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Literary TERMS!!!!

Terms

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paradox
statement that seems opposed to ccommon sense or contradicts itself
tragedy
drama or lit - bad things happen
analogy
extended comparision; shows similarities
anecdote
brief account of an incident
suspense
quality of work that makes the reader uncertain or tense about events
rhetorical shift
change from one tone to another
satire
style - uses humor to criticize people, ideas etc
forshadowing
hints that suggest events yet to occur
motif
feature, idea that's prevalent in the novel
pun
clint joke
climax
moment of greatest emotinal intensity, turning point
setting
time/place of story
foil
character opposite another character
theme
central idea or message in work of lit or drama
couplet
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
flashback
interrupts lit seq of events to relate to a previous event
soliloquy
speech in which a character speaks his or her private thoughts out loud
connotation
the context/feeling/attitude with the word
rhetorical question
a question in a piece of writing for which the author does not actually want an answer
epithet
wordy phrase
rhetoric
art of persuasion
apostrophe
fig of speech in which some absent person is directly addressed
synecdote
metaphor - part of something stands for the whole thing
rising action
leads to climax
diction
word choice
denotation
literal, Dictionary definition of a word
consonance
alliteration in poetry for a harmonious effect
personification
brings non-personal things to life
parallelism
arangement of equally important ideas in similar grammatical structure
inversion
the placing of a sentence out of its normal position for emphasis or special effect
euphony
pleasant sounding words
jargon
confused speech; outlandish speech
allegory
characters used to personify abstract qualitites
syntax
sentence structure
anachronism
something out of its normal time
irony
contrast or incongruity between what is stated and wht is meant
metonymy
form of metaphor which the name of one thing is applied to another in which it's closely associated
understatement
extreme form of irony
assonance
repitition of rhyming vowel sounds - ex free and easy
style
way which lit is written
antagonist
bad guy
exposition
part of plot that lays groundwork necessary background info
pace
speed which a plot moves
falling action
events that occur after climax
epiphany
sudden understanding/realization
first person POV
"I" - from your perspective
voice
writer's unique language allows reader to 'hear' the writer's personality
imagery
descriptive language
alliteration
repitition of consonants
conflict
struggle between two opposing forces
inference
process in which hints/clues are applied for the reader to draw a conclusion
oxymoron
contradiction in terms
archetype
original pattern after which an image, plot or character type is modeled
symbol
person, place, or object that represents something beyond itself
antithesis
fig of speech that contrasts words, clauses, sentences or ideas
hyperbole
exaggeration of the truth
simile
comp using like or as
allusion
reference to a famous work
tone
attitude WRITER takes toward a subject, character of audience
metaphor
comp without like or as
euphemism
a device in which indirect replaces direct in order to avoid unpleasantness
third person POV
story told by narrator outside action
mood
feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates for the reader
juxtaposition
poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas/etc are placed next to one another

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