Term
|
Definition
| refrain is meant to be sung by all the auditors listening, such as in Burns' " Auld Lang Syne," the refrain is often called a chorus. The device is ancient |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The falling action leads to the resolution or conclusion of the play. .... Repetition is an effective |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| rhyme or reason sense, logic, or meaning this proposal has no rhyme or reason. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Meaning of rhythm. ... The pattern of development produced in a literary or dramatic work by repetition of elements |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Rising action definition, a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A round character in literature is one who has been fully developed (think ... a round character can also stay the same which is the definition of a static character |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| In literature, the location and time frame in which the action of a narrative takes place. The makeup and behaviour of fictional characters often depend on their |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a type of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Speaker may refer to: Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture; Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly; Loudspeaker, ... |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| In poetry, a stanza is a grouped set of lines within a poem, usually set off from other stanzas by a blank line or different indentation. Stanzas can have regular |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop. Compare dynamic character |
|
|
Term
Stereotype Character
[image] |
|
Definition
| A stereotyped character is one that has been over dramatized in image. People have certain ideas that some people in particular are all the same. For example |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A symbol is an object that represents, stands for, or suggests an idea, visual image, belief, action, or material entity. Symbols take the form of words, sounds |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| In contemporary literary studies, a theme is the central topic a text treats. Themes can be divided into two categories: a work's thematic concept is what readers |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe. |
|
|
Term
Understatement
to dube you can find your own picutre for this one have fun :) |
|
Definition
| the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. |
|
|
