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Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
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1. A story containing unreal - imaginary features
collocation/Idiom
archetype
periodic sentence
fantasy
2. Similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is
dramatic irony
villanelle
verisimilitude
subplot
3. The action in a play or story that occurs after the climax and that leads to the conclusion and often to the resolution of the conflict
middle english
cliche
double entendre
falling action
4. A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language
personification
adage
belle-lettres
hyperbole
5. One of the ancient greek goddesses presiding over the arts. the imaginary source of inspiration for an artist or writer
exegesis
persona
muse
anachronism
6. A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before
pathos
concrete language
non sequitur
irony
7. The works considered most important in a national literature or period; works widely read and studied
hyperbole
image
sentimental
canon
8. A highly regarded work of literature or other art form that has withstood the test of time
colloquial
catharsis
simile
classic
9. A literary form in which events are exaggerated in order to create an extreme emotional response
sonnet
mode
melodrama
maxim
10. The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
oxymoron
implied metaphor
explication
onomatopoeia
11. A novel in which supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action
gothic novel
euphemism
farce
mode
12. A list of works cited or otherwise relevant to a subject or other work
novel of manners
non sequitur
bibliography
bildungsroman
13. The main character in a work of literature
protagonist
plot
imperative sentence
metonymy
14. A synonym for poetry. also - a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry
bard
compound-complex sentence
verse
realism
15. The resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction
metonymy
deouement
scan
humanism
16. A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words - clauses or sentences
colloquial
subplot
antithesis
compound-complex sentence
17. A verse with five poetic feet per line
onomatopoeia
exegesis
colloquial
pentameter
18. An episodic novel about a roguelike wanderer who lives off his wits
picaresque novel
fable
classic
bombast
19. The act of determining the meter of a poetic line. the pattern is called scansion. if a verse doesn't 'scan' its meter is irregular
bildungsroman
scan
invective
enjambment
20. A detailed analysis or interpretation of a work of literature
humanism
prosody
exegesis
parody
21. A direct verbal assault; a denunciation
double entendre
bathos
invective
pathetic fallacy
22. A discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words
verbal irony
symbolism
meter
eponymous
23. The depiction of people - things and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect
belle-lettres
realism
hyperbole
verisimilitude
24. A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than a character
dramatic irony
subplot
aphorism
predicate nominative
25. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry
meter
in medias res
tone
picaresque novel
26. A poem or prose selection that laments or meditates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
bard
elegy
plot
scan
27. A term often used as a synonym for realism; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic
title character
subplot
naturalism
compound sentence
28. An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing
parable
epithet
realism
flashback
29. A group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter - rhyme or some other plan
syntax
stanza
connotation
periodic sentence
30. An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form
catharsis
montage
archetype
imperative sentence
31. Grating - inharmonious sounds
cacaphony
genre
epithet
hyperbole
32. A character whose name appears in the title of the novel or play; also known as the eponymous character
title character
interrogative sentence
connotation
parody
33. A comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things
subplot
analogy
consonance
denotation
34. A figure of speech whose effectiveness has been worn out through overuse and excessive familiarity
voice
cliche
farce
title character
35. Novels written for mass consumption - often emphasizing exciting and titillating plots
pulp fiction
in medias res
infinitive
foreshadowing
36. A humorous play on words - using similar sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings
agreement
simple sentence
couplet
pun
37. A literary style used to poke fun at - attack or ridicule an idea - vice or foible - often for the purpose of inducing change
rhyme
connotation
style
satire
38. A subordinate or minor collection of events in an novel or play - usually connected to the main plot
agreement
style
cliche
subplot
39. A complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows
loose sentence
moral
bard
classic
40. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
syntax
light verse
voice
hubris
41. A version of a text put into simpler - everyday words
paraphrase
frame
non sequitur
anachronism
42. Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect
hyperbole
extended metaphor
picaresque novel
hubris
43. The emotional tone in a work of literature
archetype
simile
mood
burlesque
44. The main idea isn't completed until the end of the sentence
eponymous
end-stopped
archetype
periodic sentence
45. A form of verse usually consisting of three four line units called quatrains and a concluding couplet
diction
elliptical construction
sonnet
personification
46. A narrative poem that tells of the adventures and exploits of a hero
picaresque novel
predicate nominative
pun
epic
47. A figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part - also when the name of a material stands for the thing itself
connotation
synecdoche
subtext
rhetoric
48. A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity
subtext
classical - classicism
litotes
hyperbole
49. A verbal (often preceded by 'to') that functions as a noun adjective or adverb
idyll
syntax
infinitive
litotes
50. The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature
gerund
light verse
invective
exposition