A simple narrative poem, often incorporating dialogue that is written in quatrains, generally with a rhyme scheme of: a b c d
What is a ballad?
100
The speaker of a literary work
What is the narrator?
100
The hero or main character of a literary work- the character the audience sympathizes with
What is the protagonist?
100
The annotation of the pattern of the rhyme
What is rhyme scheme?
200
A clash between opposing forces in a literary work, such as man vs. man; man vs. nature; man vs. God; man vs. self
What is conflict?
200
A type of poem that presents a conversation between a speaker and an implied listener. Browning's "My Last Duchess" is a perfect example
What is dramatic monologue?
200
The method of narration in a work
What is point of view?
200
The force or character that opposes the main character
What is the antagonist?
200
A type of poetry characterized by emotion, personal feelings, and brevity; a large and inclusive category of poetry that exhibits rhyme, meter, and reflective thought
What is lyric poetry?
300
Hints of future events in a literary work
What is foreshadowing?
300
A lengthy, elevated poem that celebrates the exploits of a hero. Beowulf is a prime example
What is an epic?
300
The author's attitude toward his subject
What is the tone?
300
The inclusion of a humorous character or scene to contrast with the tragic elements of a work, thereby intensifying the next tragic event
What is the comic relief?
300
A poem that tells a story
What is a narrative poem?
400
A device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts, events, episodes
What is flashback?
400
A poem that laments the dead or a loss. "Elegy for Jane" by Roethke is a specific example. Gray's "Elegy in a Country Church Yard" is a general example
What is an elegy?
400
The unique way an author presents his ideas. Diction, syntax, imagery, structure, and content all contribute to it
What is style?
400
Writing that reflects a personal image of a character, event, or concept
What is impressionism?
400
The opposition of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended
What is understatement?
500
A secondary story line that mimics and reinforces the plot
What is parallel plot?
500
A highly structured poetic form of 39 lines, written in iambic pentameter. It depends upon the repetition of six words from the first stanza in each of six stanzas
What is a sestina?
500
A speech given by one character (Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech)
What is a monologue?
500
A type of literature that explores narratives by and about characters who inhabit and experience their reality differently from what we term the objective world
What is magical realism?
500
The aspects of a literary work that elicit pity from the audience