Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Literary Terms
Definitions
9
English
8th Grade
08/27/2007

Additional English Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Drama
Definition
The drama is a story written to be performed by actors
Term
Elegy
Definition
Is a solemn and formal lyric poem about death
Term
Fable
Definition
Is a brief story or poem usually with animal characters that teaches a lesson or moral
Term
Fantasy
Definition
Is highly imaginative writing that contains elments not found in real life
Term
Fiction
Definition
Is prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
Term
Figurative Language
Definition
Is writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally
Term
Flashback
Definition
Is a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate that occurred in the past
Term
Folktale
Definition
Is a story composed orally and then passed from person to person by word of mouth
Term
Foreshadowing
Definition
Is the author's use of clues to hint to at what might happen later in the story
Supporting users have an ad free experience!