Lit terms pt 2

Euphemism

A mild or indirect expression used in place of one that may be be harsh unpleasant or offensive.

Explication

A detailed analysis or interpretation of a literary work focusing on its meaning language structure and literary devices.

Exposition

The introductory part of a literary work that establishes the setting characters background and situation.

Extended metaphor

A metaphor that continues throughout a passage or entire work developing a comparison between two unlike things.

Fantasy

A literary genre that includes imaginary or supernatural elements such as magic mythical creatures or imaginary worlds.

Farce

A type of comedy that uses exaggerated situations absurd events physical humor and improbable coincidences to create laughter.

Figurative language

Language that goes beyond its literal meaning to create imagery emphasize ideas or produce an effect.

First person

A point of view in which the narrator tells the story using pronouns such as I me and we.

Flashback

A literary technique that interrupts the present action to present an event that occurred earlier in the story.

Foil

A character whose contrasting qualities highlight or emphasize the characteristics of another character.

Foreshadowing

Hints or clues that suggest or predict events that will happen later in a literary work.

Foot

The basic unit of measurement in poetry consisting of a specific combination of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Frame

A narrative structure in which one story surrounds or introduces another story.

Free verse

Poetry that does not follow a regular rhyme scheme or consistent metrical pattern.

Genre

A category or classification of literature based on shared characteristics style or subject matter.

Gothic Novel

A genre of fiction characterized by mystery horror supernatural elements gloomy settings and themes of fear death or the unknown.

Harangue

A lengthy forceful and often angry speech intended to criticize persuade or lecture an audience.

Idyll

A short literary work often a poem that portrays peaceful idealized rural life or a harmonious setting.

Heroic couplet

Two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry written in iambic pentameter often expressing a complete thought.

Image

A word or phrase that appeals to one or more of the five senses creating a mental picture or sensory experience.

In media res

A Latin phrase meaning in the middle of things; a technique in which a story begins in the middle of the action.

Indirect quotation

Reporting someone's words without repeating them exactly usually by paraphrasing and adjusting pronouns or verb tenses.