English literary terms

repeating first sound “she sells sea shells”

reference to a well known work (ex: allude to the Odyssey: Lotus)

the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of lines/verses

the bad guy

a model, paradigm, example

repeating sound

the readers/watchers. Who the author’s writing for

unrhymed five stress lines

round, flat, all things an author does to create a character

overused expression

the feeling a word evokes

the problem, set-up in the exposition, causing rising action

a. external-problem btwn 2 characters or character and force

b. internal-problem inside a character (moral dilemma)

2 lines in a row rhyme (twinkle twinkle little star)

dictionary definition of a word

word choice

when the audience knows something the character doesn’t

when the meaning of a line of poetry goes onto the next.

long narrative poem, on grand scale, about heroes, embody history/values of a nation

a nice way of saying something sad (passed away=death)

similes, metaphors, imagert, etc.

organizational technique, include a moment from the past

a character or situation with opposite elements to the main, brings out/highlights

setting up what’s to come

no regular meter/rhyme

exaggeration

“My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite”- drama queen Juliet

five stress/line with iambs

a. (was this the face that launched a thousand ships?)

appeal to sight, sound, taste, touch, or smell

to figure out by looking at evidence- read between the lines

in the middle of things

verbal- when the meaning is opposed to the words

Situational- when what is expected does not match up with what is happening

Dramatic- when audience knows what character doesn’t

comparison without using like/as

the rhythm

setting

The way the writer feels

poem that’s a story

when a word means what it sounds like

“pop” “bang”

seems to be self-contradictory but really contains truth in opposition

a. (be cruel to be kind)

phrases/sentences of the same construction next to each other

Ex: Her children like to swim, hike and ride dirt bikes

exposition, rising action, climax, denouement, resolution

giving human traits to non-human things

first person, third person omniscient, third person limited

spreading a particular idea/belief

prose is not poetry. Verse is poetry

Prose- "I walked about all alone over the hillsides- no rhyming

Verse of poetry-, "I wandered lonely as a cloud/that floats on high o'er vales and hills

a play on words

Ex:

repeating for a purpose

where/when it takes place

compare using like or as

it rhymes closely, but not quite

the directions in a play that are just for the actors to know/do. Audience doesn’t hear these

something that might be true but is not the whole story

using a symbol to express an idea

word order

the way an author feels

what it’s about in ONE word