Diction and Tone
The word choices a writer makes
What is Diction?
The main character in a literary work
What is a Protagonist?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a Simile?
A poem mourning the death of someone
What is an Elegy?
A type of drama with a happy ending
What is a Comedy?
Language free of slang and idioms, often with sophisticated syntax
What is Elevated/Formal Diction?
A narrator who can enter all characters' minds
What is Omniscient Narrator?
Addressing an inanimate object as if it were alive
What is an Apostrophe?
A fourteen-line poem with three quatrains and a rhymed couplet
What is an English (Shakespearean) Sonnet?
A downfall caused by excessive pride
What is Hubris?
The emotional attitude of the speaker or narrator toward a subject
What is Tone?
A narrator whose credibility is compromised
What is Unreliable Narrator?
Describing one sensory experience in terms of another
What is Synesthesia?
Poetry that lacks consistent meter or rhyme scheme
What is Free Verse?
A speech given when a character is alone on stage
What is a Soliloquy?
The difference between "fat" and "pleasingly plump" is an example of this
What is a Connotation?
A tale within a tale
What is a Frame Story?
A metaphor extended throughout a passage or entire work
What is an Extended Metaphor/Controlling Image?
A poem where one character speaks in a dramatic situation
What is a Dramatic Monologue?
When the audience knows something the character does not
What is Dramatic Irony?
A nonstandard subgroup of language revealing class or region
A recurring image or idea used to develop a theme
What is Motif?
A contradiction that actually reveals a truth
What is a Paradox?
The smallest rhythmic unit in poetry
What is a Foot?
A convenient or miraculous solution at the end of a story
What is Deus Ex Machina?