literary terms and rhetoric devices

Literary Terms and Rhetoric Devices

The Second Installment

REMEMBER

We will be using these literary terms throughout the school year.

There WILL be literary terms used on your Mid-Term and FINAL EXAMS!!

You need to keep up with your notes. Don’t lose your terms! You might be able to use them – be RESPONSIBLE!!

REVIEWCharacter Antagonist Protagonist

Diction Denotation Connotation

Imagery Mood Plot

Exposition Rising Action Climax

Falling Action Resolution Conflict

Flashback Foreshadowing Suspense

Point of View Setting Style

Theme Tone Figures of Speech

Metaphor Simile Oxymoron

Personification Alliteration Ethos/Pathos/Logos

New Terms1. Allusion

2. Satire

3. Bildungsroman

4. Foil

5. Onomatopoeia

6. Hyperbole

7. Allegory

8. In Medias Res

9. Catharsis

10. Parallelism

New Terms Continued...

1. Euphemism

2. Realism

3. Prose

4. Assonance

5. Consonance

6. Canon

7. Begging the Question

8. Anachronism

9. Ambiguity

10. Empathy

Allusion

Work of art

Literature

Character

Music

Famous objectNo

Yes

Satire

Bildungsroman

Foil

Onomotopoeia

Hyperbole

Allegory

In Medias Res

Catharsis

Parallelism

Euphemism

Realism

Prose

Just about everything but poetry and lyrics.

Assonance

Consonance

Canon

Begging the Question

Anachronism

Ambiguity

Empathy

Questions?