Literary Studies 11/12

Terms and Devices

A
active voice dialogue
allegory diction
alliteration dilemma
allusion direct presentation
analogy drama
anecdotal evidence dramatic irony
antagonist dramatic monologue
antecedent action dynamic character
anti-climax
apostrophe E
archaic language editorial
argumentative essay elegy
aside epic
assonance epilogue
atmosphere epiphany
audience epitaph
autobiography euphemism
expository essay
B extended metaphor
ballad external conflict
bias
blank verse F
falling action
C farce
cacophony first person point of view
character flashback
character foil flat character
characterization foreshadowing
chorus form
chronological order formal essay
cliché free verse
climax
colloquialism G
comic relief genre
compare and contrast graphic text
complex character
conclusion H
connotation hero
consonance historical reference
couplet hyperbole
D I
denotation imagery
descriptive essay inciting incident
dialect
indeterminate ending parallelism
indirect presentation parody
informal language passive voice
interior monologue pastoral
internal conflict pathos
internal rhyme personification
introduction persuasive essay
irony plot
point of view
J primary character
jargon pro and con argument
juxtaposition prologue
propaganda
L protagonist
legend proverb
limited omniscient point of view purpose
literal language pun
lyric
Q
M quatrain
man vs. man
man vs. nature R
man vs. self refrain
man vs. society repetition
man vs. supernatural research
melodrama resolution
metaphor rhetorical question
monologue rhyme
mood rhyme scheme
mystery rhythm
myth rising action
round character
N
narration S
narrative sarcasm
narrator satire
secondary character
O second person point of view
objective sestet
objective point of view setting
octave simile
ode simple character
omniscient point of view slang
onomatopoeia soliloquy
oxymoron sonnet
speaker
P stanza
paradox
static character
stock/stereotype character
style
subjective (language tone etc.)
subjective point of view
suspense
symbol
symbolism

T
theme
thesis
thesis statement
third person limited omniscient point of view
third person omniscient point of view
tone
tragedy
twist

U
understatement

V
voice

W
wit