Poetry
Sonnet
a closed-form poem made up of 14 lines in iambic pentameter
Prnonun
Word that replaces a noun
Shift
a change in character's thinking, insight, or another literary choice that creates an emphasis or reveals an insights.
Characterization
a character’s physical attributes, values, beliefs, assumptions, biases, and cultural norms.
Speaker
narrator of a poem.
Assonance
repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry
Abstract Idea
one-word universal ideas (love, courage, destiny, poverty, etc.)
Foreshadowing
a structural element of narrative that provides hints and clues about event that are yet to occur.
Direct Characterization
A character’s traits that are stated explicitly in the text.
Narration
a writer's way of telling a story to convey a message
Refrain
A recurring or repeating words, sound, phrases, clauses, or lines in text to create emphasis.
Thematic Statement
universal idea+insight that one gets from a literary work(should be a sentence, not a one-word abstract idea)
Digression
temporary departure from the main point or story.
Static Character
a character who remains unchanged throughout a narrative or drama.
Narrative pace
an author’s choice of order and tempo to reveal the events of the story’s plot.
Foot
a basic repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more accented or unaccented syllables
Antecedent
the noun the pronoun is referring to
Juxtaposition
placement of things side for the purpose of comparison.
Dynamic Character
a character who develops or changes perspective over the course of a narrative or drama.
Unreliable narrator
a storyteller who lacks credibility because of bias, deception, inexperience, cognitive impairment, lack of information, or other factor that undermines the accuracy of a narrative.
Iambic Pentameter
a rhythmic pattern that consists of ten syllables per line, with alternating stressed and unstressed syllables
Paradox
A phrase or assertion that appears to contradict itself (but the contradiction itself may have its own meaning).
a narrative technique the communicates a character's interior thoughts, feelings, sensations, and associations in a continuous flow without regard for logic or formal structure.
Indirect Characterization
A character’s traits that are implied and require an inference based on a character's actions or words or the reactions of other characters to this character.
3rd person omniscient
told in 3rd person from an all-knowing perspective.