English 11 Final Lit Terms

allegory

allusion

anachronism

analogy

anaphora

aphorism

archetype

apostrophe

bildungsroman

cacophony

catharsis

cliche

elision

epiphany

epithet

hamartia

homograph

homophone

hubris

hyperbole

idiom

verbal irony

situational irony

dramatic irony

when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't

juxtaposition

colloquialism

deus ex machina

dialect

diction

asyndeton

internal conflict

external conflict

indirect characterization

direct characterization

connotation

denotation

euphemism

malapropism

metaphor

metonymy

mood

motif

onomatopoeia

oxymoron

paradox

parody

pathetic fallacy

polysyndeton

portmanteau

pun

satire

simile

stream of consciousness

a method of narration that describes in words the flow of thoughts in the minds of the characters

symbol

synecdoche

theme

tone

understatement

verisimilitude