Literary Terms Definitions
Literary Terms Examples
Poetry Terms Definitions
Archetypal Siuations
Themes
100
Repetition of same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a line of poetry.
Alliteration
100
"If I've told you once, I've told you a million times.."
Hyperbole
100
Metrical unit in poetry.
Foot
100
One of the most common of all situational archetypes. Grows out of the parallel between the cycle of nature and the cycle of life.
Death and Rebirth
100
Strong emphasis on morality and youth. The destruction wrought when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
200
A brief statement of an opinion or an elemental truth.
Aphorism
200
"Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink."
Irony
200
Poem of 14 lines, often Petrarchan or Shakespearean is?
Sonnet
200
A situation in which a character or group of characters are driven to complete some duty of monstrous proportion.
The task
200
The pursuit of knowledge and the creation of life comes with consequences and destruction.
Frankenstein
300
Three dots that indicate words have been left out of quotation; often used to create suspense.
Ellipses
300
"Santa's helpers are subordinate Clauses."
Pun
300
How many stressed syllables are in a line of iambic pentameter?
5
300
Experience that involves defilement and/or a loss of innocence.
The fall
300
Individual lives and human existence in general have no rational meaning or order.
The Stranger
400
Placement of one idea next to its opposite to make it more dramatic.
Juxtaposition
400
Accusatory, earnest, gloomy, fanciful, jovial, objective, sarcastic and solemn.
Tone
400
4 lines in poetry is called a?
Quatrain
400
Characters are searching for something, whether consciously or unconsciously.
The Quest
400
Sacrificing own integrity for the sake of emotional gratification.
Jane Eyre
500
A literary work n which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit; the goal is to change the behavior/issue.
Satire
500
"I could probably manage to survive on a salary of two million dollars a year."
Understatement
500
In a novel is a short explanation at the end of the book which indicates what happens after the plot ends.
Epilogue
500
A character brought into another sphere of influence.
The initiation
500
The destruction wrought when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints.
Macbeth
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