Literary Terms 1
What does dark comedy mean?
it is a comic work that uses black humor, which, in its most basic definition, is humor that makes light of an otherwise solemn subject matter.
what is a metaphor
A direct comparison between two unlike things that have something important in common.
What is a conflict
In a story is the struggle between opposing forces; Person vs. Person, Self, Society, or Environment.
What is dystopian
Refers to a genre destiny societies characterized by oppression, dehumanization, and desirable conditions.
What does Cliffhanger mean?
A technique where a scene ends abruptly at a moment of suspense leaving unreleased questions to be answered in the next installment.
connotation
Refers to the additional meaning or emotional associations that a word, phrase, or expression carries beyond its literal definition. Those association can be cultural, emotional, or personal.
Pathos, give definiton
Is the Persuasive appeal to emotions, aiming to evoke empathy, pity, of other emotional responses from an audience.
What is a dynamic character?
Goes through change or growth in the story.
THEME?????
Is the central idea or message conveyed through a story exploring universal truths of insights about human nature, society, or life.
What is a static character?
Remains the same throughout the story and does not experience change.
What is a simile
The comparison of two unrelated things and dissimilar things using like or as and sometimes than.
Mood?
The emotional atmosphere or feeling that a writer creates for the reader through descriptive language, setting, tune, and theme.