Advanced Vocabulary, Literary Analysis, and Drama Terms for Literature Study
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35 Terms
Androgynous
Having both male and female characteristics
Foreshadow
Indicate by signs
Progeny
The immediate descendants of a person
Somnambulist
Someone who walks about in their sleep
Demise
The time when something ends
Remorseless
Without mercy or pity
Subvert
Overthrow or destroy completely
Unsavory
Morally offensive
Comprehensive
Including all or everything
Cursory
Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
Plot
Exposition → Rising Action → Climax → Falling Action → Resolution
Conflict
Types: Character vs Character, Character vs Self, Character vs Society, Character vs Nature
Setting
Time + place + cultural context
Characterization
How we learn about characters: Direct (author tells you) and Indirect (actions, dialogue, thoughts, others' reactions)
Point of View
1st person: 'I' (personal, limited), 3rd person limited: focuses on one character, 3rd person omniscient: knows everything
Theme
Big message about life (not one word)
Motif
Repeated element (image, word, idea)
Tone
Author's attitude (serious, sarcastic, dark, hopeful, etc.)
Style
How the author writes: sentence length, vocabulary choice, imagery, structure
Simile
A comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Metaphor
A direct comparison between two unlike things
Alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Allusion
Reference to Bible, history, myths, etc.
Personification
Attributing human characteristics to non-human entities
Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate sounds
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally
Symbolism
A thing that represents a bigger meaning
Paradox
A statement that contradicts itself but may reveal a truth
Oxymoron
A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear together
Iambic Pentameter
10 syllables per line with a pattern of unstressed/stressed
Blank Verse
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Wordplay / Pun
Humor using double meanings
Rhyme
Shows importance or structure in poetry
Prose
Normal speech that is not structured poetry
5-Act Structure
Exposition - introduces conflict, Rising Action - problems build, Climax - turning point, Falling Action - consequences, Resolution - ending