ENG 9 FINAL STUDY
SFHS glossary of terms to help you study
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- metaphor
- a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as if it were something else; like a simile in comparing two things not normally alike but without using "like" or "as"
- sonnet
- lyric poem of 14 lines, 10 syllables per line
- protagonist
- main character in a literary work
- quatrain
- in verse, a stanza of 4 lines
- rhyme scheme
- a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem indicating different letters of the alphabet for each new rhyme
- tactile imagery
- appeals to touch (see imagery)
- gustatory imagery
- appeals to taste (see imagery)
- iambic
- a type of rhythm in which every second or even-numbered syllable is accented
- paradox
- a statement that seems contradictory but is true; describes a situation in which opposites work together
- antagonist
- person, idea, force, or set of circumstances in a literary work opposing a protagonist
- personification
- type of figurative speech in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
- iambic pentameter
- a line that is ten syllables long, with accents on every second syllable
- oxymoron
- any two-word phrase in which seemingly contradictory words are used; example: "hot ice," "poor millionare," "loving hate," etc
- flashback
- something that interrupts the chronological flow of a work
- couplet
- two consecutive lines in verse that rhyme
- blank verse
- verse without rhyme, usually in iambic pentameter
- stanza
- lines of verse set off from other groups by space
- olfactory imagery
- appeals to smell (see imagery)
- refrain
- a line or group of lines repeated in a poem or song
- climax
- the moment towards the end of a literary work when readers' interest should be most intense
- external conflict
- when character is pitted against an outside force, such as another character or trying of events
- foreshadowing
- a hint dropped by an author about what is to come later
- imagery
- words or phrases that appeal to one or more of our five senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste)
- mood
- atmosphere created by a writer's diction (choice of words) and use of details
- analogy
- comparison of two different things
- interpretive questions
- can be answered by looking at the text, but there is room for disagreement (text allows for different answers)
- soliloquy
- a speech made by a play's character to himself or herself when alone
- free verse
- verse without regular meter or rhyme
- allusion
- a reference in writing or speech to some piece of knowledge (often a literary work)
- auditory imagery
- appeals to hearing (see imagery)
- monologue
- a relatively long speech or composition giving the words of one speaker
- factual questions
- can be answered by looking at text and no room for disagreement (the text establishes one answer to be correct)
- internal conflict
- when a struggle occuring within a character,such as when a character has doubts about what action to take
- evaluative questions
- invites us to talk about issues raised by literature, allowing us to relate a story to our lives (we are not tied to the text when answering these questions)
- dramatic irony
- the contrast between what a character knows and what readers (or the audience) know
- alliteration
- repetition of beginning sounds in two or more neighboring words
- tetrameter
- a line of verse with four("tetra-") feet, which means 8 syllables
- prose
- the ordinary form of written language, opposite of poetry, not poetry, drama, or song, no meter or rhyme
- visual imagery
- appeals to sight (see imagery)
- simile
- a figure of speech involving a direct comparison between two unlike things while using the words such as "like" or "as"