Duplicate of Duplicate of Literary Terms Prep

language used to degrade someone or something which is regarded as holy or sacred

not clearly stated but understood, suggested

an overused or unoriginal expression

highly imaginative fiction containing fantastic elements based on scientific principles

person or force which opposes the main character

memory of our past or of pre-human experience

one syllable

verbal irony designed to ridicule its subject or to arose contempt (Greek "to tear flesh")

the logical arrangement and progression of ideas in speech or writing

a character whose actions are inspiring and courageous

a figure of speech which compares two unlike quantities using "like" or "as"

environment of a word; helps deepen meaning

the structure of a narrative; the sequence in which the writer arranges events

a type of drama in which the protagonist suffers a fall in fortune because of a flaw

method used to build suspense by providing hints of what is to come

needless repetition

a judgement based on reasoning rather than a direct statement

allows narrator to share thoughts/feelings of only one character

to separate into parts for incpection and evaluation

person or force which opposes the main character

the contrast between the literal meaning of what is said and what is meant

writing that makes connections between results (effects) and the events that came before (cause)

a character whose actions are inspiring and courageous

the hero or central character of a literary work

associated meaning or feeling of a word

a figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human characteristics

form of the expression involving something that is different of what is actually stated.

protagonist that has the opposite of most of the traditional characteristics of a hero

literal meaning; dictionary definition

informal or non-standard language

moment of sudden insight (aha!)

meter of poetry (typical in Shakespeare), written in lines consisting of two syllables each, the second syllable stresse

line of metrical writing

the central idea or message; gives the literary work unity

the character who speaks, or narrates, a poem; the voice assumed by the writer

arrangement of words in a sentence

reasoning from the specific to the general

the sentence that directly expresses the write's opinion, purpose in expository writing

the result of an action is the reverse of what is expected

omission of one or more words (signaled by three dots) for conciseness or drama

a character who sets off the main character or other characters in comparison

the act of evaluating or interpreting a work

a character in the story who speaks using "I"; character's point of view

a writer's use of figurative language, diction, and other literary devices

to separate into parts for inspection and evaluation

final outcome in a literary work

written evaluation of a work of art, performance, or literary work

major division in a poem; resembles a paragraph

narrator can only express what is observable through the five senses

the audience knows something which the characters do not

narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters

informal or non-standard language

a reference in a literary work to mythology, history, religion or another literary work

literal meaning; dictionary definition

reasoning form the general to the specific

protagonist that has the opposite of most of the traditional characteristics of a hero

a writer's choice of words

modification or exclusion of works to meet predetermined standards of political, social or moral acceptability

art of rendering speech or writing into another language or modern speech