English Terms Test Flashcards

A story told on two levels and intended to teach a moral lesson

Metric foo consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable. uu/

A very short story told to make a point

The main adversary of the hero/heroine, or protagonist

The use of parallel structure to present oppositional ideas

To adress a person not present; or to personify an object or trait and address th epersonified thing

A universal symbol or symbol that crossed many cultures

Language/words appealing to the sense of sound/hearing

Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter

Medieval bodily humor- angry

An extended metaphor. A comparison extending throughout a poem, paragraph, or section of work

Metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables. uu

Having a teaching purpose, The Bible has didactic books in it, sermons, some stories

Situation is which reader/viewer shares with the narrator knowledge of a situation or intention unknown to one or more of the characters

Poetry or speech whick lements the loss of a person or sometimes of an era or aspect of culture

Run-on lines of poetry. When a thought in not completed in one line so the reader has to read into the next line to get to the end of the thought.

Line of poetry ending in a perios, question mark, exclamation point, or semicolon

Short, witty saying

The appearance or manifestation of a deity; or a moment of understandinf and sudden insight into reality or the truth

Text or portion of a text which explains motives, action, definitions, etc. Action doesn't move forward

Nice or polite word used to replace a more direct or blunt one

Low comdey; comedy which has clowning and slapstick

Interrupting a narrative sequence with a recollection of an image or scene from the past

The form a text has- poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction

Language or images appealing to the sense of taste

Ancient Greek term for "pride" or "ego"

Exaggeration for effect

A metrical foot consisting of n unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. u/

A ten-syllable line in which the even-numbered syllables are stressed

Rhyming two words within a single line of poetry. u/

Having the opposite of what one expects to happen actually happen

Understatement for emphasis

The misuse of words, especially words that sound like other words

Medieval bodily humor- sad, depressed

The thythm of a poem; includes how many syllables each line has and which ones are stressed or not

A figure of speech in which one word of phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated

A story that seeks to explain procesed of nature, the creation of the world and human race, or traditional customs, political institutions, or religious rites

The stance from which a story is told

Language or images appealing to the sense of smell

Two opposite words together forming a compound word or phrase

A short story with a moral message; often allegorical

A statement that is illogical or contadictory but nevertheless true

A humorous imitation of a serious literary work or form

A literary piece that idealizes life in the country

Medieval bodily humor- dull

The hero or heroine in a story

Persuassive; a style, form , and approach intended to persuade

Two rhymed iambic pentemeter lines forming a unit

Medievel bodily humor- energetic, cheerful, positive

Humor directed at making a point about human nature; attacks human faults and teaches ethics through humor

Poem of 14 lines in which the structure is 3 quatrains followed by a couplet in which the main idea or central message is stated

Group of lines of poetry forming a unit

Having one thing stand for another, especially for a complex of interrelated concepts

Figure of speech in which a part of an object is used to represent the whole

Sentence structure

Language or image which appeal to the sense of touch or feeling

The attitude an author expresses towards his subject and/ or audience

A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. lu

The meaning indented by a speaker differs from the meaning understood by one or more of the other characters or by the listener

Single line of poetry

the first sound of a word is repeated several times

a reference to something from a different story, such as referencing Noah's flood to let the reader know just how torrential it is raining.

when something happens that should be attributed to a different time from when it actually happened.

type of repetition.

traditional sentence structure.

where you apply human traits or qualities to something that isn't human-like animals, objects, or the weather.

universally accepted truth expressed concisely

In songs, poems, and literature to create flowing sounds that grab the reader/listener's attention and are pleasing to the ear

involves using a fractured sentence where two different parts are distinguishable but form one whole. (sometimes uses II to indicate the breaks)

where consonant sounds are repeated within a sentence or phrase.

Greek word that means “diagonal arrangement.” The phrases must be related, or it’s not chiasmus.

used in speech when we want to be informal. In literature, it might provide a setting or give information about where a character comes from.

author's word choice in speech or description.

the author cites a quotation from another work of literature. It is often put into italics

the author subtly lets the reader know the ending or an upcoming event

a character is speaking out loud, asks a question and then immediately answers it themselves.

takes two more phrases or clauses that have a similar structure, rhythm, or length and lines them up on top of each other. You often see this in poems, and you'll also spot it in advertising, particularly brand slogans.

creates a visual representation of an action, idea, or thing to appeal to the reader's senses.

you place different story elements side by side, to provide contrast and highlight the differences.

an object is something else, which brings new meaning to the original object

a repeated symbol, idea, or structure within a literary work to emphasize the theme.

When you want to show that your character is problem-solving and has reached a conclusion. Or, when you're giving a speech and want to provide an answer to a question your audience wants to hear.

the writer gives inanimate objects or ideas human traits, like the weather, or a feeling

whoever is telling your story.

the art of using several conjunctions (or connecting words) in succession.

a comparison of two different things
the writer will use the words 'like' or 'as.'

when a character speaks their thoughts out loud, usually alone and to the audience, rather than to another character.

give animal-like qualities to anything that is not that particular animal.