Literary Terms, Elements, and Devices
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Literary Terms, Elements, and Devices
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conceit: an extended metaphor in a poem
hyperbole: overstatement characterized by exaggerated language
characterization: the way a character develops over the course of the story
protagonist: the main character in a work, who may or may not be heroic
setting: the time and place of the action in a story, poem or play
narrator: the character who tells the story: or in poetry the persona
point of view: the perspective from which the story is told
paradox: a situation that seems contradictory but may actually be true
allusion: a refrence to a literary or historical event, person or place
foreshadowing: to hint at or to present an indication of the future beforehand
speaker: the person, not necessarily the author, who is the voice of a poem
antagonist: any force or opposition to the main character or protagonist
syntax: the way words are put together to form cluases, phrases, anad sentences
plot: the arrangement of the narration based on the cause-effect relationship of the events
diction: the specicfic word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose of effect
conflict: the struugle between the opposing forces on which the action in a work of literature depends on
stanza:a section of a poem demarcated by extra line spacing; a division marked by a single meter or rhyme
anphora: the regular repition of the same wprd or phrase at the beginning of successove phrases or clauses
personification: treating an abstraction or non-human object as if it were a person, by endowing it with human qualities
mood: a feeling of ambiance resulting from the tone of a piece as well as the writer/narrator's attitude and POV
simile: a direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another, usually using the words like or as to draw the connection
motif: a recurrent device, formula, or situation that often serves as a signal for the appearance of a character or event
in medias res: refers to opening a story in the middle of the action, necessitating filling in past details by exposition of flashback
imagery: broadly defined, any sensory detail or evocation in a work, more narrowly, the use of figurative language to evoke feelings
oxymoron: a figure of speech the combines wo apparently contradictory elements, sometimes resulting in a huorous image or statement
persona: the voice of figure of the author who tells and structures the story, and who may or may not share the values of the actual author
turning point: the third part of plot structure, the point in which the action stops risingand begins falling or reversing: the climax of the story
tone:the attitude a literary work takes toward its subject and theme: the tenor of a piece of writing based on particular stylistic devices
irony: a situation or statement characterized by significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant
theme: a generalized, abstract paraphrase of the inferred central or dominent idea or concern of a work; the statement a poem makes about its subject
tragedy: a drama in which a character(usually good and noble and of high rank) is brought to a disastrous end in his or her confrontation with a superior force
metaphor: one thing that is pictured as if it were something else, suggesting a likeness or analogy between them; it is implicit comparison without using like or as
symbolism: a person, place, thing, event, or pattern in a literary work that designates itself and at the same time figuratively represnts or "stands for" something else
figurative language: a technique in writing in which the author temporarily interrupts the order, construction oor meaning of the writing in a particular effect; opposite of literal language
denoument: a French word meaning "unknotting" or "unwinding", refers to the outcome or resut of a complex situation or sequence of events, an aftermath or resolution that usually occurs near the final stages of the plot
Literary Terms, Elements, and Devices
- an extended metaphor in a poem
- overstatement characterized by exaggerated language
- the way a character develops over the course of the story
- the main character in a work, who may or may not be heroic
- the time and place of the action in a story, poem or play
- the character who tells the story: or in poetry the persona
- the perspective from which the story is told
- a situation that seems contradictory but may actually be true
- a refrence to a literary or historical event, person or place
- to hint at or to present an indication of the future beforehand
- the person, not necessarily the author, who is the voice of a poem
| - any force or opposition to the main character or protagonist
- the way words are put together to form cluases, phrases, anad sentences
- the arrangement of the narration based on the cause-effect relationship of the events
- the specicfic word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose of effect
- the struugle between the opposing forces on which the action in a work of literature depends on
- a section of a poem demarcated by extra line spacing; a division marked by a single meter or rhyme
- the regular repition of the same wprd or phrase at the beginning of successove phrases or clauses
- a feeling of ambiance resulting from the tone of a piece as well as the writer/narrator's attitude and POV
- a direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another, usually using the words like or as to draw the connection
- a recurrent device, formula, or situation that often serves as a signal for the appearance of a character or event
- refers to opening a story in the middle of the action, necessitating filling in past details by exposition of flashback
| - broadly defined, any sensory detail or evocation in a work, more narrowly, the use of figurative language to evoke feelings
- a figure of speech the combines wo apparently contradictory elements, sometimes resulting in a huorous image or statement
- the voice of figure of the author who tells and structures the story, and who may or may not share the values of the actual author
- the third part of plot structure, the point in which the action stops risingand begins falling or reversing: the climax of the story
- the attitude a literary work takes toward its subject and theme: the tenor of a piece of writing based on particular stylistic devices
- a situation or statement characterized by significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant
- a generalized, abstract paraphrase of the inferred central or dominent idea or concern of a work; the statement a poem makes about its subject
- a drama in which a character(usually good and noble and of high rank) is brought to a disastrous end in his or her confrontation with a superior force
- one thing that is pictured as if it were something else, suggesting a likeness or analogy between them; it is implicit comparison without using like or as
- a person, place, thing, event, or pattern in a literary work that designates itself and at the same time figuratively represnts or "stands for" something else
- a French word meaning "unknotting" or "unwinding", refers to the outcome or resut of a complex situation or sequence of events, an aftermath or resolution that usually occurs near the final stages of the plot
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Literary Terms, Elements, and Devices
- CONCEIT
- HYPERBOLE
- CHARACTERIZATION
- PROTAGONIST
- SETTING
- NARRATOR
- POINTOFVIEW
- PARADOX
- ALLUSION
- FORESHADOWING
- SPEAKER
| - ANTAGONIST
- SYNTAX
- PLOT
- DICTION
- CONFLICT
- STANZA
- ANPHORA
- MOOD
- SIMILE
- MOTIF
- INMEDIASRES
| - IMAGERY
- OXYMORON
- PERSONA
- TURNINGPOINT
- TONE
- IRONY
- THEME
- TRAGEDY
- METAPHOR
- SYMBOLISM
- DENOUMENT
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