JT English 12 Terminology A-P

Terminology that relates to a specific activity that many people would not be familiar with.

Essay written in language which represents speech.

Sensational play that appeals shamelessly to the emotions.

Smooth sound created by a combination of consonants. Ex) Words "ripple" and "pleasure."

When a speaker directly addresses someone who is absent, dead, or non-human (such as idea or object)

Narrator only observing actions of the characters. No internal thoughts.

Elaborate language that is deliberate and dignified.

A poem mourning the death of an individual or of all men or sometimes just a very sad poem.

Giving human qualities to inanimate things or ideas.

Evidence given by someone considered to be knowledgeable. Ex) A doctor's advice in a trial.

Scene that interrupts the action to show a previous event.

A drop in intensity or importance, especially after a buildup of suspense or expectation

Poetry which portrays the authors feelings.

Where parts of a sentence or series of sentences are structured the same way to create rhythm and balance.

The fictional representation of a person.

Story coming from past, widely accepted as having some basis of truth.

Essay written to convince reader that a certain stance is valid

Opening of story which sets up the setting and conflict and situtation.

A brief comment spoken by the actor to the audience which is not heard by the other characters.

A long narrative poem about the deeds of a traditional hero.

The winding down of the story after the conflict is resolved.

A structured piece of writing that presents a clear main idea and supports it with evidence. It uses standard English.

Neutral and fact-based, without showing personal feelings, opinions, or bias.

When a character’s traits are shown through their actions, speech, thoughts, appearance, or how others react to them

A sudden moment of realization which changes a character's understanding of themselves, others, or the world

A poem praising something, written to the thing or person.

Predominant emotion in a literary work.

Introducing humor to break the tension in an otherwise serious or tense situation in a story.

A line of five feet, and every second syllable is stressed

The way in which writers develop their characters.

Appeals to the audience's emotions.

Lines in unrhymed iambic pentameter.

Shows a character’s inner thoughts and feelings as they happen, like a stream of thinking.

An essay that explains a process, idea, concept...

An account, written each day, of what a character has done, thoughts, etc.

Any technique designed to convince audience that a certain stance is valid.

The intended group of readers, listeners, or viewers that a writer, speaker, or artist is addressing.

Where one character reveals his thoughts and feelings in a one way speech.

The overall emotional feeling created by a literary work, the readers emotional reponse.

A humorous play on words.

To explain or clarify an idea through a point by point comparison to something more familiar.

Arranged in the same order the events happened.

When readers are informed outright about a character.

The perspective from which a story is told.

Essay written using an individual’s experiences as evidence.

Exaggerated imitation of a serious piece of literature for humor.

Regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Ex) Hello/hello/hello/hello/hello

The reason why a writer is writing

Informal, everyday speech used in casual conversation.

Storyteller knows all and sees all, god-like view.

A traditional story that explains the origins, beliefs, orcustoms of a culture. Generally considered untrue.

The repetition of consonant sounds throught words. Ex) Is it blunt and flat?

The person, or force, opposing the protagonist.

A struggle between opposing forces in a story.

Introductory part of a work before the main part that lets reader know important information.

Rhyming words found within a line of poetry. Ex) I awoke to black flak.

Expresses a meaning contradictory to the surface one.

Using writing or images to convey and spread beliefs especially by distortion.

The turning point or most intense, dramatic moment in a story, where the central conflict reaches its peak.

The arrangement of ideas, arguments, or events in a sequence that builds in intensity or importance.

The main character in the story.

Writing whose purpose is to teach a lesson.

The close repetition of similar vowel sounds. Ex) Mellow wedding bells.

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using like or as. The comparison is implied.

Reader is only allowed into the thoughts of one of the characters in the story.

A word or phrase used in informal language, often specific to a region or group. Ex) "gotta"

To express an unpleasant fact in agreeable language.

An overused phrase or expression.

Outdated language that is no longer in use.

An essay written to prove/disprove a given argument.

What a word suggests beyond its literal meaning.

A short didactic story stressing a moral above character development.

Nonrealistic work, with a whimsical plot and mythical characters.

Minor character whose role is used to highlight the main character through contrast.

A prejudice for or against a particular idea, group, or viewpoint.

The general organizing principle or structure of a literary work.

A short, witty poem that expresses an idea in a clever way.

When the audience has insight that the characters don't.

Supporting an idea using evidence that appeals to the audiences feelings.

A combination of sound that is not harmonious. Similar to cacophony.

Short statement or verse on a grave in memory of a dead person.

The process of telling a story.

A well-known past event that is meant to support an idea.

Extended speech by one character.

Any literary work, but especially a play, in which events end happily.

A harsh sound created by clashing consonants, jagged rhythms, negative images.

Category or type of literature.

The repeated part of a song or poem that emphasizes the main message.

Use of words whose sounds seem to express or reinforce their meanings.

Placing together of two or more elements that emphasize each other's similaries or differences.

The arrangement of events of the story are arranged.

Representation through sensory language.

Statement that seems self-contradictory but contains a truth

Language meant to be taken at its actual meaning.

When the protagonist must choose between two undesirable choices.

The final unraveling of the plot in a tragedy, usually involving the downfall or death of the main character.

Use of clues in a narrative to suggest future action.

Word choice intended to convey a certain effect.

Language that reflects speech. Ex. try and, wanna, could of...)

The 8 line verse.

A quatrain of alternating tetrameter and trimeter lines rhyming abcb.

Poetry with no consistency in line length, meter, rhyme, etc

A conversation between two or more characters.

When the conflict in story is caused by outside forces .

A work giving the opinion or attitude of the speaker/writer often in newspapers.

Argument about the positive and negative outcomes of an idea

When writers use words in imaginative ways to express ideas that aren't meant to be taken literally.

A metaphor that is used throughout a whole work.

The repetition of consonant sounds, at the beginning of words.

An extended narrative which carries a second meaning along with its surface story.

An in-depth examination of a specific study that is used to illustrate or back up a point or argument.

A person who does great deeds and is admired for it.

Short saying expressing a general truth, used for a long time.

Conflict caused by forces within the protagonist’s mind

The story of a person's life written by him or her.

Emphasis achieved by deliberate exaggeration.

A stanza of two lines.

Text using pictures, graphs, drawing, painting, comics....

A dictionary meaning of a word.

Characters with only one or two traits.

Unusual set of circumstances for which the readers crave an explanation.

Writing where a subject performs an action on an object.

A narrative poem written in four line stanzas, designed to be sung.

When the subect of a sentence is not doing the action.

A literary device where two opposite ideas are placed together to highlight their contrast.

A way of organizing ideas by showing how an event or action leads to a result.

Character who grows during the course of the story.

The story is told through character's own eyes and voice using "I," "me,"...

Literature written to be performed.

An ending in a story that has no definite resolution.

A type of comedy that uses exaggerated characters, silly situations, and absurd actions to make people laugh.

Individual, often personal stories, used to support a claim, argument, or idea.

To examine the similarities and differences.

A picture that deliberately exaggerates the peculiarities of a subject.

A reference to a familiar person or thing; can be historical, classical, biblical or mythical.

Literary work that deals nostalgically with country or shepard life.

Expression whose meaning can't be determined from its individual words.

Two contradictory terms which express a startling paradox. Ex) Jumbo shrimp.

A type of language used by people from a specific geographic area

The stage in plot where the intensity subsides and the conflict unravels.