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Poetry Terms
General Lit Terms
Style
Figurative Language
Plot
100
the narrative voice of the poem.
What is the speaker?
100
the emotional quality of a passage or the perceived attitude of a speaker towards a thing or idea in the text.
What is tone?
100
ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach.
What is satirical?
100
a basic comparison of two generally unlike things that produced insight.
What is metaphor?
100

tension stemming from the story's central conflict decreases

What is falling action?

200
a combination of sounds that produces a harsh or discordant effect.
What is cacophony?
200
the author's choice of words based on their exact or connotative meaning for effect.
What is diction?
200
instructive; author attempts to educate or instruct the reader.
What is didactic?
200

a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.

What is personification?

200

the conclusion of a story, when all or most of the conflicts have been settled

What is resolution?

300
the repetition of vowel sounds: “which din dims the light.”
What is assonance?
300
what a word suggests beyond its denotative (precise or dictionary) meaning, including social or emotional connections.
What is connotation?
300
serious in purpose and convention (no slang, contractions; no idioms).
What is formal?
300
a figure of speech in which some significant aspect of an experience is used to represent the whole experience.
What is metonymy?
300

introduces characters, situation, and setting

What is exposition?

400
the speaker addresses something or someone that cannot answer, something nonliving or inanimate.
What is apostrophe?
400
a clever little story; a short account of an interesting situation relevant to the text and used as example.
What is an anecdote?
400

a style of writing that portrays the inner workings of a character’s mind.

What is stream of consciousness?

400

the use of words whose sounds echo their sense.

What is onomatopoeia?

400

series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative.

What is rising action

500
represented by a two syllable foot that contains one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
What is iambic meter?
500
a moment of insight, spiritual or personal; a character's sudden revelation about life or his or her own circumstances.
What is epiphany?
500

makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the writer’s style.

What is parody?

500

reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture.

What is an allusion?

500

that point in a plot that creates the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest.

What is climax