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Literary Terms

This text explores two important literary terms: satire and consonance. Satire is defined as the use of humor, irony, or ridicule to criticize human vices or folly, especially in politics. It has origins traced back to Latin, emphasizing its deep historical roots. Consonance, on the other hand, relates to the harmony of sounds and agreement, both in music and language. This section provides definitions, synonyms, and etymological origins to enhance understanding of these essential concepts in literature.

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Literary Terms

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  1. Literary Terms By: Miller Gladding

  2. Satire • noun: satire • 1. • Definition-the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. • Synonyms :mockery, ridicule, derision, scorn, caricature • Origin:1500–10; < Latinsatira,variantofsaturamedley,perhapsfemininederivativeofsatursated(seesaturate)

  3. Consonance • con·sonance • /ˈkɒnsənəns/ Show Spelled [kon-suh-nuhns] Show IPA • noun1. accord or agreement. • 2. correspondence of sounds; harmony of sounds. • 3. Music. a simultaneouscombination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of repose. Compare dissonance ( def 2 ) . See illus. underresolution. • 4. Prosody . a. the correspondenceofconsonants, especially those at the end of a word, in a passage of prose or verse. Compare alliteration ( def 1 ) . • b. the use of the repetition of consonants or consonantpatterns as a rhyming device. • 5. Physics. the property of two sounds the frequencies of which have a ratio equal to a smallwholenumber

  4. Consonance Continued • Origin:1350–1400;MiddleEnglish (< Anglo-French ) < Latinconsonantia concord. See consonant, -ance • Related forms non·con·so·nance, noun • Synonyms1. concord, harmony, correspondence. • Antonyms 1. dissonance.

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