Literary Forms
Define Fiction and list a major genre of fiction
Fiction: any narrative about invented characters and events, whether verse (poetry) or prose (paragraph)
Genre: Short story, novel, novella
Setting;
Define atmosphere/mood
What creates atmosphere in literature
Atmosphere/mood: the way a certain place feels at a certain tome
Time + Place = atmosphere
Define motif
give any an example of bildungsromans/epiphany
Motif: reoccurs more than once in the story
Isolation/solidarity, forgiveness/revenge, loss/recapture, tradition/progression, advancements ahead of society, intellectual/reason or instinct, and civilization/ nature
Define hyperbole:
Define periphrasis:
Define euphemism:
Define idiom:
Define pun:
Hyperbole: exaggeration/overstatement to create a comical effect or strong emotion
Periphrasis: a point is stated by deliberate circumbution, rather than directly aims to cushion embarrassing or shameful effect of the explicit term
Define euphemism: one type of periphrasis
Define idiom: A phrase that has become an accepted part of a unique language but that can't be interpreted literally
Define pun: involves a play upon words which suggests two or more meanings of a word often intended humorously
Define diction:
Define Poetry and list one major type of poetry
Poetry: writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound and rhythm
Major types of poetry: epic, dramatic and lyric
Define Plot
Define conflict
Give examples for internal, external, physical, social, classical and psychological conflicts
Plot: action in the story
Conflict: struggle for characters
Examples (in order as listed in the question): buzz light year, Romeo and Juliet, machines and technology, isolation, Sword fighting and two people arguing
Style and Figure of Thought
Give an example of figurative
Define literal
Define simile
"I'm so hungry I can eat a horse"
Literal: the standard meaning of words
Simile: comparison between two unlike things using a connective word
Figures of Speech:
Define Apostrophe:
Define Anaphora:
Define Antithesis:
Define Chiasmus:
Apostrophe: addressing some absent person or thing or directly addressing an inanimate object
Anaphora: a repetition of words or phrases of the beginning of successive lines, stanzas sentences or paragraphs
Antithesis: words or phrases that are parallel in order and syntax in order to express opposite or contrasting meanings
Chiasmus: two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the comparable words
Define symbolism:
Symbolism: one thing stands for or represents something else
Monologue
Define a dramatic monologue
Give an example of a internal monologue
Dramatic monologue: a poem that is spoken to a fictional character addressed to another character addressed to another character, whose presence is implied by what the speaker says reveals significant aspects of his or her qualities, values, and experiences
Example of an internal monologue: poetry, drama, and fiction
Define a part of Foreshadowing
Define Flashback
Define in media res
Define subplot
Foreshadowing: 1. Prepares us for later events 2. May create a certain mood/atmosphere 3. May use certain objects, words or objects as clues or hints as to what will happen
Flashback: Interrupts chronological order of the story line by moving into the past and in order to tell of the past
In media Res: Beginning a narration not in chronological order, with the 1st event in the plot at some later point
Subplot: A subsidiary story that parallels or contrasts with the main one
Define static
Define dynamic
Define foil
Define stock
Static: characters does not change
Dynamic: characters changes in personality, integrity or out look
Foil: Opposite of the protagonist
Stock: stereotype nature is immediately known
Structure:
Define repetition:
Define parallelism:
Define juxtaposition
Repetition: the act of repeating anything in text in order to create a meaningful pattern of sound, structure or meaning
Parallelism: The repetition of words, phrases or sentences that have the same grammatical structure, or that restate a similar idea
Juxtaposition: placing any of the elements of literature in contrast with itself creates emphasis and asserts a point about extremes
Define repetition
repeating sounds, words, phrasing, concepts, images
Define epigram and give an example
Epigram: a witty saying in either verse or prose
Example: "The love of money is the root of all evil" (proverbs 15:1)
Character
What is a protagonist?
What is an antagonist?
Define a supporting character
Protagonist: the main character we follow the most
Antagonist: the force that struggles against the protagonist can be a villain or anti-hero
Supporting character: not the main character but still matters and is important for character development
Define metaphor
Firgure out the word with this meaning: Giving human qualitites to animals, things or concepts
Give an example of a Synecdoche
Define metonymy:
What re the types of irony:
Define paradox
Metaphor: makes a comparison between two unlike things without a connective word
The word is personification
Example: abc= alphabet
Metonymy: a comparison, a renaming by using a closely related ferm
Types of irony: dramatic, verbal and situational
Sound devices:
Define alliteration:
Define assonance:
Define consonance:
Define onomatopoeia:
Alliteration: repetition of sounds, usually constant, at the beginning of words
Assonance: repetition of internal vowel sounds of words close together
Consonance: repetition of internal or ending constant sounds of words close together
Onomatopoeia: words that make sounds
Define fragments:
Fragments: convey hesitation, build suspense, develop characters
What literary term is this based on this definition: presents characters directly to the audience, usually without a narrator, intended for performance
Answer: Drama
Types of characters:
Define flat
Define round
Flat: one dimensional aspect
Round: life like 3 Dimension qualities
Define Allegory:
Define Pathetic Fallacy:
Define oxymoron:
Define Understatement:
Define litotes:
Allegory: a constant set of symbols operating on two levels in a store an extended form of personification
Pathetic Fallacy: special type of personification in which intimate aspects of nature, such as the landscape or weather, are represented as having human qualities
Oxymoron: figure of speech which seems to be self contradictory but its actually true; a compressed paradox
Understatement: A form of irony
Litotes: a form of understatement, a point is affirmed
Without notes, what is an example of simile
My love is like a red, red rose
Define appositives:
Appositives: a noun or phrase that describes or equates with a nearby noun or pronoun restates an idea, adds emphasis or clarity