Exposition: Literary device where background information is
introduced such as setting, characters etc.
Expressionism: Literary movement that rejects naturalism and
realism seeking to achieve psychological or spiritual reality rather than
external events.
Fable: fictional story, in prose or verse, that features
animals, mythical creatures, plants, inanimate objects or forces of nature
which are given human like quality, and gives a moral quality.
Fallacy: a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound
argument.
Falling action: Part of a literary plot after the climax
wrapping things up
Farce: a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay
and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable
situations.
Figurative language: Writing appealing to the senses
Flashback: A scene that takes place at a time earlier than
the main story
Foil: Characters that are opposites
Folk tale: a story originating from oral tradition
Foreshadow: a hint or warning that something will happen in
the future
Free Verse: poetry that doesn’t have rhyme or regular meter
Genre: a group of compositions with similar characteristics
Gothic tale: story combining horror, fiction, and Romanticism
Hyperbole: Exaggeration or overstatement
Imagery: visually descriptive language
Implication: the conclusion that can be drawn from
something, although it is not explicitly stated
Incongruity: inconsistent throughout
Inference: a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and
reasoning.
Irony: the expression of one's meaning by using language
that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic
effect.
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