Amitha - Literary Terms for 10 GT PDF

Literary Terms for 10 GT The following list includes many of the literary terms you will encounter throughout the year. Define and provide an example of each. Terms Definitions Examples and...

Literary Terms for 10 GT The following list includes many of the literary terms you will encounter throughout the year. Define and provide an example of each. Terms Definitions Examples and/or mnemonic Allegory a story, poem, or picture that can be The movie Animal farm is an example of a allegory interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning because the meaning of the movie is to show how animals can be free and happy (directly represent historical figures). Allusion A quote or saying that references To my dog, our neighborhood park is the Garden of something or someone famous/known. Eden. (alludes to the Christian Bible) Anaphora repetition of a word or expression at the Lincoln's "we cannot dedicate—we cannot beginning of successive phrases, clauses, consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground" - sentences, or verses especially for Abraham Lincoln rhetorical or poetic effect Apostrophe when the speaker addresses someone who "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" (literary term, not the punctuation is not present or something inhuman. mark) Archetype the original pattern or model of which all the House of Commons, the archetype of all the things of the same type are representations representative assemblies which now meet or copies Asyndeton Asyndeton is a literary scheme in which "I came, I saw, I conquered". one or several conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses Attitude a settled way of thinking or feeling about "she took a tough attitude toward other people's someone or something, typically one that is indulgences" reflected in a person's behavior. Author’s Purpose is his reason for or intent in writing. An To inform, to entertain, to persuade author's purpose may be to amuse the reader Characterization the creation or construction of a fictional "Charlotte was a frizzy-haired bookworm." character. Deus ex machina a person or thing that appears or is if a character fell off a cliff and a flying robot suddenly introduced into a situation suddenly and appeared out of nowhere to catch them  unexpectedly and provides an artificial or contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty. Diction choice of words especially with regard to careless diction in the student's essay correctness, clearness, or effectiveness Didactic intended to teach, particularly in having recipe books, fables, parables, and instructional moral instruction as an ulterior motive. manuals. Terms Definitions Examples and/or mnemonic Epanalepsis the beginning of a sentence or clause is "The king is dead, long live the king!" repeated at the end, with other words in “I am who I am” between “It is what it is” Ethos a person’s credibility and ethics Advertisements where doctors recommend a product Flashback A transition in a story to an earlier time When you see your friend after a long time, you may that interrupts the normal chronological have vivid flashbacks of the fun times you had together flow of events in the past/when you were younger. Foil someone or something that serves as a If you can't dance but your friend Lisa can, you can contrast to another (makes the other be a foil to Lisa's grace character’s/thing’s qualities more (contrasting you vs. Lisa’s ability to dance; Lisa is noticeable) more noticeable) Foreshadowing When an author provides hints about “ I looked at the dark and stormy clouds outside. I what will happen later in a story couldn’t wait until my parents came back home” hubris excessive pride or self-confidence, or A boxer who shouts "I'm the greatest!" even though arrogance he's about to get pummeled by a much stronger opponent is displaying a lot of hubris. Hyperbole uses deliberate exaggeration to Mile-high ice cream cones emphasize a point or draw attention to My feet are killing me something (These aren’t actually true, but they’re exaggerations) Inversion a reversal of position, order, words in a “We’ve never thought of it” → “Never had we thought sentence it” Irony (all 3 types) Verbal irony is when a person says one Verbal Irony: – thing but means the opposite She's not a bad cook (means that she’s actually a good cook) Situational irony is when the opposite of Situational Irony: what is expected happens (situation) A fire station burning down (It's ironic that a place meant to fight fires ends up Dramatic irony is when the audience burning down) knows something that the characters do Dramatic Irony: not If you're watching a movie about the Titanic and a character leaning on the balcony right before the ship hits the iceberg says, "It's so beautiful I could just die." (You know that the ship will hit the iceberg and the character will die, but the character doesn’t know that) Juxtaposition two or more things side by side that “In this world, there are good and evil” compare or contrast (the coexistence and use of good and evil together is contrasting) Literary present the use of verbs in the present tense (Talking about a book within an essay) when discussing parts of a work of Evelyn is surprised as she rips into the carefully literature wrapped package and finds the greatest gift she has ever received. Logos Logos is the use of evidence and A speaker might cite studies to support a claim, such reasoning to persuasively support a claim as "teen pregnancy has decreased in the last five years" (evidence) Terms Definitions Examples and/or mnemonic Mood a conscious state of mind or predominant Good mood bad mood sad mood happy mood emotion Motif (leitmotif) A motif is an object, image, sound, or clothes that become more and more tattered, or a phrase that is repeated throughout a story garden that slowly falls into ruins to point toward the story's larger theme Paradox a statement that is seemingly contradictory “Fight fire with fire” or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true Parallel Structure using the same pattern of words to show "I have to eat breakfast quickly and efficiently so I that two or more ideas have the same level can get to class on time" of importance Pathetic fallacy the attribution of human feelings and The sun was smiling down upon him. The raindrops responses to inanimate things or animals, wept around her. A friendly sun shone down brightly especially in art and literature. on the party guests as they arrived in the garden. Pathos Emotionally convincing ASPCA commercials that use photographs of injured puppies, or sad-looking kittens, and slow, depressing music to emotionally persuade their audience to donate money. Point of View the narrator's position in relation to a story "I'm trying to get Matthew to change his point of view" being told. Polysyndeton the repeated use of coordinating “The dog jumped and barked and frolicked in the conjunctions to connect different items in field” a sentence. (“and” conveys energy and excitement) Rhetorical Ethos, pathos, logos Triangle (all three parts) Setting The location in which the story is taking “The movie was set in India” place Syntax the arrangement of words and phrases to The cat climbs the tree. create well-formed sentences in a language. Theme the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a "the theme of the sermon was reverence" person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic. Tone the mood implied by an author's word excited, depressed, sarcastic, frightened, or hopeful choice and the way that the text can make a reader feel Verisimilitude a fantasy novel that portrays an imaginary - the detail gives the novel some verisimilitude world with internal consistency (and using - If you are writing a story and mention storm clouds, conventions of the fantasy genre) a storm must follow. Contrasts: irony, juxtaposition, oxymoron, foil, paradox Repetition: anaphora, parallel structure, epanalepsis, alliteration, polysyndeton, motif Comparisons: metaphor, simile, juxtaposition, foil, pathetic fallacy, personification, allusion, allegory, symbol Feelings: pathos, pathetic fallacy, mood, attitude, tone Time: flashback (setting), foreshadowing