Knowledge of Lit Terms & History (1)

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The term indicating the degree to which a work creates the semblance, or appearance, of the truth is

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verisimilitude.

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Something that is itself and which also stands for something else and that, in a literary sense, combines a literal and sensuous quality with an abstract or suggestive aspect is a(n)

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symbol.

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Originally, the term for the first actor in early Greek drama and now the term for the chief character in a work is

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protagonist

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A term often applied to the Neoclassical Period in English Literature and sometimes to the Revolutionary and Early National Period in American Literature because these periods emphasized self-knowledge, self-control, the rule of order, as well as decorum in life and art.

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Augustan Age.

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds or any vowel sounds in successive or closely associated syllables is recognized as

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alliteration.

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The presentation of events in a work of literature in such a way that later events are prepared for is called

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foreshadowing.

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The first major, self-conscious literary movement of African American writers that resulted in part from a massive migration of young talented writers to northern American cities is known as the

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Harlem Renaissance.

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An expression used in informal conversation but not accepted universally in formal speech or writing is a(n)

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colloquialism.

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The term, which in drama, refers to a particular kind of play as originally defined in Aristotle's Poetics and which recounts a causally related sequence of events in the life of a person of significance, culminating in an unhappy catastrophe, the whole treated with dignity and seriousness, is

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tragedy

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Recipient of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her collection Thomas and Beulah

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Rita Dove