Literary & Rhetorical Term GlossaryDRAMA DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA

Literary Term Definition Example Times Learned Act

Antagonist

Aside

Character

*Dynamic

*Flat

*Round

*Static

*Stock/Stereotype

Climax

Comedy

Comic Relief

Conflict

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary

Denouement

Deus ex machine

Epilogue

Exposition

Falling Action

Foil

Hero

*Epic Hero

Monologue

Prologue

Protagonist

Rising Action

Scene

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary

Soliloquy

Tragedy

Tragic Flaw

Villain

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary

ELEM. OF STYLE ELEM. OF STYLE ELEM. OF STYLE ELEM. OF STYLELiterary Term Definition Example Times Learned Atmosphere/Mood

Detail/SensoryDetail

Dialogue

Diction

*Colloquial

*Connotation

*Denotation

*Dialect

*Formal

*Informal

*Jargon

*Slang

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary

Emphasis

Irony

*Dramatic

*Situational

*Verbal

Logical Fallacy

Pun

Sarcasm

Satire

*Horatian

*Juvenalian

Sentence Variety

Tone

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary

Voice

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary

FICTION FICTION FICTION FICTIONLiterary Term Definition Example Times LearnedAnecdote

Archetype

Character

Flashback

Foreshadowing

Incident

Motivation

Narrative Voice

First Person POV

Third Person POV

*Omniscient

*Limited

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary

Stream of Consciousness

Subplot

Theme

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary

FIG. OF SPEECH FIG. OF SPEECH FIG. OF SPEECH FIG. OF SPEECHLiterary Term Definition Example Times Learned Allusion

Apostrophe

Euphemism

Hyperbole/Overstatement

Metaphor

Motif

Onomatopoeia

Personification

Simile

Symbol

*Contextual

*Universal

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary

SYNTAX SYNTAX SYNTAX SYNTAXLiterary Term Definition Example Times Learned

Anaphora

Complex sentence

Compound-Complex Sentence

Ellipsis

Inverted Sentence

Juxtaposition

Loose Sentence

Parallel Structure

Periodic Sentence

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary

FORM FORM FORM FORMLiterary Term Definition Example Times Learned

Anecdote

Discourse

*Argumentation

*Description

*Exposition/Narration

Essay

*Formal

*Humorous

*Informal

Fable

Genre

Novel

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary

Prose

Verse

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary

POETRY POETRY POETRY POETRYLiterary Terms Definition Example Times Learned

Alliteration

Assonance

Blank Verse

Cacophony

Cadence

Connotation

Consonance

Controlling Image

Couplet

DramaticMonologue

Elegy

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary

End-Stopping Line

Enjambment

Epic

Euphony

Foot

Free Verse

Iamb

Imagery

In medias res

Lyric

Meter

Octet

Ode

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary

Pentameter

Persona/Speaker

Quatrain

Refrain

Repetition

Rhyme

*End

*External

*Feminine

*Internal

*Masculine

Sestet

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary

Sestina

English/ShakespeareanSonnet

Stanza

Stressed Syllable

Unstressed Syllable

Trochee

Volta

Literary & Rhetorical Term Glossary