The overall structure or shape of a work that frequently follows an established design. Forms may refer to a literary type (narrative, short story) or to patterns of meter, lines, and rhymes (stanza, verse).
What is Literary Form?
100
Tool used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the text (e.g., dialogue, alliteration).
What is Literary Device?
100
The audience knows what will happen, but the characters do not know
What is dramatic irony?
200
truth; honesty; accuracy
What is veracity?
200
rural; rustic; countrified
What is bucolic?
200
An extended speech spoken by one speaker, either to others or as if alone.
What is Monologue?
200
Text that includes literary elements and devices usually associated with fiction to report on actual persons, places, or events. Examples include nature and travel text, biography, memoir, and the essay.
What is Literary Nonfiction?
200
Sarcasm
What is verbal irony?
300
to hand down or to leave behind, as last will
What is bequeath?
300
Friendly; sociable; easy to talk to
What is affable?
300
Specific word choices in a text that strongly support the tone, mood, or meaning of the text.
What are Key Words?
300
The author’s central thought; the chief topic of a text expressed or implied in a word or phrase; the topic sentence of a paragraph.
What is Main Idea?
300
The opposite situation occurs of what was expected
The prevailing emotions or atmosphere of a work derived from literary devices such as dialogue and literary elements such as setting.
What is Mood?
400
An essential technique used in literature (e.g., characterization, setting, plot, theme).
What is Literary Element?
400
Abigail accused Elizabeth Proctor of being a witch. Then she accused Mary Warren of being a witch to deflect the blame from herself. To avoid the blame, Mary Warren accused John Proctor of being a warlock.
What is situational irony?
500
stupid
What is asinine?
500
concise; brief and to the point
What is succinct?
500
A trend or pattern of shared beliefs or practices that mark an approach to literature (e.g., Realism, Naturalism, Romanticism).
What is Literary Movement?
500
The comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison (like or as) are used (e.g., The speech have me food for thought.)
What is Metaphor?
500
We knew that Proctor confessed to lechery, but Elizabeth did not know.