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| realism, a view of experience that is characterized as bleak and pessimistic. |
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| a statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before. |
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| a lyric poem marked by serious, respectful, exalted feelings. |
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| narrator with extreme understanding of characters, setting, background, and other elements of a story. |
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| a story with events that may imply a moral or spiritual truth. |
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| a work of literature dealing with rural life. |
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| faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects. |
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| narrowly academic; very petty and meticulous. |
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| a sentence with an unusual sentence structure; main thought at the end. |
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| withdrawal of a previously stated idea or opinion. |
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| describes different types of works according to their purposes: exposition (to explain), argumentation, description, narration. |
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| relating to private and personal feelings. opposite of objective. |
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| implied meaning that underlies the main meaning. |
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| a form of deductive reasoning; when given ideas and facts, other ideas and facts should follow. |
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| when the part signifies the whole. ex: "fifty masts" instead of fifty ships. "pigskin" instead of football. |
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| name for a figure of speech such as image, symbol, simile, etc. |
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| similar to the truth; quality of realism that persuades readers they're getting a vision of how life could have been. |
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| an object, device, or creation that is fanciful or rooted in unreality. |
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| synposis of a longer work of scholarship or research. |
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| appealing to feelings or prejudices instead of to intellect or reason. |
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| a story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surface. |
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| repetition of one or more initial consonants. |
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| reference to a person, place, or event. |
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| person, scene, event, or other element that is used in an incorrect time period. |
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| word to which a pronoun refers. |
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| rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas. |
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| noble, godlike qualities of human nature and behavior. |
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| addressing a person or personified thing not present. |
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| characterized by clever or sly humor; playful, saucy. |
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| the perfect typical model or example. |
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| repetition of two or more vowel sounds. |
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| poet; performer who told heroic stories with musical accompaniment. |
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| insincere or overdone sentimentality. |
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| French term for literature, world of books, etc. |
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| grotesque imitation; to ridicule a subject. |
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| works widely read and studied. |
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| "seize the day" common theme in life and literature. |
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| witty or ingenious thought; highly fanciful idea. |
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| implied meaning of a word or phrase. |
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| repetition of two or more consonant sounds. |
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| dictionary definition of a word. |
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| resolution that occurs at the end of a work. |
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| the use of an artifical device or gimmick to solve a problem. |
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| having an instructive purpose. |
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| sensual, pleasure-seeking impulses. |
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| when the reader knows more about the situation than the character. |
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| a poem about the passing or death of someone or something. |
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| three periods (...) indicating the omission of words. |
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| a sentence containing ellipsis (...) |
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| feeling of association; being able to relate to someone and have sympathy for him or her. |
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| a witty, ingenious statement. |
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| pleasing, harmonious sounds. |
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| adjective or phrase that expresses the striking qualities of a person or thing. |
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| interpretaion or analysis of a text. |
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| lecture or sermon about a religious or moral theme. |
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| faith in human potential and creativity. |
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| a lyric poem or passage that describes the ideal life or place. |
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| quote that is paraphrased rather than directly quoted. |
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| direct verbal assault; denunciation. |
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| conclusion arrived at by considering facts. |
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when the name of something is replaced by its function of qualities.
ex: "ring-bearer" |
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| a mocking, satirical assualt. |
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an understatement in which the negative is used to emphasize a point.
ex: "he is not a bad dancer" |
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| sentence with the usual word order -- subject-verb-object. |
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| personal, reflective prose that reveals the writer's thoughts. |
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| confused use of words that sound the same but have different meanings. |
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| poetry that uses elaborate conceits, describes complexities of love and life, very intellectual. no rational argument. |
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| figure of speech when the name of one thing is used to represent something else. |
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| general form, pattern, and manner of expression. |
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| quick succession of images. |
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| phrase, idea, or event that conveys a theme. |
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