Literary Terms 1
Personification
giving something unhuman human-like qualites
Rhyme Scheme
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
Soliloquy
an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play
Tragedy
a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character
Exposition
start of the story, can set the scene and giving infromation
Poetry
literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm
Stanza
paragraphs in a poem
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes
Tragic Flaw
flaw in character that brings about the downfall of the hero of a tragedy
Inciting Incident
the incicdent that sparks the story
written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure
Setting
where the story takes place
Static Character
a character that doesnt change over the course of the story
Tragic Hero
the central character in a book who has a tragic downfall
Rising Action
suspense building, trying to solve the problem
Protagonist
the leading character or one of the major characters
Short Story
a story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel
Theme
an idea that keeps coming up for the course of a book
Verbal Irony
a speaker speaks something contradictory to what he intends to say
Climax
the turning point, greatest moment of suspense
Pun
exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings
Situational Irony
literary device that creates a contradiction between appearance and reality in a story or poem
Tone
literary device that reflects the writer’s attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a literary work
Symbol
characters and motiffs
Falling Action/Resolution
a.)actions done after the climax, b.)solving the problem