Literary Terms Review

a disappointing situation or a sudden transition from an important idea to trivial one

emotional high point of the story; point of no return for protagonist

a regularly recurring phrase or verse especially at the end of each stanza or division of poem

when the audience knows something that the characters do not

narrator sticks closely to the perspectives of just one or two characters

poem about a dead person or thing

rhyme within a line of poetry instead of at the end

adjective/adj phrase applied to a person/thing frequently used to emphasize a characteristic

internal rhyme that makes use of repeated vowel sounds woven together to create a sonic effect

a F.O.S in which the positive form isemphasized through the negation of a negative form

harmony in sound

a poem's underlying structure—patterns of stressed/unstressed syllables

calling out to an imaginary/dead/absent person,or a place, thing or personified abstract idea

a style of writing that portrays the inner (often chaotic) workings of a character’s mind

rhyming pairs of verse in iambic pentameter

the rhythmic or musical elements of a poem-like when a line speeds up or slows down

a big old racket, made by combining lots of harsh, discordant noises. 

A story within a story, within sometimes yet another story

repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds inwords that are close together

A short poem that tells a simple story and has a repeated refrain-originally sung 

rhyme occurring in words of one syllable or in an accented final syllable: ex "light" & "sight"

Also known as near rhyme (or half rhyme, weak rhyme, or imperfect rhyme). "dear" and "door" 

When two words look alike, but don't sound alike. laughter and slaughter OR blood and mood 

any artificial deviceor coincidence used to bring about a convenient-simple solution to a plot

a narrator outside of the story that tells us everything about many characters

a figure of speech that uses an incredibleexaggeration or overstatement

A statement which contains seemingly contradictory elements or appears contrary to common sense

a person/place/thing is referred to by something closely associated with it

Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row

 PASTORAL POETRY: Poetry idealizing the lives of shepherds andcountry folk; rural

pause that occurs in the middle of a line of verse in poetry

Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order ofthe parts of a sentence

omission of conjunctions in a series of words

a poem consisting of four lines, or four lines of a poem that can be considered as a unit

putting aside our doubt or skepticism for the sake of a good story—even if that story has crazy

A compound poetic phrase substituted forthe usual name of a person or thing.  sea =whale-road

aquotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of thetheme.

an elaborate metaphor that compares two things thatare startlingly different

a statement that says less than what is meant

verse that has no rhyme scheme, but does have a regular meter—iambic pentameter, to be exact.

The emotional feeling/atmosphere orbackground of a literary work

a figure of speech that puts together two seemingly contradictory words or phrases that work

A F.O.S inwhich there is a gap or difference between what is said or done and what isunderstood

sentence which uses a conjunction with NO commas to separate the items in a series

rhymes that occur within a line, or in the middle of lines that are near each other

Central character lacking qualitiestraditionally associated with heroes (courage or morals)

a recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object,or situation used throughout a work

The continuation of a sentence beyond the end of a line of poetry

he repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences

A work that uses mockery, humor, and wit to criticize and cause change 

a part of something represents the whole

A division of a poem made by arranging the lines into units separated by a space.

“In the midst of things”- where the action begins in the middle instead of beginning 

“The President is a lame duck who is running out of gas.” This is an example of?

a comparison between two unlike things without using like, as,than, or resembles

wo parallel phrases in which corresponding words or phrases are placed in the opposite order

deliberately suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting, meanings in a work