11th-12th Literary Terms 2nd Semester

1. a formative novel about a protagonist’s psychological and moral growth from their youth into     

          adulthood

• epic

• bildungsroman

• satire

• neoclassical

1. a composition that uses humor, irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to point out vice or folly in order to expose, discourage, and change morally offensive attitudes or behaviors.

• satire

• epic

• gothic novel

• bildungsroman

word order

• dydactic

• parallelism

• syntax

• diction

1. A type of literature that tries to present life as it really is.

• Modernism

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Neoclassical

1. A genre that evokes an aura of mystery and may include ghosts, dark and stormy nights, isolated castles and supernatural happenings

• Pseudonym

• Poetic Justice

• Neoclassical

• Gothic

Literature with a moralistic or instructive purpose

• stream of conscience

• satire

• syntax

• didactic

1. A long narrative poem that tells a story, usually about the deeds of a hero

• satire

• epic

• gothic

• bildungsroman

Novel that presents an idealized picture of life.

• Modernism

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Stream of Conscience

1. A modern writing style that replicates and records the random flow of thoughts, emotions, 

          memories, and associations as they rush through a character’s mind

• Modernism

• Realism

• Romanticism

• Neoclassical

A literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished

• didactic

• poetic justice

• parallelism

• paradox