Lit terms test

Allusion

• An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

• the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.

• the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security

• a description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something.

Ambiguity

• a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.

• a character who highlights opposite traits in the protagonist

• the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.

• structure: the way in which the parts if a system or object are arranged or organized, form: a type of something, the shape or appearance of something

Antagonist

• a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought

• a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.

• when an author describes a character in a straightforward manner, as if telling the reader directly

• way of expressing oneself that does not use a word's strict or realistic meaning

Archetype

• a break between words within a metrical foot

• a very typical example of a certain person or thing

• a description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something.

• the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security

Caesura

• a description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something.

• a factual written account of important or historical events in the order of their occurrence.

• a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine

• a break between words within a metrical foot

Censorship

• the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text

• the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing

• the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security

• sentence structure; arrangement of words in sentences; distinguishes poetry from prose

Characterization

• the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

• when an author reveals a character's traits through actions, thoughts, speech, etc., instead of saying it outright

• a description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something.

• the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.

Chiasmus

• a particular attitude or way of considering a matter.

• a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form e.g. 'Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds

• a character who changes little if at all; the events of the story do not impact the character's interior self

• the attitude of the writer toward his subject matter (formal, informal, intimate, solemn, somber, playful, serious, ironic, condescending, etc.).

Chronicle

• a factual written account of important or historical events in the order of their occurrence.

• the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.

• in poetry, the rhythmic pattern of a poetic line. Various principles, based on the natural rhythms of language, have been devised to organize poetic lines into rhythmic units

• the artistic and literary technique of representing or evoking a particular emotion by means of symbols that objectify that emotion and are associated with it.

Chilché

• exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• a factual written account of important or historical events in the order of their occurrence.

• a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine

• a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought