Literary Terms Part 2

Common language of a geographic area or the native language of commoners in a country

The location, historical time, and social circumstances where the action of a work takes place

Short work designed with little to no plot or larger narrative

The freedom of a poet or other literary writer to depart from the norms of common discourse

A line or set of lines at the end of a stanza or section that are repeated in other sections

The pattern of rhyme.

In literature, a feeling, emotional state, or disposition of mind.

Comparing two things using like or as

Using contradiction in a manner that oddly makes sense on a deeper level.

A word, place, character, or object that means something beyond what it is on a literal level.

Using contradiction in a manner that oddly makes sense ona deeper level.

Monologue spoken by an actor at a point in the play when a character believes they are alone.

The main character in a Greek or Roman tragedy.

Abbreviation for the Modern Language Association

A central idea or statement that unifies and controls an entire literary work.

Another term for verbal irony

An attack on or criticism of any stupidity or vice in the form of scathing humor.

A play in which the character, passes through a series of misfortunes leading to a catastrophe.

Another term for the tragic hero's hamartia.

A brief restatement in one's own words of all or part of a literary or critical work

The study of actual meaning in languages

A play on two words similar in sound but different in meaning.

A lyric poem of fourteen lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with a definite rhyming pattern

short narrative designed to reveal some religious principle or moral lesson

An arrangement of lines of verse in a pattern usually repeated throughout the poem.

The way a story gets told and who tells it.

A dramatic sequence taking place within a single locale (or setting) on stage.

is an argument, either overt or implicit, that a writer develops and supports

When non-human objects are given human character, traits, abilities, or reactions.

A recurring element such as a type of incident which appears frequently in works of literature.

a traditional tale of deep cultural significance to a people in terms of etiology/eschatology

Qualities of literature that appeal to readers in a wide variety of cultures/historical periods

The art of persuasive argument through writing or speech

Story designed to reveal some religious principle, moral, or lesson.