Lit Terms: List 3

List 3:

1. exposition- setting up the story; describing setting, characters, etc. 
2. expressionism- Modernist movement 
3. fable- story with a moral (Aesop's fables: ant and the grasshopper; rabbit and the hare; my personal favorite, the fox and the grapes)
4. fallacy- mistaken belief based on unsound argument (e.g. ad hominem, slippery slope)
5. falling action- climax has been reached, now reaching a resolution
6. farce- comic dramatic work with absurdity, mockery 
7. figurative language- figure of speech (simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia) 
8. flashback- vivid memory of the past
9. foil- two characters with opposite personalities 
   
10. folk tale- tale or legend originating and traditional among people or folk 
11. foreshadow- warning or indication of a future event
12. free verse- poetry with no rhyme or rhythm
13. genre- category of artistic composition
14. gothic tale- tale of terror and suspense  
15. hyperbole- exaggeration
16. imagery- mental images, figures using vivid and descriptive language
17. implication- the conclusion that can be drawn from something, it is not explicitly stated.
18. incongruity- lacking harmony
19. inference- deriving logical conclusions
20. irony- opposite of what is intended happens