Grade 11 U short story/literary terms

Understatement

A statement that says less than what it meant. Example it is a tornado in the weatherman says “it’s a bit windy!”

colloquialism

A word or phrase and every day use in a conversation in informal writing, but is inappropriate in formal situations example “he’s out of his head if he thinks I’m gonna go for such a stupid idea”

Climax

The point in a plot that creates the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest also called the “turning point“

Synecdoche

A vigourous speech in which part represents the whole. “If you don’t drive properly, you will lose your wheels” the wheels represent the entire car.

Motif

A reoccurring image, word, phrase, action idea, object or situation used throughout a work, unifying the work by tying the current situation to previous ones or new ideas to the theme the colour Green and the great Gatsby symbolizes greed in envy

Anaphora

Repetition of a word, phrase or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row this is a deliberate form of repetition and helps makes the writer point coherent

Fable

A very short story told in prose or poetry to teach a practical Lesson about how to succeed in life

Third person omniscient point of view

All knowing character tells the story using the third person pronouns this narrator instead of focussing on one character only often tells us everything about many characters

Antihero

Central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes, may let courage, grace, intelligent, or moral scruples

paradox

A statement that appears self-contradictory, but that reveals a kind of truth. You have to spend money to make money.

Imagery

The use of language to invoke a picture or concrete sensation of a person a thing a place or experience

logos

form of persuasion that appeals to reason instead of motion to convince an audience to think or act in a certain way

Verbal Irony

Occurs when someone says one thing but really means something else

Simile

A figure of speech that makes a converse between two unlike things using words such as like as than or resembles

Aside

In a plate, a comment made by a character that is heard by the audience or another character, but is not heard by other characters on stage

Foreshadow

The use of hints includes to suggest what will happen later in the plot

Assonance

The repetition of similar vowel words followed by different consonant sound, especially in words that are together

Indirect characterization

The author reveals the reader what the character is like by describing how the character looks, and dresses by letting the reader hear what the character says, by revealing the characters, private thoughts and feelings by revealing the characters effect on other people (showing how other characters feel or behave towards character) or by showing The character in action.

Hyperbole

A figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or ever statement for a fact “if I told you once I’ve told you 1 million times…”

Static

Is one who does not change much in the course of a story

Suspence

A feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen in the next story

Round

characters that have more dimension in their personality they are complex just a real people are

cliché

Is a word or phrase often a figure of speech that has become lifeless because of overuse avoid cliché like the plague

Anecdote

A brief story told to illustrate a Point or severe as an example of something often shows of an individual

Confession poetry

The 20th century term used to describe poetry that uses intimate material from poets life

conflict

Historical between opposing forces or character characters in a story

Irony

Take place when there is a decree between what is expected to happen or what would be appropriate to happen in what really does happen

pun

A play on words based on the multiple meanings of a single word or on words that sound alike, but mean in different things. EX dot the Pillsberry doughboy gave his girlfriend flowers

Mood

The association and emotional overtones that become Attached to a word or freeze in addition to it strict dictionary definition

Introduction

The part of a story that introduces his character situation and setting

diction

A Speaker or writers choice of word

Tragedy

A drama which features a noble character who had a great influence on the world. This person has a flaw which brings out the downfall of the story ends in a catastrophe

Parallel structure

The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structure in piece of work

Epigraph

A quotation or saying at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the Theme sometimes these are written in Italics

Persuasion pathos

A type of writing that relies more on emotional peels, then on facts

allegey

Story or poem in which character settings in event stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.. Example animal farm Lord of the flies.

Direct characterization

When the author tells us directly what the character is like sneaky, generous mean to pets and so on

initiating incedent

The event that brings all of action in a story

anthropomorphism

Contributing human characteristics to an animal or intimate object

Couplet

Two. consecutive rhyming lines of a poem

narrative

a type of writing that tells about a series of events

explication

act of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text, usually involves close reading and special attention to figurative language. Another way to say analysis

external conflict

Conflict can exist between two people between a person and nature or a machine or between a person and a whole society

Flashback

A scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time

Irony

A discrepancy between appearance and reality

Dramatic irony

When the audience or reader know something, the characters don’t know example, Julia is not dead just sleeping, but Romeo thinks she’s dead

Tragic flow

A character defect in a hero that brings out his or her’s tragic end Often what makes great brings upon their downfall many times it, Hubirs or prides But there are a different type of flaws

metaphor

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of a specific word of comparison as as or resembles he is a lion in a battle

Personification

Calling out to an imaginary dad or absent person to a place or thing or a personified abstract idea

satire

A type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or in situations in an attempt to bring out a change

Oxymoron

A figure of speech that combines obesity or contradictory terms in A brief phrase pretty ugly

Alliteration

The repetition of same or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together example, she sells seashells by the seashore

Stereotype

A fixed idea or conception of a character or idea which does not allow for the individuality often based on religion, social or racial prejudices

Analogy

Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike

onomatopoeia

The use of words who sound echo their sense pop snap

Mood/imagery

A form of discourse that uses language to create a mood or emotion

Fable

A relatively short story that teaches a moral or a lesson about how to lead a good life

dynamic

A type of character that changes in evolves during the story

Foil

A character who acts as contrast to another character, often a funny sidekick to the dashing hero or a villain contrasting the hero

Parody

A word that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspects of the writers style

Plot

The series of related events in a story or place sometimes called a storyline

Rising action

The part of the story were complications in conflict and situation may introduce new ones as well between in a incident and climax

Antagonist

Opponent who struggles against or block the heroes or protagonist in a story

Denouement

The conclusion of a story when all or most of the conflicts have been settled often related to the resolution

flat

A type of character that only has one or two personality traits. They are one dimensional like a piece of cardboard.

third person limited point of view

An unknown near Tulsa story, but the narrator zooms in on the focus of the thoughts and feelings of one and only character

Internal conflict

A conflict can be internal involving opposite forces within a person’s vine

Protagonist

The central character in a story, the one who annotate or drives the action

protagonist

The central character in a story, the one who indicates or drives the action

rhetorical question

A question asked for a fact and not actually about requiring an answer. Do I look stupid?

Metonymy

A figure of speech, where the substitution Of the name of an attribute is used for that of the main thing for example suit for business executive or track for horse racing

siloquey

A long speech made by character in a play while the other characters are on stage Shakespeare please contain many of these

juxtaposition

Device in which normally associates ideas, words or phrases or place next to one another a form of contrast between the Raiders call attention to the disimillar Ideas or images or metaphors, Martin Luther King and justice anywhere as a threat to justice everywhere

Symbol

A person place or thing or event that has meaning in itself, and that also stands for something more than itself

Personification

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts or attitudes

tone

The attitude of writer takes towards the subject of work, the Characters in it or the audience revealed through diction, figurative, language, or organization

Objective

A narrator who is totally impersonal tells the story with no comment on any characters or even the narrator is outside of the story just observing

Illusion

references to someone or something that is known for history, literature, language, religion, politic, sports science or branch of Culture

Theme

A main idea of work that provides insight on the humans life

First person point of view

One of the characters tells the story, the narrator uses I

Ambiguity

Liberty suggesting two or more different or sometimes conflicting meanings in a work an event or situation that might be interrupted him more than one way this is done On purpose by the offer when it’s not done on purpose, it is vanguemess and tracks from the work