phrase appealing to senses
inference
judgement based on reasoning rather than statements
local color
combo of dialect, setting, and characteristics of a place to make the setting
malapropism
mistaken use of a word
catalyst
events signaling end of exposition
catastrophe
scene of a tragedy which includes death of a protagonist
character
a person in a story
characterization
indirect - told through other things
direct - told by character
climax
moment when conflict reaches point of intensity
couplet
pair of rhyming lines
denouncement
part of the drama which follows climax and leads to resolution
diction
author's choice of words to impact literary works
elegy
formal poem meditating a theme (death)
epiphany
quick flash of new ideas
exposition
intorduction
falling action
after climax
Allegory
story illustrating idea/moral
alliteration
repetition of consonant sounds
allusion
reference to another real thing
ambiguity
statement has 2+ meanings
anachronism
use of something not yet in existence
anecdote
short tale, told by a character
antagonist
opposing force
antithesis
contracting words to highlight opposition
Aphorism
brief statement which expresses an observation on life
apostrophe
addressees someone that isn't present
archetype
reoccurring pattern
aside
short speech told to audience
blank verse
poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
turning point
occurs before climax
antithesis
opposition of words
mla
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citation
author(last, first): title; publisher, city; date
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