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LCC1 study guide
study guide,authors,works,periods,literary terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dates of Classical period | 400bce-500ad |
| Where did the Classical period take place? | Greece and Rome |
| What are the main topics and themes in the Classical period? | tragic love, accompl. of heroes, lives of gods and godesses, the afterlife |
| 2 genres in classical period | theatre and poetry |
| 2 types of theatre in classical period | tragedy and satyr |
| Tragedy theatre-main points | unity of time and chorus |
| 2 types of poetry in classical period | epic poems, lyric poems |
| epic poems-main points | uses system of metrical formulas, invocation of the muse |
| lyric poems-main points | verse meant to be sung or recited, expresses emotion |
| satyr poems-main point | comedic take on mythological subject matter |
| Aeschylus-works and period | The Orestia--classical period |
| Euripides-works and period | Medea/The Trojan Women--classical prd |
| Homer-works and period | Odyssey/Illian--classical |
| Virgil-works and period | The Aeneid-classical |
| Aristotle-works and epriod | Poetics-classical |
| Orace-works and period | The Odes-classical |
| Sappho-works and period | Hymn to Aphrodite-classical |
| Sophocles-works and period | Antigone/Oedipus Rex--classical |
| Juvenal-works and period | Satires-classical |
| Ovid-works and period | Metamorphoes-classical |
| Plato-works and period | The republic-classical |
| 2 dates of Medieval Period | 500ad-1066ad 1067-1500ad |
| 500AD-1066AD | Early Medieval period Anglo Saxon/Old English Period |
| 1067-1500AD | Medieval Period |
| In the Anglo Saxon/Old English Period what are some topics and themes? | originally spoken,loyalty b/w chief and warrior,warrior code,vengeance/courage in battle,good/evil,christian/pagan |
| In the Medieval period, what are some topics and themes? | chivalry/bravery/adventure, courtesy,courtly love/romance |
| 3 genres in the Medieval period | Anglo-Saxon/Old English poetry, Mystery plays/morality plays religious prose |
| Main points in Mystery/Morality plays | Divine judgement,perseverance and sacrificing leading to salvation, allegory/Saints' lives, following God |
| In religious prose who was it written for? | It was written for women; Mary Magdalene, VIrgin martyrs |
| William Langland-works and period | Piers Plowman-medieval |
| Geoffrey Chaucer-works and period | The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, The Legend of Good Women, Parlement of Fowles --Medieval |
| Julian of Norwich-works and period | Revelations of Divine Love--medieval |
| The Venerable Bebe-works and period | Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum-medieval |
| Geoffrey of Monmouth-works and period | Historia Regum Britanniae-medieval |
| Boethius-works and period | The Consolation of Philosophy-medieval |
| Maria de France-works and period | The Ysopet Fables, The LEgend of the Purgatory of St. Patrick-medieval |
| Sir Thomas Malory-works and period | Le Morte D'Arthur-medieval |
| Chretien de Troyes-works and period | Yvain, The Knight of the Lion/ Perceval, The Story of the Grail/ Lancelot, The Knight of the Cart |
| John Grower-works and period | Confessio Amantis/ The Tale of Apollonius of Tyre/ Vox Clamantis |
| Caedmon-works and period | Hymn |
| John Lydgate-works and period | The Life of our Lady/The Fall of Princes/The Troy Book--Medieval |
| Date of Renaissance Period | 1500-early 1600s also called the "Early Modern Period" |
| Topics and themes of the Renaissance period | praise of Queen Elizabeth, Individualism and Personal Growth towards Ideal, revisiting themes from Classical, pastoral themes(shephards and country life), humanism and science |
| 3 Genres in Renaissance Period | Poetry, Drama, Travel Writing |
| 2 types of Poetry in Renaissance | Ballad and Sonnet |
| Ballad Poetry | Often about the blissfulness of country life and featured shepherds and shepherdesses |
| Sonnet Poetry | Most common topic was love, Individual and groups called 'sonnet cycles' |
| Drama main points | often written in 'blank verse' (unrhymed iambic pentameter), a frequents subject was Englands mythological past |
| Romantic Comedy | love, or the quest for love, as a main topic/ much of the dramatic action takes place outdoors, often in the forest |
| Revenge Tragedy | Gruesome and violent/personal revenge vs. accepted forms of justice |
| Travel Writing main points | writers emphasized supremacy of English language and religion, writers gave details on newly-discovered trade routes to show the prowess of english explorers. |
| Thomas Kyd-works and period | The Spanish Tragedy-renaissance |
| Sir Phillip Sidney-works and period | Arcadia, Astrophil and Stella/ The Defense of Poesy--renaissance |
| Sir Walter Ralegh-works and period | The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd--renaissance |
| William Shakespeare-works and period | The Merchant of Venice, Othello, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Let me not to the marriage of true minds---renaissance |
| Christoper Marlowe-works and period | The Hew of Malta, Hero and Leander, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, The Passionate Shepherd to his love--renaissance |
| Elizabeth I--works and period | The Doubt of Fuure FOes, On Monsieur's Departure--renaissance |
| Edmund Spenser-works and period | The Faerie Queene, Amoretti and Epithalamion, The Shepheardes Calendar--renaissance |
| Sir Thomas More-works and period | Utopia, The History of King Richard the Third--renaissance |
| Mary Sidney Herbert | The Tragedie of Antonie, A Dialogue between two shepherds, Thenot and Piers--renaissance |
| Lady Mary Wroth-works and period | The Countess of Montgomery's Urania-renaissance |
| John Lyly | Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit--renaissance |
| Thomas Nashe0works and period | The Unfortunate Traveller, Summer's Last WIll and Testament-renaissance |
| Samuel Daniel-works and period | Delia-renaissance |
| Michael Drayton-works and period | Idea-renaissance |
| John Heywood-works and period | Of Books and Cheese-renaissance |
| Ben Johnson-works and period | To Celia-renaissance |
| Where does the Restoration period get its name from? | From the restoration of Charles II as England's king in 1660 |
| When does the Neoclassical period take place? | spans the 18th century |
| The Restoration and Neoclassical period has these types of topics and themes: | concept of 'wit', reaction against Puritanism, didactic message in many literary works, satirizing religion, manners, and the aristocracy, attention to the forms established by classical literature, advancements in science and in knowledge of the world |
| 3 genres in the Restoration and Neoclassical periods | Theatre, Periodicals, Mock Epic |
| What is the Comedy of Manners? | Comedy about the upper echelons of society, taught its audience how people should and should not act |
| Where did many of the theatrical works take place? | set in and around London |
| What are periodicals? | weekly magazines and journals |
| What is a mock epic? | taking the classical genre of the 'epic' and using it to present comedic tropes. |
| Aphra Behn-works and period | Oroonoko--rest |
| Thomas gray-works and prd | Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard-rest |
| Daniel Defoe--works and prd | Robinson Crusoe-rest |
| Jonathan Switft-works and prd | A Modest Proposal, Gulliver's Travels-rest |
| Alexander Pope-works and prd | Rape of the Lock, An Essay on Man-rest |
| Samuel Johnson-works and prd | The Rambler, The history of rasselas-Prince of Abissinia, Dictionary of the English Language-rest |
| William Congreve-works and prd | The Way of the World-rest |
| Anne Finch-works an prd | The Apology--rest |
| John Dryden-works and prd | Absalom and Achitophel, Annus Mirabilis, All for Love-rest |
| Earl of Rochester-works and prd | The Imperfect Enjoyment-rest |
| Christopher Smart-works and prd | For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry--rest |
| Oliver Goldsmith-works and prd | She Stoops to COnquer, The VIcar of Wakefield-rest |
| Samuel Pepys-works and prd | The Diary-rest |
| Time period of the Colonial Period | 1607-1765 |
| Topics and themes of the Colonial Period | Ideas and theories of the enlightment, freedom of religion, native american/colonial relations, african slave trade,english monarchy, puritan concept of 'innate depravity' and 'predestination'and destiny' |
| 3 genres in colonial period | Diaries, Sermons, Histories |
| What did the diaries contain in the colonial period? | listed the daily struggles faced by the colonists and highlighted the wildness of America and their brushes with diseases and the wilderness |
| What were the sermons like in the colonial period? | proclaimed the historical and moral importance of the colonies, colonies as a puritan religious example, attacks on witchcraft. |
| John Winthrop-work and period | A Model of Christian Charity-colonial |
| John Smith-work and prd | The General History of Virginia-colonial |
| Cotton Mather-work and prd | Pillars of Salt, The wonders of the Invisible World-colonial |
| Thomas Harriot-work and prd | Brief and True Report-colonial |
| William Bradford-work and prd | Of Plymouth Plantation-colonial |
| Samson Occom | A Short Narrative of my life-colonial |
| Olaudah Equiano-work and prd | The Interesting Narrative-colonial |
| Anne Bradstreet-work and prd | Upon the Burning of Our House, The Tenth Muse--colonial |
| Phillis Wheatley-work and prd | On being brought from Africa to America, Poems on Various Subjects-colonial |
| Michael Wigglesworth-work and prd | The Day of Doom-colonial |
| Thomas Paine-work and prd | Common Sense-colonial |
| Thomas Jefferson-work and prd | Notes on the State of Virginia, The Declaration of Independence-colonial |
| Benjamin Franklin-work and prd | Poor Richard's Almanac-colonial |
| J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur-work and prd | Letters from an American Farmer-colonial |
| Jonathan Edwards-work and prd | Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God-colonial |
| Date of Revolutionary Period | 1765-1830 |
| Topics and themes of revolutionary period | possibility of social mobility in a new nation, stories of ordinary people and their communities, enlightenment ideals of scientific inquiry, sentiment as a guiding principal, idealism and common sense, 'wit' |
| Genre of Revolutionary Period | Non-Fiction |
| Types of non-fiction in revolutionary period | articles that use satire to make judgements, editorials on political subjects, women writers emerge, polemic style |
| Royall Tyler-works and prd | The Contrast-revol |
| Thomas Paine-works and prd | Common Sense, The American Crisis-revol |
| Thomas Jefferson-works and prd | Notes on the State of Virginia-revol |
| Phyllis Wheatley-works and prd | To the University of Cambridge, in New England, Poems on Various Subjects, On Being Brought from Africa to America-revol |
| Benjamin Franklin-works and prd | Poor Richard's Almanac, The Autobiography-revol |
| Washinton Irving-works and prd | The Sketch Book-revol |
| Susannah Rowson-works and prd | Charlotte Temple-revol |
| William Hill Brown-works and prd | The Power of Sympathy-revol |
| James Fenimore Cooper-works and prd | The Spy-revol |
| J. Hector St John de Crevecoeur-works and prd | Letters from an American Farmer-revol |
| Charles Brockden Brown-works an prd | Wieland-revol |
| Time period of romantic period | late 18th to mid 19th century |
| Main topics and themes in the romantic period | emphasis on the individual, emotions and the imagination,subjective and intuitive experience, mysteries of nature as a religious experience, interest in supernatural and mysterious |
| What are the key words to remember in romantic period works | Gothic, Sublime,Sturm and Drang, Orientalism |
| 2 genres in romantic prd | poetry and gothic novel |
| Lord Byron-works and prd | Lara, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Don Juan The Giaour: A Fragment of a Turkish Tale romantic prd |
| Mary Shelley-works an prd | Frankenstein-romantic |
| William Blake-works and prd | The Marriage of Heaven and Hell,, The Tyger-romantic |
| William Wordsworth-works and prd | Tintern Abbey The Prelude, GUide to the Lakes romantic |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge-works and prd | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Fost at Midnight, Religious Musings-romantic |
| Ann Radcliffe-works and prd | The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Romance of the Forest; The Italian: or the Confessional of the Black Penitents-romantic |
| William Gilpin-works and prd | Observations on the River Wye-romantic |
| Matthey Gregory Lewis-works and prd | The Monk-romantic |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley-works and prd | Mont Blanc Alastor Prometheus Unbound Queen Mab-romantic |
| Jane Austen-works and prd | Northanger Abbey-romantic |
| John Keats-works and prd | To Autumn-romantic |
| Frances Sheridan-works and prd | The History of Nourjahad-romantic |
| Lady Caroline Lamb-works and prd | Glenarvon-romantic |
| William Beckford-works and prd | Vathek-romantic |
| Thomas Gray-works and prd | Journal in the Lakes |
| Horace Walpole-works and prd | Castle of Otranto-romantic |
| Time period of Realist period | 19th century |
| What is the Realist period also called? | Victorian Period because it overlaps with Queen Victoria reign |
| Main topics and themes of realist period | Industrial Revolution, portraying life as it really was, including writing about the poor and about domestic life, role of women, american realism |
| The topic in realist period that talked about role of women, what topics were discussed | women's suffrage, right to own land and education |
| The topic in realist period that talked about american realism, what topics were discussed | westward expansion, race relations, writers wrote in dialect-just like people talked |
| Key terms in realist period | verisimilitude, local color, regionalism, concrete detail |
| 3 genres in realist period | poetry, novels, periodicals |
| John Ruskin-works and prd | Of Queen's Gardens-realist |
| George Gissing-works and prd | The Odd Women-realis |
| Charlotte Bronte-works and prd | Jane Eyre-realist |
| Elizabeth Eastlake-works and prd | Lady Travellers-realist |
| Rudyyard Kipling-works and prd | The White Man's Burden-realist |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay-works and prd | Minute on Indian Education-realist |
| Josephine Butler-works and prd | Our Indian Fellow Subjects-realist |
| Henry Mayhew-works and prd | London Labour and the London Poor-realist |
| Constance Fenimore Woolson-works and prd | Miss Grief-realist |
| Kate Chopin-works and prd | The Awakening-realist |
| Sarah Orne Jewett-works and prd | A White Heron-realist |
| Mark Twain-works and prd | Life on the Mississippi Huckleberry Finn-romantic |
| Ambrose Bierce-works and prd | An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge-realist |
| Anna Leonowens-works and prd | The English Governess at the Siamese court-realist |
| Elizabeth Gaskell-works and prd | Mary Barton-realist |
| Elizebeth Barrett Browning-works and prd | Cry of the Children-realist |
| Mary Austin-works and prd | The Land of Little Rain-realist |
| Charlotte Perkins Gilman-works and prd | The Yellow Wallpaper-realist |
| Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton-works and prd | Who Would have Thought It-realist |
| W.E.B. DuBois-works and prd | Souls of Black Folk-realist |
| Charles Chesnutt-works and prd | The Wife of His Youth-realist |
| Booker T. Washington-works and prd | Up From Slavery-realist |
| Charles Dickens-works and prd | David Copperfield, Great Expectations-realist |
| William Booth-works and prd | In Darkest England and the Way Out-realist |
| Christina Rossetti-works and prd | Goblin Market-realist |
| Time period of the Modernist period | 1900-1930 influence of world war I |
| Main topics and themes of modernist period | disconnected thoughts and images in a single work, stream of consciousness, wanted to make works hard toread,influenced by raising movement of psychoanalysis and Freud, felt alienated from the past and the future |
| What did the modernist think of other literature | They thought older literature was fake and artificial |
| 2 genres of modernist works | poetry, and novels |
| T.S. Eliot-works and prd | The Hollow Men The Waste Land The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Modernist |
| James Joyce-works and prd | Ulysses Araby-modernist |
| Susan Glaspell-works and prd | Trifles-modernist |
| William Faulkner-works and prd | The Sound and the Fury Barn Burning Modernist |
| Ernest Hemingway-works and prd | A Farewell to Arms The Snows of Kilimanjaro-modernist |
| Nella Larsen-works and prd | Quicksand-modernist |
| Willa Cather-works and prd | My Antonia Paul's Case-modernist |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald-works and prd | The Great Gatsby-modernist |
| Virginia Woolf-works and prd | To the LIghthouse, Mrs Dalloway-modernist |
| John Steinbeck-works and prd | The Grapes of Wrath The Chrysanthemums-modernist |
| Zora Neale Hurston-works and prd | The Gilded Six-Bits Their Eyes were Watching God |
| Katherine Anne Porter-works and prd | Flowering Judas-modernist |
| WEB DuBois-works and prd | The Souls of Black Folk-modernist |
| Ezra Pound-works and prd | In a Station of the MEtro-modernist |
| William Carlos Williams-works and prd | The Red Wheelbarrow-modernist |
| Jean Toomer-works and prd | Reapers-modernist |
| Hart Crane-works and prd | The Bridge-modernist |
| Langston Hughes-works and prd | The Weary Blues-modernist |
| H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)-works and prd | The Walls Do Not Fall-modernist |
| Time period of the postmodern period | 1945-present |
| Topics and themes of the postmodern period | rejectiono of traditional literary forms and conventions, including the novel,,experimentation with literary forms,,fragmentary style and lack of historical congruity,,continue modernist themes of alienation and existential thought |
| 2 genres of postmodern period | beat poetry, anti-novel |
| Anne Sexton-work and prd | The Death Notebooks-postmodern |
| Jack Kerouac-works and prd | On the Road The Dharma Bums-postmodern |
| Ralph Ellison-works and prd | Invisible Man-postmodern |
| Thomas Pynchon-works and prd | Gravity's Rainbow-postmodern |
| James Baldwin-works and prd | Going to Meet the Man Go Tell it on the Mountain-postmodern |
| Gloria Anzaldua-works and prd | Borderlands La Frontera-postmodern |
| Donal Barthelme-works and prd | The Dead Father-postmodern |
| Tennessee Williams-works and prd | A Streetcar Named Desire-postmodern |
| John Updike-works and prd | Rabbit, Run The Witches of Eastwick-postmodern |
| Allen Ginsberg-works and prd | Reality Sandwiches Howl and Other Poems-postmodern |
| Gary Snyder-works and prd | Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems-postmodern |
| Sylvia Plath-works and prd | Ariel, The Bell Jar-postmodern |
| Alice Walker-works and prd | The Color Purple-postmodern |
| Toni Morrison-works an prd | Sula, The Bluest Eye-postmodern |
| Flannery O'Connor-works and prd | A Good Man is Hard to Find, Wise Blood-postmodern |
| Leslie Marmon Silko-works and prd | Ceremony-postmodern |
| Adrienne Rich-works and prd | Diving into the Wreck-postmodern |
| John Ashberry-works and prd | Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror-postmodern |
| Raymond Carver-works and prd | Cathedral-postmodern |
| Maxine Hong Kingston-works and prd | The Woman Warrior-postmodern |
| Joy Harjo-works and prd | The Woman Who Fell from the Sky-postmodern |
| Donald Barthelme-works and prd | Snow White The Dead Father-postmodern |
| A.R. Ammons-works and prd | The Snow Poems-postmodern |
| Annie Dillard-works and prd | Pilgrim at Tinker Creek |
| the repetition of initial identical consonant sounds or any vowel sounds in successive or closely related syllables, especially stressed syllables | alliteration |
| patterning of vowel sounds without regard to consonants | assonance |
| the emotional implication and associations that words may carry, as distinguished from their denotative meanings | connotation |
| the basic meaning of a word, independent of its emotional coloration or associations | denotation |
| a long narrative poem in elevated style presenting characters of high position in adventures forming an organic whole through their relation to a central heroic figure and through their development of episodes important to the history of a nation or race | epic |
| an intuitive flash grasp of reality achieved in a quick flash of recognigion in which something, usually simple and commonplace, is seen in a new light | epiphany |
| used to designate the types or categories into which literary works are grouped according to form, technique or sometimes, suject matter | genre |
| implies that there are groups of formal or technical characteristics among works of the same generic kind regardless of time or place of composition, author, or subject matter | genre classification |
| a brief subjective poem strongly marked by imagination, melody, and emotion and creating a single unified expression | lyric |
| a composition giving the discourse of one speaker; represents what someone would speak aloud in a situation with listeners, although they do not speak | monologue |
| the reasons, justification, and explanations for the action of a character; results from a compbination of characters moral nature with the circumstances in which the char. is placed | motivation |
| a simple element that serves as a basis for expanded narrative; or less strictly a conventional situation device, interest or incident | motif |
| a account of events; anything that is narrated | narrative |
| words that by their sound suggest their meaning | onomatopoeia |
| a mask, widely used to refer to a second self created by an author and through whom the narrative is told | persona |
| the background against which action takes place | setting |
| the geographical location, its topography, scenery and such physical arrangements as the location of the windows and doors in a room | element of a setting |
| used to designate any extended fictional narrative almost always in prose | novel |
| the occupations and daily manner of living of the character | element of a setting |
| narrative writing drawn from the imagination rather that from history or fact | fiction |
| a historical event is described in a way that exploits some of the devices of fiction, including nonlinear time sequence and access to inner states of mind and feeling not commonly present in historical writing | nonfiction |
| a novel that recounts the yhouth and young adulthood of a sensitive protagonist who is attempting to learn the nature of the world, discover its meaning and pattern, and acquire a philosphy of life and the art of living | apprenticeship novel |
| a novel in which the narrative is carried forward by letters written by one or more of the characters | epistolary novel |
| a tale or short story | novella |
| a subordinate or minor story in a piece of fiction; has a direct relation to the main plot, contributing to it interest and in complication | subplot |
| one of the four chidf types of composition; its purpose is to explain something. In drama, it is the introductory material that creates the tone, gives the setting, introduces the characters and supplies other facts necessary to understanding | exposition |
| the presentation of material in a work in such a way that later events are prepared for; can result from the establishment of a mood or atmosphere | foreshadowing |
| the struggle that grows out of the interplay of two opposing forces; provides interest, suspense and tension | conflice |
| a plot in which the principle reversal or peripety results from someones acquisition of knowledge previously withheld but which, now know works a decisive change | recognition |
| may result in either tragedy or comedy | recognition plot |
| the part of a dramatic plot that has to do with the complication of the action. It begins with the exiciting force, gains in interest and power as the opposing groups come into conflict and proceeds to climax | rising action |
| the point at which the decisive action on which a plot will opposing forces that create the conflict interlock in the turn | crisis |
| a rhetorical term for a rising order of importance in the ideas of expressed | climax |
| the second half or resolution of a dramatic plot. It follow the climax, beginning often with a tragic force, exhibits the failing fortunes of the hero and the successful efforts of the counterplayers, and culminates in the catastrophe | falling action |
| literally, "unknotting" The final unraveling of a plot; the solution of a mystery; an explanation or outcome | denouement |
| the chief character in a work | protagonist |
| What are the four types of conflict? | man vs man; man vs nature; man vs. self; man vs. society |
| the character directly opposed to the protagonist. a rival, opponent, or enemy of the protagonist | antogonist |
| the central character in a work; the character who is the focus of interest | hero |
| a protagonist of a modern play or novel who has the converse of most of the traditional attributes of the hero. THis hero is graceless, sometimes stupid, sometimes dishonest | antihero |
| literally, a "leaf" of bright metal placed under a jewel to increase its brilliance. In literature the term is applied to any person who through contrast underscores the distinctive characteristics of another | foil |
| conventional character types | stock character |
| a character constructed around a single idea or quality. This character is immediately recognizable and can usually be represented by a single sentence | flat character |
| a term used by E.M. Forster for a character sufficiently complex to be able to surprise the reader without losing credibility | round character |
| a figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in wods that have the opposite menaing | verbal irony |
| intentional departure from the normal order, construction, or meaning of words; it embodies one or more figures of speech | figuative language |
| a figure of speech in which someone, some abstract quality, or a nonexistant personage is directly addressed as though present | apostrophe |
| implies something oconceived in the mind; ther term designates fanciful motion, usually expressed through an elaborate analogy and pointing to a striking parallel between ostensibly dissimilar things | conceit |
| exaggeration. the fiure may be used to heighten effect, or it may be used for humor | hyperbole |
| an anology identifying one object with another any ascribing to the first object one or more qualities of the second | metaphor |
| the substitution of the name of an object closely associated with a word for the word itself. | metonym |
| a statement that although seemingly contradictory or absurd may actually be well founded or true; it teases the mind and tests the limits of language | paradox |
| a figure that endows animals, ideas, abstractions, and inanimate objects with human form; the representing of imaginary creatures or things as having human personalities, intelligence and emotions | personification |
| comparing two things using the words "like" or "as" | simile |
| a trope in which a part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part ex. saying "threads" for clothes | synechdoche |
| an adjective used to limit a noun that it really does not logically modify | transferred epithet |
| a common figure of speech in which the literal sense of what is said falls detectably short of the magnitude of what is being talked about | understatement |
| the use of words on oral or written discourse. Includes vocabulary which generally means words one at a time, and syntax, which generally means word order | diction |
| the attitudes toward the subject and towardthe audience implied in a literary work. may be: formal, informal, intimate, solemn, somber, playful,serious, ironic, condescending, ormany other possible attitudes. attitude of the author toward the audience | tone |
| in a literary work it is the emotional-intellectual attitude of the author toward the subject | mood |
| the use of one object to represent or suggest another; or in literature, the serious and extensive use of symbols | symbolism |
| a central idea | theme |
| the collection of images in a literary work | imagery |
| a form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside of the narrative itself; it represents one thing in the guide of another-an abstraction in that of a concrete image | allegory |
| a figure of speech that makes brief reference to a historical or literary figure, event or object | allusion |
| a dramatic convention by which an actor directly addresses the audience but is not supposed to be heard by the other actors on the stage | aside |
| any device or style or subject matter which ahs become, in its time and by reason of its habitual usage, a recognized means of literary expression, an accepted element in technique | convention |
| the employment of some unexpected and impropable incident to make things turn out right | deus ex machina |
| a term from Horace, literally meaning "in the midst of things" It is appled to the literary technique of opening a story in the middle of the action and then supplying information about the beginning of the action through flashbacks and other devices | in media res |
| a work or manner that blends censorious attitude with humor and wit for improving human institutions or humanity | satire |
| a speech delivered while the speaker is alone (solus), calculated to inform the audience of what is passing through the characters mind | soliloquy |
| a poem almost invariably of fourteen lines and following one of several set rhyme schemes | sonnet |
| distinguished by its division into the octave and sestet; The octave rhyming "abbaabba". The octave presents a narrative, states a proposition, or raises a question; the sestet drives home the narrative by making an abstract comment | italian sonnet |
| four divisions are used: three quatrains (each with a rhyme scheme of its own, usually rhyming alternate lines) and a rhymed concluding couplet. Links rhymes among the quatrains (abab cdcd efef gg) or (bcbc cdcd ee) | English or Shakespearean Sonnet |
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