Elements of Prose and Poetry

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This are all the definitions of the elements of poetry and the elements of prose including the Figurative language
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Mimetic vs. Didactic Mimetic: Reflects something in life. Didactic: Teaches something.
Escapist vs. Interpretive Literature Escapist: it takes us out of reality interpretive is the reality of the world
Exposition Beginning of story, characters, setting and a brief introduction to the issue.
Rising Action The events leading up to the climax. Between exposition and climax.
Climax The most intense, exciting point of a story.
Falling Action The event leading up to the resolution. Between climax and resolution.
Resolution The part of the story’s plot line where the conflict in the story is resolved. End of the story
Suspense The anticipation, anxiety and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a story.
Foreshadowing A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story and helps the reader develop expectations about the coming events in a story.
Dramatic Irony Irony in which the audience is aware of something the characters in the story are not aware of.
Situational Irony Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.
Verbal Irony Irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
Point Of View First Person Third Person Third Person Omniscient Third Person Limited
First Person Point of view where the story is narrated by one character at a time. This character may be speaking about him or herself or sharing events that he or she is experiencing. ‘I’ and ‘we’ are used.
Third Person Omniscient Point of view where the narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters. The author may move from character to character.
Third Person Limited The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. All characters are described using pronouns, such as 'they,' 'he,' and 'she.'
Third Person Uses pronouns like he, she, it, or they.
Characterization Process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.
Direct Characterization The author specifically reveals traits about the character in a direct, straightforward manner.
Indirect Characterization When the author indirectly portrays characters using dialogue, appearance, actions, relationships, and overall place in the world.
Round vs. Flat Characters Flat Characters: Two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated. Round Characters: Complex, and have depth.
Static vs. Dynamic Characters Static Characters: The personality of that character when he is introduced is the same personality when the story comes to a close. Dynamic Characters: Undergo development, and change in some way.
Theme General statement about the world. Be able to distinguish a theme from a topic or a moral; moral: lesson
Symbolism Something is used to represent something else.
Metaphor A comparison without using ‘like’ or ‘as.’
Simile A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as.’
Personification The attribution of human traits things or living beings which are not human.
Connotations vs. Denotations Connotation: An idea or feeling which a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. Denotation: The literal or primary meaning of a word; the dictionary definition.
Imagery Visually descriptive or figurative language.
Epic Poem An epic poem is extended, narrative in verse form that retells the heroic journey of a single person, or group of people.
Epic Simile An epic simile is a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length.
Epic Hero An epic hero is a character who is brave and noble, admired for great achievements or affected by grand events. His or her heroic actions are usually central to his/her culture, race, or nation.
Epic Journey The journey of an epic hero consists of a quest for something of great value which is used to prove the hero’s worthiness, usually by the gods, and supernatural obstacles and creatures.
Epic Epithet Epic epithets are characteristic of the style of ancient epic poetry. In literature, an epithet is a literary device that describes a person, place or thing in such a way that it brings out or makes prominent the typical characteristic of the person, place or thing described.
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