Excursions in Literature - Unit 1: Friends Vocabulary

Vocabulary terms, literary devices, and concepts from the Unit 1 Test on Friends in Excursions in Literature.

Genre

A type of literature, such as "short story" or "poetry".

Point of View

The perspective or angle from which a story is told.

First-Person Point of View

A story perspective in which the speaker refers to himself as I.

Plot Twist

A narrative development that may occur anywhere within a story.

Surprise Ending

A type of plot twist that occurs only at the end of a story.

Stanza

A grouping of verse lines in a poem.

Character Trait

An element or quality that distinguishes one character from another.

Symbol

Represents something in addition to itself.

Plot

The order of events in a short story.

Foreshadowing

Literary element that may give clues to a surprise ending.

Parallelism

A key feature of Hebrew poetry.

Simile

A figure of speech represented by the example "All we like sheep . . .".

Irony

A outcome or statement contrary to expectation, such as "Christ's being wounded heals us."

Christ Figure

A symbol of Christ in a work of literature.

Main Types of Conflict

Literary conflicts defined as man against another force greater than himself, man against man, and man against himself.

The Little Lamp

A symbol in "The Doll's House" associated with warmth, enlightenment, or revelation.

The Doll's House

An object in Mansfield's story that symbolizes the childish values of the Burnell household.