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Crudely mocking or contemptuous language; a form of verbal irony.
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A form of literature that ridicules some aspect of human behavior, customs, or attitude in an attempt to bring about change.[image] |
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| The time, place, and mood of a work of literature.[image] |
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| When something is described by comparing it to something else, using like, than or as (ex. "He ran like a monkey.").[image] |
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| A type of informal verbal communication that is generally unacceptable for formal writing.[image] |
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| A dramatic conversation through which a character, alone onstage, utters his or her thoughts aloud[image]. |
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A 14 line poem usually written in iambic pentameter; can be Shakespearean or Italian[image] |
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| The "voice" used by an author to tell a story or speak a poem.[image] |
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| A "paragraph" in poetry.[image] |
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| A running or flowing way a character or narrator expresses his or her feelings and inner-most thoughts.[image] |
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| A character who does not change throughout a work; the reader's knowledge of the character also does not grow.[image] |
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| A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified concept, opinion, or image.[image] |
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| stock/stereotyped character |
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| A one-dimensional character that possessed stereotyped qualities relating to gender, class, or ethnicity.[image] |
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The characteristics of an author's writing.[image] |
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The techniques used by an author in his or her writing.[image] |
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| subjective (language, tone, etc.) |
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Language that can be interpreted in different ways depending on the reader.[image] |
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A state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety.[image] |
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An object that represents something more than its literal definition.[image] |
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The use of symbols to convey meaning.[image] |
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A unifying or dominant idea in a story usually implied rather than directly used.[image] |
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| The main argument of an essay.[image] |
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| third person point of view |
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| The point of view that relates action through "he" and "she".[image] |
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| The author's implicit attitude towards the reader or the places, people, and events in a work of literature.[image] |
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| A work of literature that features a catastrophic fall from grace of its protagonist.[image] |
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| The opposite of hyperbole; the purposeful saying of less than what is meant.[image] |
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