english mid term

flashcards

narrative

a sequence of connected events

genre

different types of form, style and purpose

prose

longest type of genre

short

short but very detailed

poetry

shortest type, usuaully rhymes and is detailed

modernism (year)

1850-1950

mass culture

a culture where people are able too connect in a big culture (ex. radio)

ironic

something expected too happen

juxtposition

two things placed together for a contrasting effect

free verse

poetry with out meter or ryhme

refrain

a phrase or verse that is used multiple times

myth

a symbolic narrative expressing the values of a group

simile

a comparssion using and or like

empathy

feeling bad for another person

protagonist

the main character of a story

epiphany

a relization that changes a characters pov, very remarkable in a story

the start of a story, the cause and a effect sequence

plot

the conflict starts to grow

rising action

the turning point in a story

climax

the tension is released and things start to wrap up

falling action

denovement

the conclusion of a story, where the conflict is resolved

sonnet

14 lines

phenonmenon

false belief or idea

personified

figurtive lanuage that attritbutes human emotions, actions and characterstics to un alive objects and animals

teret

3 line stanzas

quatrain

4 lines

villanelle

a poem with 19 lines

cuplet

2 lines

mode

literary work in a particular genre example. romance

form

a set of rules

alliration

repitition of the same letter or sound

assonance

repitition of vowel sounds

consance

repitition of the same constant sounds