Literature Terms
The perspective from which the author tells the story or narrative.
Point of View
When nature is working against you!
Naturalism
Kind or cheerful
Subdue or restrain someone or something
Repress
An iconic American play about girls who may or may not have been witches.
The Crucible
When an item is both itself AND stands for something greater or more significant
Symbolism
A genre of literature that focused on everyday occurences and problems in hopes of bringing about important conversations and perhaps change.
Realism
Elusive
Difficult to find, catch, or achieve
Like waves, when something is chaotic, confused, or disorderly
Tumultuous
A story about a women who slowly goes mad while enclosed in a room for a summer.
The Yellow Wallpaper
A Hint of something to come in the narrative
Foreshadowing
A genre of literature that focused on imagination, excess emotions, and wasn't concerned with reality.
Romanticism
Exalted
a state of extreme happiness
to act in advance of someone to prevent them from doing something
Forestall
A now famous poet, who was unknown and reclusive during life.
Emily Dickinson
Often there are multiple of these in a work of literature, it is the greater meaning or lesson we are supposed to learn or glean from a story.
Theme
Focused on moral ambiguity and the inner workings of an individual's mind, this sub-genre was new and controversial!
Psychological Realism
Clemency
merciful treatment
When something is mandatory or required to do
Compulsory
A sermon that described us as worms and spiders being held over a pit of fire
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Repeated words at the beginning of lines or clauses.
Anaphora
A subgenre of realism that could be detected by dialect and area specific words/language.
Regionalism
Assisduous
showing great care, attention, and effort
When someone acts fake or disingenuous
Specious
The famous American Romantic author who wrote "The Devil & Tom Walker", "Rip Van Winkle", & "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Washington Irving