Language Arts 12 Literary Terms and Vocabulary 1.1

Vocabulary flashcards generated from Language Arts 12 Literary Terms 1.1 and Vocabulary 1.1.

Variation

The restatement of a concept or term using different words

Synecdoche

A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

Metonymy

The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant

Kenning

A compound expression in Old English and Old Norse poetry with metaphorical meaning

Litotes

A form of understatement in which a thing is affirmed by stating the negative of its opposite

Alliterative verse

A form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal structuring device to unify lines of poetry

Heroic Code

Defines how a noble person should act

Caesura

A natural pause or break

Convention

A commonly used description for a person

Epithet

An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned

Elegy

A kind of lyric that expresses grief over the loss of something

Lyric

A short, highly musical poem that tells the emotions of the speaker

Epic

A long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero

Satire

A literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule

Exemplum

An illustration, an example; a short narrative that results in a moral

Mock-Heroic

Uses language and devices of an epic poem and applies them to a trivial or ridiculous subject; characters or story exhibit or are marked by courage and daring

Compounding

The combining of two words to make a new word

Fabliau

Short, humorous stereotypes

Lament

To express (also, simply, to feel) profound grief; to mourn passionately

Melancholy

Gloomy, mournful, or dejected; inclined to sadness or gloominess

Exile

The state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons

Bulwarks

A powerful defense or safeguard

Languishing

To decline in health; to weaken, wither, or become faint; to exist in a state of weakness or illness

Marauding

Raiding for the purpose of plunder (to rob)

Barrow

A mound of earth or stones erected in early times over a grave

Boast

To speak about oneself with exaggeration and excessive pride

Pilgrimages

A journey (usually of a long distance) made to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion

Vouchsafe

Granting something as a courtesy or an act of gracious condescension