10th grade Literary terms/Short stories unit

kind of novel that focuses on the psychological/moral growth of its main character from his/her youth to adulthood.

Two characters struggle against one another

Combination of words which imitate sounds

Giving human qualities to something that is not human

Insight or revelation gained when one suddenly understands the essence of something

A set of beliefs, attitudes, and values grounded in the culture of ancient Greece and Rome.

A division into two contradictory groups

Literary movement that involves love, adventure, quests, and triumphs.

Point of view that presents the thoughts or feelings of all characters in a work

The struggle between opposing forces that is the basis of the plot in a dramatic/narrative literature

Criticism that emphasizes the role of class and ideology of working people.

Final unraveling of a plot in fiction/Last part of plot

A comparison between two unlike things that have something in common (Uses "LIKE" or "AS")

Combinations of sounds and words which are pleasant to the ear

A character that has three dimensional complexity of real people.

when a character directly addresses the reader instead of leaving up the imaginary barrier btwn the actors & audience

Sees literary works as objects in their own right; analyzes interplay & relationships between a text's verbal elements.

The name of a short story, novel, poem, play, essay, etc.

Character who contrasts with another to accentuate distinctive qualities

Repetition of consonant sounds that are preceded by different vowel sounds

The actions and events that take place in a dramatic or narrative work

Literary movement that emphasized trust of individual, intuition, & nature, while rejecting societal norms

Repetition of initial consonant sounds within a line of poetry

An emotional cleansing effect a tragic drama has on an audience

Statement or situation which seems contradictory, but proves valid upon closer inspection

Exaggeration to make a point

Far-fetched metaphor comparing two unlike objects with powerful effect by arousing feelings of surprise/shock/ amusement

Arrangement of words in a manner which best expresses individuality of the author and the idea intent of his/her mind

The variety of language spoken in a definite place by a distinct group of people 

The central character in a short story, novel or play

Having the appearance of truth

A figure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences, or ideas

The literal or dictionary definition of a word

A character who does not develop or change as a result of the action in a story.

The perspective from which a story is told.

Something that conforms to a fixed or general pattern without individual distinguishing marks or qualities.

Writing that appeals to the senses

A change for the worse; to have everything and then lose it all.

A person, place or object that represents something beyond itself

Literature that tells a story

One character struggles against God or a higher force

The repetition of an image, word, phrase, action,etc. that appears in various works throughout the same work

“run-on” lines which carry the completion of a statement from one line to another without rhetorical pause

One character struggles against the forces of nature

When people say one thing but mean another

A plot within a plot

 A contrast between appearance and actuality

The teller of the story

A conflict that involves other characters, society and nature

Line of poetry in which the grammatical structure and the sense reach completion on the end of a line of poetry

A story within a story

A pause or break in (within) the rhythmical progress of a line of poetry.

Structural arrangement of composition by which one element of equal importance is developed/similarly phrased w/ another

Language not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense

Conflict that takes place inside a character’s mind and/or being

A phrase to describe the unwarranted attaching of human emotions to nature; when nature empathizes with mankind

The main idea in a work of literature

The words and phrases that recreate vivid sensory experiences for the reader

Placing dissimilar scenes side by side to indicate differences or to give the reader additional information

The people and animals that participate in a literary work

When the reader or viewer is aware of information of which the characters are not aware

To show beforehand or foretell

Writing that holds up to ridicule/contempt the weaknesses/wrongdoings of humanity w/ hope to bring about change

The time and place of the action of the story

One character struggles against society

The narrative method used in a short story, novel, poem or nonfiction selection

A harsh combination of sounds

Literature which emphasizes the imagination without conscious or rational control; dreamlike.

Bringing a god on stage to solve a difficulty unsolvable by ordinary means; regarded as deficient skill in plot making

A writer’s choice of words

A figure of speech where a word or phrase is used to represent something else with which it is closely associated.

Overused phrase that has lost its freshness

Having a definite pattern or organization within literature

The character or force against which the protagonist is pitted

When a character or reader expects one thing to happen but something entirely different does

Similarity in sound between vowels followed by different consonants

The emotional response or connection created by a word

A conversation, a scene or event that happened before the beginning of the story or at an earlier point in the story

A character in fiction who develops or changes as a result of the action of the plot.

The arrangement of words and elements in a sentence

A change in emphasis, judgement, or attitude; a change in place or position

The use of symbols

A story in which people, things, and events have another meaning

The person who writes a short story, novel or play

Repeating of sounds, words, etc.

the startling discovery that produces a change from ignorance to knowledge

Implies a comparison between two unlike things that have something in common, but does NOT use “like” or “as”

The techniques used by writers to develop their characters

Criticism analyzing literature in terms of mental processes.

Beginning in the middle of things

Literature portraying speech & behavior of characters from lower socioeconomic class; portrays from "real" life.

A literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part.

A character defined by a single idea or quality.

One sensory experience is used to describe another

A reference to something in literature or history that the author expects the reader to know