Major Literary Terms for the CSET Multiple Subjects Exam

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described as grotesque.

HYPERBOLE – Deliberate exaggeration, overstatement. ex. “the strongest man in the world” is hyperbolic.

IMAGERY – images that figurative language evokes or the visual, auditory, or tactile images evoked by the words of a literary work.

INDEPENDENT CLAUSE – Expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. For example, “Math is a science.” (see DEPENDENT CLAUSE) (see COORDINATING CONJUNCTION)

IRONY – figure of speech in which intent and actual meaning differ. Verbal irony is saying the opposite of what one means. Praise for blame, or blame for praise, discrepancy between statement and meaning, or understating like, “men have died from time to time..”

JARGON – special language of a profession or group

LITERAL – not figurative; accurate to the letter; matter of fact or concrete

LYRICAL – songlike

METAPHOR – figurative language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparative term like as, like, or than. For example “the black bat night”.

NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES – procedures used in the telling of a story ex. point of view, manipulation of time, dialogue, or interior monologue

NOVEL – a fictional narrative in prose of considerable length. Shorter works are called novellas, and even shorter ones are called short stories

OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW – knows thoughts of the characters, can speak directly to the reader, the narrator can know, see, and report whatever he or she chooses

OXYMORON – a combination of opposites; the union of contradictory terms ex. Romeo’s line “feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health”

PARABLE – story designed to suggest a principle, illustrate a moral, or answer a question.

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