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Literary Language Terms

Literary Language Terms. Jacob Stehle. Mr. Stehle’s List of Literary Terms. A B C D E F G H I J K L M. N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. A’s. Alliteration Allusion Analogy. Antagonist Apostrophe Home. ALLITERATION.

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Literary Language Terms

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  1. Literary Language Terms Jacob Stehle

  2. Mr. Stehle’s List of Literary Terms • A • B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P • Q • R • S • T • U • V • W • X • Y • Z

  3. A’s • Alliteration • Allusion • Analogy • Antagonist • Apostrophe • Home

  4. ALLITERATION • Repetition of the initial sounds of several words in a group • Return to the A’s

  5. ALLUSION • A reference in one literary work to a character of theme found in another literary work • Return to the A’s

  6. ANOLOGY • A comparison of two things made to explain something unfamiliar through its similarities to something familiar • Return to the A’s

  7. ANTAGONIST • The character who opposes the main character • Return to the A’s

  8. APOSTROPHE • A statement, question, or request addressed to an inanimate object or nonexistent or absent person • Return to the A’s

  9. B’s ent out of shape because we don’t have any vocabulary for B? Don’t worry we will see you at C • Home

  10. C’s • Character • Characterization • Cliché • Climax • Conflict • Home

  11. CHARACTER • The people (or animals, things etc. presented as people) appearing in a literary work • Return to the C’s

  12. CHARACTERIZATION • The way in which a writer reveals the nature of a character • Return to the C’s

  13. CLICHÉ • An expression that has lost its power or originality from overuse • Return to the C’s

  14. CLIMAX • The high point of interest of suspense in a story of play • Return to the C’s

  15. CONFLICT • Dramatic struggle between two forces in a story • Return to the C’s

  16. D’s • Dialect • Dialogue • Home

  17. DIALECT • Language used that is different from the formal language of an area or region • Return to the D’s

  18. DIALOGUE • Conversation between people in a literary work • Return to the D’s

  19. E’s • Euphemism • Exposition • Home

  20. EUPHEMISM • The substitution of a mild or less negative word or phrase for a harsh of blunt one • Return to the E’s

  21. EXPOSITION • The part of the story or play that provides background information and introduces the setting and main characters • Return to the E’s

  22. F’s • Fable • Flashback • Foil • Foreshadowing • Home

  23. FABLE • A brief tale designed to illustrate a moral lesson. Characters are usually animals • Return to the F’s

  24. FLASHBACK • An interruption in the sequence of a story to describe an event that took place earlier • Return to the F’s

  25. FOIL • A character whose physical or psychological qualities contrast strongly with, therefore highlight, the qualities of another character (usually protagonist) • Return to the F’s

  26. FORESHADOWING • The technique of giving hints about events that have not yet happened • Return to the F’s

  27. G’s • Genre – a category of literary work • Home

  28. H’s • Hyperbole – deliberate exaggeration used to achieve an effect • Home

  29. I’s • Idiom • Imagery • Irony • Dramatic Irony • Situational Irony • Verbal Irony • Home

  30. IDIOM • An expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the individual words • Return to the I’s

  31. IMAGERY • Words and phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses • Return to the I’s

  32. IRONY • A mode of expression, through words or events, conveying a reality different from and usually opposite to appearance or expectation • Return to the I’s

  33. DRAMATIC IRONY • The reader of viewer knows something the character does not know • Return to the I’s

  34. SITUATIONAL IRONY • An event occurs that is unexpected • Return to the I’s

  35. VERBAL IRONY • Speech that does not mean what the speaker says or that is unexpected • Return to the I’s

  36. J’s • Jargon – language that is used or understood by a select group of people • Home

  37. K’s A letter block with K is a true way to keep the doctor away. Home • Home

  38. L’s Ive Augh Ove That’s all that Life asks. Home

  39. M’s • Metaphor • Mood • Home

  40. METAPHOR • A comparison is made between two unlike things without the use of words “like” or “as” • Return to the M’s

  41. MOOD • The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader • Return to the M’s

  42. N’s • Narrator – the teller of the story • Home

  43. O’s • Onomatopoeia • Oxymoron • Home

  44. ONOMATOPOEIA • A literary device wherein the sound of a word echoes the sound it represents • Return to the O’s

  45. OXYMORON • A phrase combining two contradictory terms • Return to the O’s

  46. P’s • Parody • Personification • Protagonist • Pun • Plot • First Person • Third Person Omniscient • Third Person Limited • Second Person • Home

  47. PARODY • A work that comically imitates another work • Return to the P’s

  48. PERSONIFICATION • Giving human qualities to abstract ideas, animals, and inanimate objects • Return to the P’s

  49. PLOT • What happens in a story; the sequence of events • Return to the P’s

  50. POINT OF VIEW • The perspective or vantage point from which a story is told • Return to the P’s

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