Literature Terms

Here is a list of all the lit terms this year.

List #1

allegory
alliteration
allusion
ambiguity
anachronism
analogy
analysis
anaphora
anecdote
antagonist
antithesis
aphorism
apologia
apostrophe
argument
assumption
audience
characterization
chiasmus

List #2

circumlocution
classicism
cliche
climax
colloquialism
comedy
conflict
connotation
contrast
denotation
denouement
dialect
dialectics
dichotomy
diction
didactic
dogmatic
elegy
epic
epigram
epitaph
epithet
euphemism
evocative

List #3

exposition
expressionism
fable
fallacy
falling action
farce
figurative language
flashback
foil
folk tale
foreshadowing
free verse
genre
gothic tale
hyperbole
imagery
implication
incongruity
inference
irony

List #4

interior monologue
inversion
juxtaposition
lyric
magic(al) realism
metaphor
extended metaphor
controlling metaphor
metonymy
mode of discourse
modernism
monologue
mood
motif
myth
narrative
narrator
naturalism
novlette/novella
omniscient
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
pacing
parable
paradox

List #5

parallelism
parody
pathos
pedantry
personification
plot
poignant
point of view
postmodernism
prose
protagonist
pun
purpose
realism
refrain
requiem
resolution
restatement
rhetoric
rhetorical question
rising action
romanticism
satire
scansion
setting

List #6

simile
soliloquy
spiritual
speaker
stereotype
stream of consciousness
structure
style
subordination
surrealism
suspension of disbelief
symbol
synesthesia
synecdoche
syntax
theme
thesis
tone
tongue in cheek
tragedy
understatement
vernacular
voice
zeitgeist