Terms Review

Pathos refers to the appeal to the audience's

Point of view in which the narrator has access to the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters

Convention by which objects are endowed with both literal and metaphorical meaning

Refers to how the speaker feels about the subject

Direct address of an inanimate object, idea, or absent or dead person

Type of irony which depends upon establishing and then defying a reader's expectations

Place and time in which a story takes place

Popular expression which derives its meaning from usage, not connotation

Refers to how the reader feels, often established by diction

A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

Plot portion: the story's problem

Repeated images, symbols, etc. which, over time, develop a specific meaning

Direct comparison of two unlike things (no "like" or "as")

Point of view by which observations flow one into the next, as if the narrator is writing whatever pops into her head

Character term which invites comparison between 2 characters by making them both similar and different in important ways

What's your approach to the Keystone?

Endowment of inanimate objects or ideas with HUMAN characteristics

Type of irony which is often compared to sarcasm; the opposite of what is said is meant

Point of view which restricts access to the thoughts and feelings of 1 or 2 characters

Point of view in which a character in the story narrates

In drama, a character delivers a line onstage which is meant to be heard by only a few other characters or the audience

This term means "word choice"

Group of letters added to the beginning of words which alter their meaning.

This term refers to words which have similar denotative meaning.

This term means "word order"

Type of character which changes over the course of the literary work

Long speech delivered by one character who is alone, often speaking thoughts and feelings aloud

The direct address of an inanimate object, idea, or absent or dead person is called...

Pattern established in stanzas of poetry, marked with a new letter for each iteration.

Plot portion which establishes background information

Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in lines of poetry; an example is iambic pentameter.

The literal, "dictionary definition" of words

Long speech delivered by one character to other characters

Type of character which is fully "fleshed out"

Ethos refers to the speaker's appeal to...

In literature, this must be specific, developed over time, and represent an idea that is significant to the work

Creation of a visual picture in the reader's mind's eye by appealing to any of the five senses

Form of irony in which the audience knows something the characters do not

Positioning elements in close proximity to promote closer examination

Reference to another work of literature, art, religion, or mythology which adds meaning to the work in question