Lit Terms Project

By: Shanee SetonPeriod 3

BALLADA long song or poem that tells a story; A slow romantic pop song

example The following Ballad is founded on these stories. They are to be found

in the notes to The Hierarchies of the blessed Angels; a Poem by ThomasHeywood, printed in folio by Adam Islip, 1635.

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High on a rock, whose castled shadeDarken'd the lake below,In ancient strength majestic stoodThe towers of Arlinkow.

The fisher in the lake belowDurst never cast his net,Nor ever swallow in its wavesHer passing wings would wet.

The cattle from its ominous banksIn wild alarm would run,Tho' parched with thirst and faint beneathThe summer's scorching sun.

Verse

a poem, or piece of poetry.

Extended metaphor

A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.

example

He is the pointing gun, we are the bullets of his desire.

All the world's a stage and men and women merely players.

Let me count my loves of thee, my rose garden, my heart, my fixed mark, my beginning and my end.

Connotation

the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”

example

"Since 'tribe' has assumed a connotation of primitiveness or backwardness, it is suggested that the use of 'nation' or 'people' replace the term whenever possible in referring to Native American peoples."(Robert B. Moore, "Racism in the English Language," 1976; in The Production of Reality, ed. Jodi O'Brien, 2005)

resolution

Resolution is the part of the story's plot line in which the problem of the story is resolved or worked out. This occurs after the falling action and is typically where the story ends.

example

Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" climaxes with the death of the two lovers. Their deaths resolve the feud between the two families. In the play's resolution, Lords Capulet and Montague swear to end their feud and build golden monuments to each other's dead child.

Epiphany

a literary work or section of a work presenting, usually symbolically, such a moment of revelation and insight.

example

This holy day, celebrated on Jan. 6, commemorates two key biblical events: the visit of the wise men to the baby Jesus, and Jesus' baptism by John in the Jordan RiverThe Greek word "epiphaneia" means "appearance" or "manifestation." The wise men's visit means Christ has appeared to the Gentiles (non-Jews) and His baptism means His adult ministry has begun. The "twelve days of Christmas" refers to the span of time from Christmas to Epiphany.