Art and Literature Vocabulary Practice

These flashcards provide definitions for art-related terms covering lighting, mood, color, and street art, as well as literary terms including writing types and poetic devices based on the lecture notes.

vivid

Describes color that is bright and intense.

vibrant

Describes color that is bright and full of life.

pastel

Light or soft colors.

muted

Dull or subdued colors.

insipid

Dull or pale color that lacks character.

harmonious

Colors that are well-coordinated and fit together.

monochromatic

Having or consisting of only one color.

natural

Lighting that comes from nature.

artificial

Man-made or non-natural lighting.

cool

Lighting with cool tones.

warm

Lighting with warm tones.

gloomy

Dark, dim, or shadowy lighting.

harsh

Very bright and intense light.

sharp

Clear and well-defined light.

tranquil

An atmosphere that is peaceful or calm.

romantic

An atmosphere that is romantic or sentimental.

sombre

A mood that is sad, serious, or dark.

inspiring

A mood that provides inspiration.

energetic

A mood that feels full of energy or power.

mysterious

A mood that is full of mystery.

fantasy

Subject matter involving imaginative or fictional elements.

portrait

A depiction or image focused on a person.

interior

Subject matter depicting the inside of a building or room.

landscape

Subject matter depicting natural scenery.

urban

Subject matter depicting a city or town setting.

realistic

A style that represents things as they are in reality.

abstract

Art that does not attempt to represent external reality; non-representational.

graffiti

Writing or drawings made on a wall or other surface, usually as street art.

symbols

Marks or characters used as a conventional representation of an object or idea.

stencil

A template used for spraying or painting designs onto a surface.

aesthetic

Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.

three-dimensional

Having three dimensions, such as height, width, and depth.

encompass

To include or cover comprehensively.

wisp

A thin strand or small, delicate piece.

vandalism

Action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to property.

portray

To show or represent through art or description.

merit

The quality of being particularly good or worthy; value.

subversive

Intended to undermine or go against an established system or institution.

run-down

In a state of bad condition or dilapidation.

quirky

Characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits; unusual in an interesting way.

prose

Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.

poetry

Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm.

narrative

A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

expository text

Writing that is used to explain, inform, or describe a specific topic.

dialogue

Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book or play.

biography

An account of someone's life written by someone else.

sonnet

A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes.

rhyme

Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words.

metre

The rhythmic structure or pattern of beats in a verse or line of poetry.

stanza

A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

figurative language

Language that uses figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful.

alliteration

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

simile

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

metaphor

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable; a direct comparison.

personification

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human.

irony

The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

onomatopoeia

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

cohesive devices

Words or phrases used to connect ideas between different parts of text.