English Provincial 12 Terms Review

Device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc.

The use of words that combine sharp, harsh, hissing, or unmelodious sounds

Form of extend. metaphor: objects, persons, actions in a text are equated with meanings outside

The repetition of a vowel sound in non-rhyming words (in close proximity).

The basic rhythmic structure of verse, or lines in verse

The author or poet’s individual writing style or point of view

to use figurative language to represent objects, actions, ideas that appeal to the five senses

A phrase, line, or group of lines repeated at intervals throughout a poem

Main idea of a work; has some commentary on the human condition.

Refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object that exists outside of the literary text

A word that imitates the sound that it represents

 A word, phrase or other form used in informal language/a slang

A language considered as part of a larger family of languages

Special words/expressions used by a group that are difficult for others to understand

Lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner

A literary quality that invokes pity or sadness

Device that exaggerates traits of a character for comic effect.

Character that relies heavily on cultural types/names for their mannerisms and style of speech

Sounds that are harmonious and pleasing to the ear

Lifestyle that is depicted as idyllic: of shepherds and sheep in the countryside

the use irony, sarcasm, or ridicule regarding human foolishness and vice

Narrator speaks in the third person but their knowledge and view is limited to a single person

The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc

A type of poem that expresses a state of mind or particular emotion

A phrase which has been overused, and has lost it's significance

A short popular saying that usually has ancient origin

A disruption of harmonic sounds or rhythms. Mostly used in poetry to create a jarring effect.

When a character’s dialogue is spoken aloud but not heard by other characters on stage

Rhyming with a word in the middle of a line and one end of the line or in middle of the next

a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead

Particular tendency, trend, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived/unreasoned

Clues in the text that provide a warning or indication of a future event

Words and phrases that were used regularly in a language, but are now less common

Unrhymed iambic pentameter; is often the metre of the speeches in Shakespeare’s plays

a popular literary device often used in drama to reveal the innermost thoughts of a character

Considering and representing facts without drawing upon personal bias or opinion

Use of symbols to signify ideas/qualities by giving them meanings different from the literal

The recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity

Poem of 14 lines, with a formal rhyme scheme, typically having ten syllables per line.

the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression