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This document defines and provides examples of various literary terms including allegory, archetype, epic, hubris, metonymy, diction, hyperbole, and foil. It instructs students to discuss and analyze examples in short partner and individual activities to demonstrate understanding of each term. Key terms are defined as a story with symbolic meaning (allegory), universally recognizable characters (archetype), heroic poems/stories (epic), excessive pride leading to downfall (hubris), substituting closely related words (metonymy), word choice (diction), exaggeration (hyperbole), and contrasting characters (foil).
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ENG125: Introduction to Literature
List of Literary Techniques
Technique Description
Allusion
A reference to a recognized literary work, person, historic
event, artistic achievement, etc. that enhances the
meaning of a detail in a literary work.
Climax
The crisis or high point of tension that becomes the story’s
turning point—the point at which the outcome of the
conflict is determined.
Conflict The struggle that shapes the plot in a story.
Dramatic irony
When the reader or audience knows more about the
action than the character involved.
Epiphany
A profound and sudden personal discovery.
Exposition
Setting and essential background information presented at
the beginning of a story or play.
Falling action
A reduction in intensity following the climax in a story or
play, allowing the various complications to be worked out.
Fate
An outside source that determines human events.
Figurative language
Language used in a non-literal way to convey images and
ideas.
Figures of speech
The main tools of figurative language; include similes and
metaphors..
First-person point of view
Occurs when the narrator is a character in the story and
tells the story from his or her perspective.
Flashback
The description of an event that occurred prior to the
action in the story.
Foreshadowing
A technique a writer uses to hint or suggest what the
outcome of an important conflict or situation in a narrative
ENG125: Introduction to Literature
will be.
Imagery
A distinct representation of something that can be
experienced and understood through the senses (sight,
hearing, touch, smell, and taste), or the representation of
an idea.
Irony
A contradiction in words or actions. There are three types
of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic.
Limited omniscient point of
view
Occurs when a narrator has access to the thoughts and
feelings of only one character in a story.
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made
between one object and another that is different from it.
Objective point of view
A detached point of view, evident when an external
narrator does not enter into the mind of any character in a
story but takes an objective stance, often to create a
dramatic effect.
Omniscient point of view
An all-knowing point of view, evident when an external
narrator has access to the thoughts and feelings of all the
characters in a story.
Persona
Literally, in Latin, “a mask.”
Plot
A connecting element in fiction; a sequence of interrelated,
conflicting actions and events that typically build to a
climax and bring about a resolution
Point of view
The perspective of the narrator who will present the action
to the reader.
Resolution The outcome of the action in a story or play.
Rising action
Conflicts and circumstances that build to a high point of
tension in a story or pl ...
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4) Literary techniques like foreshadowing, motif and symbolism employed by authors to layer additional depth and meaning.
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- 2. Allegory A story that acts as a metaphor where characters, events and location occur on a literal level, but represent something different on a symbolic level.
- 3. Example: Take two minutes and turn to a partner and discuss why Animal Farm is an allegory. Give proof and write it in your notes.
- 4. Archetype The model or pattern that represents the essence of a universally recognizable character.
- 5. Example I have a peg-leg, a patch over one eye and a parrot on my shoulder. I love long walks on the beach to find treasure, and won’t hesitate to hang you from the yard-arm. My favorite saying is “Shimmer me Timbers” and I have a tattoo of a skull and crossbones on my right forearm. What Am I?
- 6. You have one minute to list as many archetypal characteristics of a cowboy as you can. You have one minute to list as many archetypal characteristics of a “thug” as you can. You have one minute to list as many archetypal characteristics of a Priest as you can.
- 7. EPIC A poem or story which uses formal language, features superheroes performing heroic deeds, and encompasses a wide geographic area.
- 8. You have two minutes to turn to a neighbor and brainstorm the epic characteristics of The Odyssey Please write them in your notes
- 9. Hubris Excessive arrogance and overconfidence that often results in a character’s destruction.
- 10. In the epic The Odyssey , Odysseus’ hubris causes him to do foolish things, such as taunt the Cyclops as he and his men escape to safety.
- 12. Metonymy A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated, but not actually a part of.
- 13. According to the White house, unemployment is going down. In this sentence, “White House” is referring to the president.
- 14. Complete these metonyms You’re going to get in trouble with the cops. Cops = law The pen is mightier than the sword. pen = _________? “ By the sweat of thy brow thy shall eat thy bread.” sweat = _________? “ Hey holmes, don’t get up in my grill”! Grill = __________?
- 15. Diction The author’s choice of specific words to communicate effectively to his/her reader.
- 18. Hyperbole Over-exaggeration for dramatic effect
- 19. When I was fifteen, I told a girl on the phone whom I hadn’t yet met that I was 5’8” tall. When we finally met, she looked at me and sneered, “There’s no way in hell you’re five feet eight!”
- 20. Take two minutes to turn to your neighbor and exchange stories about a time when you “hyperbolized” and got in trouble for it. Summarize both stories in your notes.
- 21. Foil A character in a story whose primary purpose is to contrast characteristics with another, more major character.
- 22. Batman Confident, wise, experienced, tall Robin Unsure, hesitant, inexperienced, short
- 23. Take three minutes and brainstorm with a neighbor about a film or story that has foil characters. Name both characters, and list at least three characteristics of each one.
- 24. The Big Lebowski Donny Walter Quiet, unsure, needy, empathetic Obnoxious, overconfident, brash, self-centered