Literary terms (Drama and poetry)

Parody

________- any work that imitates or spoofs another work or genre for comic effect by.

Lyric poetry

________- relatively short [poem that focuses] primarily on the feelings, impressions, and.

Satire a literary work

________- whether fiction, poetry, or drama- that holds up human failings to.

Elegy

________- a formal lament on the death of a particular person, but focusing mainly on the speakers.

Stanza

________- a section of a poem that is separated by extra spaces before and after.

Ballad

________- a verse narrative that is, or originally was, meant to be sung.

Dramatic monologue

________- a sub- genre of poetry in which a speaker addresses a silent auditor or auditors in a.

Personification

________- a figure of speech that involves treating something that is non- human as if it.

Metaphor

________- a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared implicitly that is, without.

Rhyme

________- repetition or correspondence of sounds and words (How, now, brown, cow ?)

Nonfiction

________- describing and idealizing the simple life of country folk who live a painless life in a.

Antagonist

________- a character or non- human force that opposes or is in conflict with the protagonist.

Poetry

________- one of the three major genres of imaginative literature, characterized by controlled.

Analogy

________- a representation of one thing or idea by something else (The brain is a computer)

Climax

________- the third phase of a plot in which, through an important event, action stops rising and begins to.

Epic

________- a long narrative poem that celebrates the achievements of heroes and heroines.

Rhythm

________- the modulation of weak and strong (or stressed and unstressed) elements in the flow of.

Exposition

________- the first phase or part of a plot, which sets the scene, introduces characters, and establishes.

Allusion

________- a brief, often implicit and indirect reference within a literary text to something outside the text,

Symbol

________- a person, place, or thing that figuratively represents or stands for something else.

Pastoral literature

________- a work or category of works- whether fiction, poetry, drama or.

Speaker

________- the person who is the voice of a poem.

inward experience

Thoughts- that is, on the subjective, ________- of a single first- person speaker.

Comedy

________- a category of drama in which a work is primarily meant to entertain and amuse the audience.

Resolution

________- the final phase of a plot where conflicts are stabilized.

Situation the basic circumstances

________ depicted in a literary work.

decoration

Set- the design, ________, or scenery of the stage during a play.

fiction

Setting- the time and place of the action in work of ________, poetry, or drama.

Conflict

________- a struggle between opposing forces in a work of literature; ________ can be external.

imaginary personage

Character- a(n) ________ who acts, appears, or is referred to in a literary work.

Auditor

________- an imaginary listener within a literary work.

Protagonist

________- the main character in a work.

Tragedy

________- a work of drama in which the main character is somehow brought to a disastrous end.

Drama a literary genre

________ consisting of works in which action is performed and all words are spoken before.

Dramatic poetry

________- any poem that consists wholly of dialogue among characters, unmediated by a.

fourth phase

Falling action- the ________ of a plot in which conflicts move toward resolution.

Stage directions

________- the words in a printed text of a play that inform the director, crew, actors, and readers.

Figure of speech

________- any word or phrase that creates a "figure "in the mind of the reader by.

Speaker

________- the person who is the voice of the poem.

Conflict

________- a struggle between opposing forces in a work of fiction.

parody

any work that imitates or spoofs another work or genre for comic effect by

setting

the time and place of the action in work of fiction, poetry, or drama