English Literary Terms 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureLiterary Terms for AnalysisA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Vee ChanCreated on: 16-05-19 09:42 Alliteration Repetition of the same consonant sound. Symbolism of the sound can tie into theme/create effect. 1 of 32 Plosives Short sharp syllables to create power/energy. Letters like P, B, D, G. 2 of 32 Volta Turning point in literary poem with a "But" "Yet" Ect. Topic/tone/mood may change 3 of 32 Trochee Foot w/ One stressed, one unstressed. Trochaic=march like quality. Trochee itself is a trochee 4 of 32 Spondee Two syllables of equal stress. 5 of 32 Pathos Appeal to audience to convince them with rhetorical devices. 6 of 32 Paradox Statement that has a contradiction. Carol Ann Duffy's White Writing presents a paradox that she writes in black. 7 of 32 Meter Pattern of measured sound units (feets) 8 of 32 Metaphor Figure of speech. One thing IS another. 9 of 32 Extended metaphor Metaphor is continued throughout the poem, be it more lines or the whole poem. "I am a fireball"-Poem to an unnameable man, Dorothea Lasky. 10 of 32 Dactyl Foot: Stressed syllable followed by two unstressed. 11 of 32 Catharsis Release of emotion in the narrative. Eg. Final stanza of Non Sum Qualis. 12 of 32 Analogy Compairng the features of two things to explain/clarify. 13 of 32 Allegory Story with a second meaning, often times political. Animal Farm by Orwell=Communism allegory 14 of 32 Anecdote Brief story. Othello uses anecdotes often to show his life experiences or relate to his struggles (Malignant Turk beat a Venetian.) 15 of 32 Archaic Writing in a style that is outdated/using old imagery. Romantic poets often wrote archaic poetry on the medieval period (Knights ect) 16 of 32 Oxford Comma The use of the comma next to an and ("and love, and peace). Grammatically incorrect but creates effect. 17 of 32 Onomatoepoeia Using words to describe sounds 18 of 32 Pathetic Fallacy Elements in nature mimic the affairs in the narrative. (Rain-sadness, summer heat-anger, storms-chaos and destruction) 19 of 32 Iambic pentameter Lines of five iambic feet. Often used in Shakespearean works. 20 of 32 Stressed syllables Often of the most importance or stress=power conveyed. 21 of 32 Conceit Extended metaphor used throughout the poem. Mainly used in Metaphysical poetry like Donne's The Flea. 22 of 32 Blazon/****** Blazon Focus on body parts 23 of 32 Elegy Form of poem that's melancholic, often for the dead. Three stages: Lament, Praise, Solace. 24 of 32 Enjambment Continuing sentence from one line to another. Creates flow of ideas. 25 of 32 Epistolary Novel Fiction that's comprised of documents. Most famous: Dracula-Bram Stoker. The Colour Purple-Alice Walker. 26 of 32 Expletive Explicit words/swear words. Can suggest crudeness and rebellion. Often used in modern/postmodern poetry. 27 of 32 Free Verse Poems without regular rhythm, rhyme or meter. Often used in 20th Century. 28 of 32 Gothic Romantic writing style. Supernatural, elements of fear and morbid curiousity. Frankenstein and Dracula are examples of gothic literature 29 of 32 Foreshadowing Devices that are used to suggest the events that occur later. The Great Gatsby is littered with foreshadowing. 30 of 32 Lexical Field/Semantic Field When the vocabulary used applies to a topic or subject. The words allude to the subject. 31 of 32 Intertextuality When a text references another literary text. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit has intertextuality on The Bible and Jane Eyre. 32 of 32
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