English 151 Terms

2. The time period in which a literary work occurs.
7. The first stage of a fictional or dramatic plot in which necessary background information is provided.
8. The conversation of characters in a literary work.
9. A dramatic work that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.
11. The selection of words in a literary work.
12. The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words.
14. The physical place where a literary work occurs.
16. The central meaning, message, or dominant idea of a literary work.
18. A short poem expressing personal feelings or thoughts.
20. A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not form a stanza.
21. When a character speaks in ignorance of a situation or event known to the audience or to the other characters.
22. Hints or clues of what is to come in a story.
23. A character that undergoes an important change or displays complexity.
24. The sorting out or unraveling of a plot at the end of a story.

1. A reference to a familiar literary or historical person or event, used to make an idea more easily understood.
3. A character or force against which another character struggles.
4. The main character of a literary work.
5. A fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter.
6. Giving human qualities to inanimate objects or abstract concepts.
10. A long speech by a single character without another character responding.
13. Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates vivid mental pictures.
14. A six-line stanza or poem section.
15. A symbol created uniquely for a specific literary work that carries additional meaning.
17. Language that deviates from literal meaning to suggest additional meanings or effects; saying one thing in terms of another.
19. A symbol whose meaning is widely recognized by a culture or society.