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Kenning
Metaphorical compound word or phrase substituted for simple nouns.
Caesura
A pause in a line that divides the line into two parts, with each part having
two accented syllables.
Oral Tradition
Literature that is passed from one generation to another by
performance or word of mouth.
Frame Story
Exists when a story is told within a narrative setting or frame, creating a
story within a story.
Prologue
An introductory scene in a drama.
Oxymoron/Paradox
A statement that seems to contradict or oppose itself but, in fact, reveals a
kind of truth.
Appositive
A noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.
Iambic Pentameter
A metrical pattern of five feet each of which is made up of two syllables, the
first unstressed and the second stressed.
Soliloquy
A speech in a dramatic work in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud, usually while on the stage alone, not speaking to other characters,
and perhaps unaware of the audience.
Dramatic Monologue
A lyric poem in which a speaker addresses a silent or absent listener in a moment of
high intensity or deep emotion.
Comic Relief
Humorous scenes, incidents, or speeches that are included in a serious drama to
provide a reduction in emotional intensity.
Dramatic Irony
Occurs when the reader or viewer knows something that a character
does not know.
Sonnet
A lyric poem of 14 lines, commonly written in iambic pentameter. The English version
consists of three quatrains and a couplet and has a rhyme scheme of ababcdcdefefgg.
Internal Rhyme
Rhyme that occurs within a single line.
Satire
A literary technique in which ideas, customs, behaviors, or institutions are ridiculed for the purpose of improving
society.
Metaphysical Conceit
An extended metaphor that makes a surprising connection between two
quite dissimilar things.
Antithesis
A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting words, phrases, clauses or
sentences are juxtaposed to emphasize a point.
Claim
The writer’s position on an issue or problem.
Parody
Writing that imitates either the style or the subject matter of a literary work for the
purpose of criticism, humorous effect, or flattering tribute.
Counter Argument
An argument made to oppose another argument.
Verisimilitude
Refers to the appearance of truth or actuality.
Diction
A writer’s or speaker’s choice of words or phrases.
Imagery
Refers to language that appeals to the senses; words and phrases that create
vivid sensory experiences for the reader.
Allusion
An indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work with which the
author believes the reader will be familiar.
Apostrophe
A figure of speech in which an object, an abstract quality, or an absent or imaginary person is addressed directly as if present
and able to understand.
Blank Verse
Unrhymed iambic pentameter.
Symbolism
The use of people, places, or objects that have concrete meanings but also stand for something else (such as an idea or feeling).
Metaphor
A figure of speech that compares two things that have something in
common.
Couplet
A rhymed pair of lines.
Ode
A complex lyric poem that develops a serious and dignified theme; often
commemorates events or praises people or elements of nature.
Inference
A logical assumption that is based on observed facts and one’s own knowledge and experience.
Paraphrase
The restating of information in one’s own words.
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object, animal, or idea is given human
characteristics.
Hyperbole
A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or
humorous effect.
Modernism
A literary movement that roughly spanned the time period between
the two word wars, 1914-1945.
Stream of Consciousness
A technique that was developed by modernist writers to present the flow of a
character’s seemingly unconnected thoughts, responses, and sensations.
Internal Conflict
A conflict between opposing forces within a character.
Motivation
The stated or implied reason behind a character’s behavior.
Rhythm
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables