Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Lit Terms #3

Exposition- A statement or rhetorical discourse that is meant to give information

Expressionism- A modernist movement that has a trait of showing the world from a certain perspective

Fable- A story with animals or mythical creatures as main characters

Fallacy- An argument with poor reasoning

Falling Action- Part of story where climax has reached over, and conflict has been resolved

Farce- A comic dramatic work with usage of horseplay

Figurative Language- Describing something by comparing it to something else

Flashback- When a character thinks back to a certain period in their life

Foil- A character that contrasts from another character

Folk Tale- A story typically passed down generations

Foreshadowing- Hinting that something will likely happen later in the story

Free Verse- An open form of poetry that has no rhyme scheme

Genre- Classification

Gothic Tale- Dark, gloomy romanticism

Hyperbole- Exaggeration as a rhetorical device

Imagery- Descriptive language made to have the reader picture in their mind what is being described

Implication- Conclusion that can be drawn from something, but not actually stated

Incongruity- When something is out of place

Inference- Conclusion based on evidence

Irony- Expression of one's meaning that signifies the opposite

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