F20 Eng3 Pre-AP review

First writer to use Free Verse- no rhyme or meter

The use of giving clues to suggest events which have yet to occur

Arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables into a pattern

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

A diagram, chart, map or list that conveys data pictorially

The process of evaluating the specific traits of a literary character

A person, place, thing, or idea

Often used Slant Rhyme- when the words almost rhyme

America's oldest form of literature, stories spoken aloud rather than written

The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds

An object, place, or person representing an idea beyond itself

A struggle between two opposing forces

A contrast between what a reader or character expects and what actually exists or happens

The word choice of the author

Words or phrases used to exclaim

Takes the place of a noun

A grocery store clerk used as a character would be an example

A repeated pattern, symbol, or character type

Playwright who wrote an Allegory using the Salem Witch Trials to highlight McCarthyism

Word that shows position

The time and place in which the action occurs

The feeling created in the reader by a literary work

Describes a noun

An essay that presents arguments about both sides of an issue, but highlights one side with more force

Also known as a Conceit, it is a comparison carried through an entire paragraph

The central idea or insight into life

Events directly following the climax

The use of concrete details that appeal to the five senses

Used to link two clauses

Shows action or a state of being; expresses time by tense

The perspective from which the story is told

The author's attitude toward his or her subject

When a story's sequence is interrupted by an event that occurred before the story began

A series of related events that present conflicts

A narrative essay giving a short account of some aspect of the writer's life

Novelist who used much Symbolism to argue themes of The American Dream

Describes a verb, adverb, or adjective; usually end in -ly

Novelist who wrote an Allegory using much symbolism to show the hypocrisy of Puritan rule

The main character in a short story, play, or novel

A literary device used in poetry and prose to give a list of things and create a rhetorical effect

Wrote Gothic Short Stories

A piece of writing -both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, metaphorical- meter, rhyme, and stanza

A story which offers an explanation about how life began