Mrs Woods Language Vocab

An apparent contradiction that asserts a truth

Author's attitude toward his subject and audience

An actual statement which falls under the magnitude of the actual event

Sentence structure or the way sentences are put together

The part of the play or fiction that sets up the main action, introduces the characters, explains the background...

The traditional term for the source of poetic inspiration

The dictionary definition of a word

When the reader/audience knows something the characters don't know

An implied comparison between two unlike objects

A long poem that narrates the advantages of a hero

A type of literature or film

A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an inanimate or abstract entity

When what is said is the opposite of what is meant

The use of clues that suggests event that are to come

Author's use of sensory words to project a picture into the reader's mind; deals with the five sense and used to evoke..

A term for an exaggerated description of an individual

Repetition of consonant sounds

The evocation in an audience of the feelings of pity and sorrow

Set a associations that occur to people when they hear or read a words

The form of a language spoken by people in a specific region

A sudden understanding or realization

The specialized terminology of particular groups or professions

Reference within a literary text to some person, place or event outside of the text

An element that appears in a number of literary works

The emotional atmosphere of a literary work

A word whose sound hints at its meaning

Particular word choice used to make a point

A comparison between 2 dissimilar things, usually connected by the words "like" or "as"

A Latin term expressing the idea of taking advantage of the present moment

Out of time; something where it does not belong

The capacity to enter into the experience of another

When the outcome of a situation turns out to be very different from what is expected

A significant idea in a literary work

A form of literature that depicts the downfall of the leading character

The chief character in a story

To overstate an issue; over exaggeration

The principal character in a play or novel who exhibits qualities the opposite of those usually regarded as heroic

The process by which a person, place, object, or event comes to stand for some abstract idea or condition