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| a narrative form of extended metaphor in which the meaning of objects, persons, and actions lies outside the narrative itself; a narrative in which every object, character, and action is symbolic |
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| multiple meanings produced by the language of a literary text |
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| the presence of contradictory feelings about or reactions to something in a literary text; mixed feelings |
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| verse to be sung or recited and characterized by its presentation of a dramatic or exciting episode; it is usually in ballad (or common) meter: tetramter alternated with trimeter lines rhyming abab. |
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| coming of age novel in which a character undergoes a loss of innocence or the gaining of knowledge and experience |
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| unrhymed iambic pentameter, most frequently used in English verse that has a heroic theme or that is meant to explore important subject matter in dignified, stately form |
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| dramatic genre containing characters from the lower social order, speaking in plain prose, experiencing generational conflict and overcoming it in order to produce a happy ending (usually embodied in marriage, song, and dance) |
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| poetic metaphor that is an ingenious or elaborate analogy expressing fanciful notions |
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| lengthy narrative poem that usually begins in medias res, prefaced by an invocation of the muse, and tells a heroic story of national, legendary significance |
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not being interpreted in the literal sense; open to the possibility of ambiguity; umbrella term that includes metaphor, simile, metonymy, and synecdoche
intentional departure from the normal order, construction, or meaning of words to achieve a special effect of meaning |
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| verse without a strict rhyme scheme or metrical pattern, but still recognizable as poetry |
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| the categorizing of literature based on characteristics such as theme, form, subject matter, literary technique, length |
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| iambic pentameter lines rhymed in pairs |
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| recognition of a reality different from appearances; may be dramatic, situational, verbal |
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| brief subjective poem strongly marked by imagination, melody, and emotion, and creating a single, united impression |
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| figure of speech involving identification of two seemingly unrelated objects |
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| figures of speech that suggest shocking or incongruous connections between the physical and the spiritual or the profane and the sacred |
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| a special type of metaphor involving substitution of the name of an object closely associated with a word for the word itself |
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| a poem that praises something or someone as divine or expresses a noble idea, often structured in three parts (strophe, antistrophe, epode). |
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| a literary work that focuses on rural settings and characterized by otium |
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| a figure of speech giving life-like qualities to an inanimate object or human qualities to non-humans |
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| single-stanza lyrical poem, usually in iambic pentamenter, consisting of fourteen lines. There are two basic types: the Shakespearean (or English), which has three quatrains and a couplet (ababcdcdefefgg); the Petrarchan (or Italian), which has octave and sestet (abbacddcefgefg). The form usually includes an ironic turn in the concluding couplet or sestet |
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| figurative language by which the part signifies/represents the whole or the whole signifies/represents the part |
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| a story within a story in which the form echoes in structure the themes of the bigger story |
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| a unit of accented and unaccented syllables that is repeated or used in sequence with others to form the meter |
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| a rhythm of accented and unaccented syllables which are organized into patterns, called feet |
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| the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature |
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| a statement whose two parts seem contradictory yet make sense with more thought |
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| the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work |
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| characteristics: idealizes chivalry, the hero-knight and his deeds; a knight's love for his lady; imaginary and vague settings; mystery and suspense derived from supernatural elements; and concealed or disguised identities. |
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| a dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character reveals his/her thoughts without addressing a listener. |
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| A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances. |
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a narrator whose credibility has been seriously compromised
Coined by Wayne C. Booth in "The Rhetoric of Fiction" |
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| a special type of bildungsroman concerned with the development of the artist. |
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