Short Story Vocab

a distinctive poetic style that uses system orpattern of metrical structure

poem that tells a story (i.e. epics, ballads, andmetrical romances)

Definition; meaning of a word

Specific words used by writer

An exaggeration or overstatement

The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words

This is a relatively rare point of view and is difficult to sustain.

One or more letters occurring as a bound form attachedto the beginning, end, or base of a word

a type of literature

the final outcome of the main complication in a play or story

device used in literature to presentaction that occurred before current time of the story

The prevailing emotions or atmosphere of a workderived from literary devices

sog-like poem wrote mainly 2 express the feelings of emotions, thought from a particular person

A form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons,and actions in a narrative

repetition of an identical or similarly accentedsound or sounds in a work.

A variety of a language distinct from the standard variety in pronunciation, grammar, or vocab

A pattern of end rhymes in a poem.

A recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work

a character in a story/poem who deceives, frustrates, or protagonist, in some way.

Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work

Instead of perfect or identical sounds or rhyme,it is the repetition of near or similar sounds

a style of poetry defined as a complete thoughtwritten in two lines with rhyming ends

A narrative device, often used at the start of a work that provides necessary background info

A judgment based on reasoning rather than on a direct orexplicit statement

a collection of events that tells a story

poetry that does not contain regular patterns or rhythmor rhyme.

The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach toward atopic

The ordering of words into meaningful verbal patternssuch as phrases, clauses, and sentences

the main character or lead figure

Told from the p.o.v. of an outside narrator

The range of associations b/w a word or a phrase

four-line stanza

a narrative folk song that highlights cultural normsand values

An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiarperson, place, or event

The conversation between characters

he generally accepted importance of a workrepresenting a given culture

In poetry it means moving over from one line to anotherwithout a terminating punctuation mark

a short poem,verse that seeks to ridicule a thoughtor event, usually with witticism or sarcasm.