Part 2 gent

drama

a play

end rhyme

rhymes at the end lines of poetry

end stop rhyme

occurs when there is a pause at the end of each line of a stanza and the pause is indicated by punctuation.

enjambment

occurs when there is a pause at the end of each line but rather the work is read "sentence to sentence". (there is no punctuation at the end line of poetry)

extended metaphor

no definition

euphemism

a mild or agreeable expression substituted for a "harsher" expression.

euphony

the use of compatible

exposition

introduces characters

falling action

the part of the plot that occurs after the climax- helps tie things together.

figurative language

words/phrases used in such a way that they take on new meanings other than the literal interpretation

flashback

a reference to an event which took place sometime in the "past".

foil

a character who sets off the main character or other characters by comparison.

foreshadowing

a method that builds suspense and draws the reader/audience into the novel/play by providing clues or hints as to what will occur next

frame story

a story or stories within a story

free verse

unrhymed/ unmetered poetry

genre

a literally type of form. there are four main types of genre: fiction non fiction poetry drama(plays)

hyperbole

an exagateration

imagery

a word or groups of words that appeal to one or more of the five senses

in media res

when a work begins in the middle of the action

inference

a judgement based on reasoning rather than on direct information

internal rhyme

rhymes that are within a line of verse

irony

words/actions that have the opposite meaning of what they usually have

juxtaposition

contrasting content/tone-two "things" (characters

metaphor

a figure of speech where a comparison is used and the character becomes the object being compared to

meter

the pattern of measured sound-units recurring more or less regularly in lines of verse

metonymy

a figure of speech that replaces the name of one thing with the name of something else closely associated with it (vert much like a metaphor except the association between the items being compared is very close)

mood

the atmosphere or feeling created by a literacy work- the mood is NOT the tone

narrator

the teller of the story

onomatopoeia

words designed to imitate the sound they describe

oxymoron

a figure of speech that fuses two contradictory or opposing ideas together- almost always is it only a two-word phrase.