Literary Terms 1
An atmosphere created by a writer’s diction and the details selected.
What is mood?
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
What is diction?
The running of one line of poetry to the other.
What is enjambment?
An unrhymed piece of poetry that also does not contain consistent meter.
What is a free verse poem?
The message about life or human nature that the author wants to share.
What is theme?
Literary device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another, creating an effect of surprise and wit.
What is juxtaposition?
The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.
What is characterization?
Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
What is alliteration?
A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
What is a haiku?
An indirect or passing reference to an event, person, place, or artistic work
What is an allusion?
The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience.
What is imagery?
A style of writing that portrays the inner (often chaotic) workings of a character’s mind.
What is stream of consciousness writing?
A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.
What is a quatrain?
A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
What is an elegy?
This creature says, ""I am an unfortunate and deserted creature; I look around and I have no relation or friend on earth."
Who is Frankenstein's monster?
Words which are inaccurate if interpreted literally, but
are used to describe. Similes and metaphors are common forms.
What is figurative language?
The arrangement of words and phrases in a sentence.
What is syntax?
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is meter?
A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter.
What is an ode?
The Denmark town that Hamlet is based in.
What is Elsinore?
This style of writing paints a realistic view of the world while also adding magical elements, often blurring the lines between fantasy and reality.
What is magical realism?
A recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation used throughout a work (or in several works by one author), unifying the work by tying the current situation to previous ones, or new ideas to the theme.
What is a motif?
An elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different. Often an extended metaphor.
What is a conceit?
This very old form of poetry was made famous by none other than William Shakespeare, but the sonnet actually originated in 13th century Italy where it was perfected by the poet Petrarch.
What is a sonnet?
Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer’s point more coherent.
What is anaphora?