Literary Terms Review sophomores

When we knew Proctor confessed to adultery but Elizabeth didn't know it.

A long speech in a play. Other characters can hear it.

the minister's black veil representing secret sin

John Proctor's pride is an example of

When a writer refers to a classical or popular literary reference in her own writing

The cross of snow on a mountain representing grief that lingers

in a work of fiction, the author's message or insight about life

a story that can be read on two different levels (literal and a metaphor)

Abigail in court: "where she walks the crowds part like the seas for Israel"

But nevermore returns the traveler to the shoreand the tide rises, the tide falls

The Crucible is both about the Salem and a metaphor for fear's effect on a community

Created when the audience knows more than than the characters onstage

"Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often his gold complexion dimmed"

A long speech delivered by a character alone on stage. Inner thoughts.

When a writer gives human characteristics to non-human things

The hero’s fall is not purely deserved

Fated by God or some supernatural force to doom, destruction, or great suffering

A direct comparison or two unlike objects

"I drove five great giants into chains, chased all of the race from the earth"

a repeated pattern in stories passed along through the ages

When a writer repeats the beginning sound of a word, in a line of poetry or prose

The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls

The little waves, with their soft, white hands, efface the footprints in the sand

a play dealing with the downfall of the main character, featuring human suffering

Giving an object a more significant meaning than its typical function

An indirect comparison of two unlike objects using words like or as