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a combination of contradictory terms
ex: cold fire, jumbo shrimp |
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a brief, witty saying or poem often dealing with its subject in a satirical manner
ex: "There was never a good war or a bad peace." --Ben Franklin |
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| a story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or a generalization about life; it often has a strong moral or lesson |
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| a character that serves as a contrast or challenge to another character |
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| a character that serves as a contrast or challenge to another character |
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| a character that serves as a contrast or challenge to another character |
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| a sudden realization point that causes a character to change or act in a certain way |
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| an often-repeated idea or theme in literature |
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| an often-repeated idea or theme in literature |
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| an often-repeated idea or theme in literature |
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| a philosophy that requires human beings to go beyond their reason in search for their truth; it assumes that an individual can arrive at the basic truths of life through spiritual insight if he or she takes the time to think seriously about them |
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| a statement that seems false yet may, in fact, be true |
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| a literary reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event |
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| a type of literature that instructs or presents a moral or religious statement |
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| the incongruity between what is expected and the outcome |
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an opposition, or constrast, of ideas
ex: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." --Charles Dickens |
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| an exaggeration or overstatement |
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| a comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison (as or like) is used |
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the substitution of one word for another related word
ex: The White House has decided to create more public service jobs.
(White House substitutes President) |
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| when the author gives an animal, object, or idea, human characteristics |
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| a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as |
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a way of emphasizing an idea by talking about it in a restrained manner
ex: "Aunt Polly is prejudiced against snakes." (She was terrified of them)
--Mark Twain |
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| giving hints or clues of what is to come later in a story |
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| plot: climax and denouement |
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climax- the most intense point in a story; a series of struggles or conflicts lead to the climax
denouement- the final resolution or outcome of a play or story |
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| a literary tone holding up human vices or follies to ridicule |
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| a style of writing where the thoughts and feelings of the writer are recorded as they occur |
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| when an unaccompanied character thinks outloud (talks to himself) |
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| the overall feeling, or effect, created by a writer's use of words |
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| the recording of events as they have been impressed upon the mind |
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| literature that attempts to represent life as it really is |
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| form of realism; the author tries to show the "ugly" side of the relationship between a person and his environment or surroundings |
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| an author's choice of words based on their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness |
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| a Greek root meaning suffering or passion |
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an outcome in which vice is punished and virtue rewarded
a character "gets what he deserves" |
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| a character who experiences an inner struggle because of a character flaw; that struggle ends in the defeat of the hero |
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