ENGL 120 Narrative and Literary Terms

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Alliteration
Repetition of the same consonant sounds in two or more words usually at the beginning of the words.
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Apostrophe
To turn away from the general audience of a work to address a specific group, person, or thing.
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Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds within sentences, paragraphs, or poetic lines.
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Character
The vehicle (person, animal, creation) that moves the story forward.
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Cliché
An expression that has lost its freshness or appeal due to overuse.
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Climax
Moment of greatest intensity or emotional tension as a narrative’s conflict is reached.
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Conflict
The struggle or tension within the plot between opposing forces.
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Connotation
The associations, images, or impressions carried by a word.
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Consonance
The close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after differing vowel sounds.
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DĂ©nouement
The outcome or resolution of the plot.
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Epiphany
Any moment when a character has a moment of realization.
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Foreshadowing
Hints or clues that indicate events that will occur later in the narrative.
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Hyperbole
Exaggeration or overstatement used to emphasize a point.
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Imagery
Descriptive sensory words and specific details that address the reader’s sensory experience.
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Irony
A contrast between appearance and actuality.
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Metaphor
A figure of speech that draws implicit comparison between two unlike things.
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Metonymy
A figure of speech in which a phrase or word is substituted for one closely related to it.
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Motif
A unifying element in an artistic work, especially any recurrent image or symbol.
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Onomatopoeia
The use of words that imitate sounds.
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Personification
Figurative language in which inanimate objects or abstract concepts are given human qualities.
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Simile
A figure of speech that draws an explicit comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
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Symbol/Symbolism
An object that stands for an abstract idea or larger object.
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Synecdoche
A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole, or the whole represents a part.
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Theme
A story’s overall message or meaning.
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Tone
The attitude expressed by a narrator or characters in a narrative.
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Understatement
A type of verbal irony that downplays something serious.
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Euphemism
Substituting a pleasant-sounding phrase for an accurate word.
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Verbal Irony

A narrator, speaker, or character says one thing, but means something entirely different.

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Situational Irony

Occurs when something happens that is entirely different from what is expected.

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Dramatic Irony

occurs when the reader knows information that the characters do not.

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Meiosis

Downplaying something serious.

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Litotes

Negating a negative

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First-Person; The Narrator

- A Main character in the story

- Uses the pronouns I and me to refer to himself or herself

- Shares his or her thoughts, feelings, and opinions of other characters and events

- Doesn’t know the thoughts, feelings, and opinions of other characters

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Third-Person Limited; The Narrator

- Not a character in the story but an outside character

- Zooms in the thoughts, feelings, and opinions of one character

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Third-Person Omniscient; The Narrator

- Not a character in the story but an outside observer

- “All-knowing” —that is, he or she has access to the thoughts, feelings, and opinions of all characters

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Dynamic Characters

Character complex that often changes as the story plot unfolds

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Static Chracters

Often stay the same

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Foil

Helps readers understand the protagonist by showing who they are not. The contrasts reveal the essence of the main character.

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Diction

Writer’s specific choice of words, phrases, sentence structures, and figurative language, which combine to create meaning.

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