Lit Comps:Literary Terms
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Complete list of terms
(10/12 update)
terms marked with *** indicate the study list for WT13
- theatre of the absurd ***
- affective fallacy ***
- agon
- alexandrine***
- allegory***
- alliteration
- allusion***
- ambiguity
- anachronism***
- anagnorisis
- anaphora
- antihero
- apostrophe***
- archetype
- aside
- ballad
- Bildungsroman***
- blank verse
- Byronic hero
- caesura
- canon***
- canto
- carpe diem
- catachresis
- catharsis***
- chiasmus***
- chorus
- climax
- closet drama
- comedy of manners
- conceit***
- concrete poetry
- decorum***
- defamiliarization***
- denouement
- deus ex machina
- didacticism***
- dramatic irony***
- dramatic monologue
- dumb show***
- dystopia
- ekphrasis***
- elegy***
- encomium
- enjambment***
- epistolary novel***
- epic***
- epigram
- epilogue
- exemplum***
- fable
- farce***
- figural language
- flashback
- foil***
- foot
- frame narrative***
- free verse
- genre
- georgic
- gothic***
- grotesque
- hamartia
- heroic couplet***
- Homeric simile***
- homily
- hubris
- iamb
- in medias res***
- intentional fallacy
- intertextuality***
- invocation
- irony
- kenning
- lament
- lampoon
- leitmotif
- liturgical drama
- lyric***
- magical realism***
- medieval romance
- melodrama***
- memoir
- metafiction***
- metaphor
- metonymy***
- metaphysical conceit***
- meter
- mime
- mimesis***
- mise en scene
- mock epic/mock heroic
- montage
- mystery or miracle play
- mythical method
- negative capability
- new comedy
- novel
- novella
- objective correlative
- octave
- ode***
- onomatopoeia
- oxymoron***
- pastoral
- pathetic fallacy***
- pathos***
- persona
- personification***
- picaresque novel
- point of view
- prose
- prose poem***
- protagonist
- pun
- repartee***
- revenge tragedy
- rhetoric
- rhyme royal***
- romance
- satire
- sestet
- simile
- slice of life***
- soliloquy***
- Italian sonnet***
- Spenserian sonnet
- English sonnet
- Miltonic sonnet***
- spondee
- stichomythia***
- stream of consciousness***
- sublime***
- suspension of disbelief
- synecdoche***
- tenor and vehicle***
- terza rima***
- tone
- tragicomedy
- trilogy
- trochee
- trope***
- unities
- villanelle
- wit
