Literary Terms for Poetry and Sories

Plot-The structure of a story. Or the sequence in which the author arranges events in a story. Exposition-In drama, the presentation of essential information regarding what has occurred prior to the beginning of the play. Conflict External-In the plot of a drama, conflict occurs when the protagonist is opposed by some person or force in the play. Internal-The conflict the protagonist is face with a problem within himself. Complications- situations the protagonist face in a …

…or minimizes the importance of what is meant. Euphony/Cacophony-Language that flows and is easy to read /Language that is discordant and difficult to pronounce, Paradox-A situation or a statement that seems to contradict itself, but on closer inspection, does not. Free Verse-Unrhymed Poetry with lines of varying lengths, and containing no specific metrical pattern. Blank Verse-A poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Concrete Poetry-A poem that visually resembles something found in the physical world.