Literary Terms

4. An understanding between a reader and a writer about certain details of a story that does not need to be explained,
5. In poetry, an intentional digression from the ordinary word order, which is used to maintain regular meters.
8. A character that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another.
10. A brief pause in a line of poetry
11. A succession of words which are pleasing to the ear
13. Informal, conversational language.
14. Statement which seems to contradict itself.

1. A Greek word describing the “tragic flaws” of a character.
2. The use of words to imitate sounds.
3. A dominant theme or central idea that occurs in the story
6. Language that avoids the true meaning of the words.
7. The continuation of reading one line of a poem to the next with no pause, a run-on line.
9. Used in Greek tragedies, it is the excessive pride that usually leads to a hero’s downfall.
11. the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of sentence or clause to emphasize or create rhetorical rhythm
12. The omission of certain letters to maintain rhythm, create colloquialisms or dialogue, or simply for effect.