Comparison: The act of comparing
Conflict: To come into collision or disagreement
Connotation: The associated or second meaning of a word
Consonance: Accord or agreement
Contrast: To compare in order to show unlikeness or differences
Couplet: A pair of successive lines of verse
Denotation: The explicit or direct meaning
Figurative Language: Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning
First Person POV: The story told in one perspective
Flashback: device in the narrative of a motion picture
Flat character: A flat character is a minor character in a work of fiction who
does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Vocabulary
Elegy - A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
Emotional Appeal - An argument that appeals to the reader's emotions.
Epic - A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.
Epiphany - A Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus.
Epigram - A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.
Epitph - A phrase or statement written in memory of a person who has died, esp. as an inscription on a tombstone.
Poetry Terms
Ballad Stanza
- A four-line stanza in iambic meter.
-The first and third unrhymed lines have four metrical feet and the second and fourth rhyming lines have three metrical feet.
Blank Verse
- Verse without rhyme, that uses lambic pentameter.
Cacophony
- A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
Case Study
- Something used or analyzed in order to illustrate a thesis or principle.
Catastrophe
- The "turning downward"of the plot in a classical tragedy
- A four-line stanza in iambic meter.
-The first and third unrhymed lines have four metrical feet and the second and fourth rhyming lines have three metrical feet.
Blank Verse
- Verse without rhyme, that uses lambic pentameter.
Cacophony
- A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
Case Study
- Something used or analyzed in order to illustrate a thesis or principle.
Catastrophe
- The "turning downward"of the plot in a classical tragedy
Literary Terms Angele, Rebekah
1) ACTICE VOICE: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is
performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb.
2) ALLEGORY: a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
3) ALLUSION: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
4) ANAlOGY: a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
5) ANTITHESIS: a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
2) ALLEGORY: a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
3) ALLUSION: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
4) ANAlOGY: a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
5) ANTITHESIS: a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
Definitions
Alec and Connor
1. Cause and Effect - Noting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others.
2. Character Foil - Foil characters make the characteristics and personality of the protagonist stand
out. A foil character may be an enemy or a friend.
3. Climactic Order - In composition and speech, the arrangement of details or ideas in order of
increasing importance or force.
4. Colloquialism - Used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.
5. Colloquial Language - Colloquial language, especially in philosophy of language, is natural language
which, among other properties, uses colloquialisms.
NAV AND MEG'S WORDS
anecdotal evidence - non-scientific observations or studies, which do not provide proof but may assist research efforts
archaic language - language belonging to an earlier time and generally no longer used
aside - a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play
assonance - the repetition of vowel sounds
ballad - a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
anecdotal evidence - non-scientific observations or studies, which do not provide proof but may assist research efforts
archaic language - language belonging to an earlier time and generally no longer used
aside - a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play
assonance - the repetition of vowel sounds
ballad - a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
Terminology by Nicole and Will
Denouement
-the final part of a play, narrative, or movie where the plot is brought together and matters are resolved
Didactic
-intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive
Dramatic Monologue
-when an imagined person has a speech about a certain situation that reveals characteritics of their character
Dramatic Form
-a medium for the expression of dramatic meaning (e.g. improvisation, role, story theatre, etc.)
Editorial
a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue
-the final part of a play, narrative, or movie where the plot is brought together and matters are resolved
Didactic
-intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive
Dramatic Monologue
-when an imagined person has a speech about a certain situation that reveals characteritics of their character
Dramatic Form
-a medium for the expression of dramatic meaning (e.g. improvisation, role, story theatre, etc.)
Editorial
a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue
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