Literary Terms and Definitions (文学术语)

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1、LiteraryTermsandDefinitions1.Allegory–astoryillustratinganideaoramoralprincipleinwhichobjectstakeonsymbolicmeans.2.Alliteration–usedforpoeticeffect,arepetitionoftheinitialsoundsofseveralwordsinagroup.3.Allusion–areferenceinoneliteraryworktoacharacterorthemefoundinanotherliterar

2、ywork.4.Ambiguities–astatementwhichcancontaintwoormoremeanings.5.Analogy–thecomparisonoftwopairswhichhavethesamerelationship.6.Anecdote–averyshorttaletoldbyacharacterinaliterarywork.7.Antagonist–apersonorforcethatopposestheprotagonistinaliterarywork.8.Anthropomorphism–thedescri

3、bingofgodsorgoddessesinhumanformsandpossessinghumancharacteristics.9.Aside–adeviceinwhichacharacterinadramamakesashortspeechwhichisheardbytheaudiencebutnotbyothercharactersintheplay.10.Characterization–themethodawriterusestorevealthepersonalityofacharacterinaliterarywork.11.Cli

4、max–thedecisivemomentindrama;theturningpointoftheplayinwhichtherisingactionleads.12.Conflict–occurswhentheprotagonistisopposedbysomepersonorforceinthestory.13.Connotation–unspoken,emotionalorassumingdefinition.14.Denotation–dictionarydefinition15.Dialogue–conversationbetweencha

5、racters.1.Diction–anauthor’schoiceofwords.2.Dramaticirony–thecontrastbetweenwhatthecharacterthinksandwhatthereaderknows.3.Exposition–thepresentationofessentialinformationregardingwhathasoccurredpriortothebeginningtothepieceofliterature.4.Fallingaction–theseriesofeventswhichtake

6、placeaftertheclimax.5.Figurativelanguage–theliterature,awayofsayingonethingandmeaningsomethingelse.6.Flashback–areferencetoaneventwhichtookplacepriortothebeginningofastoryoraplay.7.Foil–acharacterinaplaywhosetsoffthemaincharacterorothercharactersbycomparison.8.Foreshadowing–ame

7、thodusedtobuildsuspensebyprovidinghintsofwhatistocome.9.Genre–aliterarytypeorform.10.Hyperbole–afigureofspeechinwhichanoverstatementorexaggerationoccurs.11.Imagery–awordorgroupofwordsinaliteraryworkwhichappealtooneormoreofthesenses.12.Inference–ajudgmentbasedonreasoningratherth

8、anondirectorexplicitstatement.13.Metaphor–afigureofspe