1. TERMS FOR CRITICAL
ANALYSIS
GROUP 3:
ROBY TRI WAHYUDI (A1B2110 )
JEFRY (A1B2110 )
TITIN ROHAYATI (A1B211013)
DITIA ALDIDA (A1B2110 )
RIKA NINGSIH (A1B211041)

2.  Abstract
It is the process of selecting certain qualities out of
many. In the process of abstraction, we choose various
specific qualities to represent one large concept.
 Allegory
It is a literary statement presenting its meaning in a
veiled way. In short, allegory is simply one thing
consistently being presented in the guise of something
else.
 Alliteration
It is the repetition of the same sound at the
beginning of several words which are near one another.

3.  Allusion
It is the process of referring to figures or events in life
of in literature, that are well known. In other
words, allusion is another word for reference.
 Ambiguity
It is the attempt to create mystery by suggesting
several meanings and not making one more outstandingly
correct that the others.
 Antithesis
It results when a pair or more of strongly contrasting
terms are presented together. In antithesis there is usually
grammatical balance as well as contrast in meaning.

4.  Archetype
It is the term used to describe an image that recurs
throughout literature so frequently that it has become as
established part of our mental vocabulary.
 Atmosphere
It is the general tone and mood of a work of art. The
term then describes the general “air” that we sense in the
poem’s setting.
 Baroque
It is a style of composition which is extremely ornate.
 Bathos
It is the technique of successfully creating feelings of
pity or sympathy.

5.  Cacophony
It is the appearance of widely differing and in
harmonious sounds in close conjunction.
 Cliché
It is a hackneyed or outworn expression or word. A
cliché is a stereotype of way of saying something.
 Connotation
It is one of the various implications or associations that
a word carries. A word’s connotative meaning is extraliteral, that is, it exists apart from its literal meaning.
 Conceit
It is a difficult , challenging, or high provocative
metaphor or simile. A conceit is a poet’s attempt to posit
similarity between very different and unlikely things.

6.  Concrete
It is the opposite of abstract. It represents what is real
rather than what is ideal.
 Conventional
Whatever is generally accepted or agreed upon. It is a
conventional) a custom which has, over a long period time,
been given wide sanction.
 Denotation
It is the essential meaning of the word. Denotation
has reference only to what is conventionally understood by
a word.
 Diction
It is the use of words in poetry. Analyzing diction is no
more than examining the appropriate of the vocabulary
within a given poem.

7.  Didactic
It is designed to teach or to communicate moral or
ethical instruction. Poetry which argues us-frequently at
great length-to improve our moral character, is considered
didactic.
 Doctrinaire
It is a poet or poem which is strongly influenced by
doctrines.
 Epithet
It is the phrase which is used to capture the most
outstanding characteristics about a person or subject.
 Euphemism
It is a figure of speech which veils the obvious word
with another, less direct one.

8.  Euphony
It results when the poet has selected sounds which are
compatible and harmonious.
 Explication
It means the analysis of a literary work.
 Figurative Language
It is the kind of language which departs from the
language employed in the traditional, literal ways of
describing persons or objects.
 Foreshadowing
It is the method of giving hints in advance of what is to
come later.

9.  Form
It is the organization of the part of a poem into a
whole. Form is the complete package which has a
distinguishable content.
 Frame of Reference
It is the background of a poem.
 Hyperbole
It is a figure of speech which employs exaggeration.
 Imagery
It is images, picture, or sensory content, which we find
in a poem . Images are fanciful or imaginative descriptions
of people or objects stated in terms of our sense.

10.  Irony
It results from the contrast between the actual
meaning of a word or statement and the suggestion of
another meaning.
 Lyrical
It referred originally to lyrics poetry, that is, to poetry
written to be sung to a lyric.
 Meaning
when we talk about the meaning of a poem, we are
talking primarily about the significance of its message.
 Metaphor
It is the figure of speech which compares one thing to
another directly. A metaphor states that something is
something else.

11.  Metonymy
It is the substitution of a word closely associated with
another word in place of that other word.
 Mood
It is the creation of an atmosphere through the
proliferation of certain common emotions. Mood is thus
the prevailing tone in a poem and this tone is established
by the accumulation of a set of emotions.
 Motif
It is a core experience around which an entire poem or
work of literature can be developed. In other words, the
motif is the most irreducible skeleton of the narration.

12.  Objective
It is impersonal, detached, and unprejudiced. In
objectivity we find little emotion or personal distortion of
the meaning.
 Objective Correlative
It is a description of a group of events, or a situation,
which automatically arouses certain emotional responses
in the reader.
 Paradox
It results when a poet presents a pair of ideas, words,
images or attitudes which are, or appear to be, selfcontradictory.

13.  Parallelism
It is a principle advocating that ideas of equal
importance or significance should be treated at equal
length within a poem.
 Parody
It is imitating the work of others in order to amuse. A
parody emphasizes the obvious characteristics for the sake
of humor.
 Pathos
It is the aspect of certain poems which produces in the
reader a response of pity and sorrow.
 Periphrasis
It is a round-about method of saying something.

14.  Persona
It is the character in a poem or play, but more
specifically, the voice of the narrator or character in the
poem.
 Personification
It is the process or assigning human characteristics to
nonhuman objects, abstractions or ideas.
 Poetic License
It is the poet’s “license” or privilege to do something
unorthodox in terms of diction , rhyme, or meter.
 Point of View
It quite literally refers to the way in which the author
views his subject.

15.  Ritual
It is the form of conducting worship of one kind or
another; also, any ceremonial and/or often repeated
action.
 Sarcasm
It is the use of caustic or cruel remarks frequently
presented by way of ironical statement.
 Satire
It is the technique of holding human vices, follies,
stupidities, etc., up for contempt, usually with an aim to
reform.
 Sensibility
It is a word which has undergone a series of changes
in meaning. A term used to describe the ability to respond
emotionally to actions both good or bad.

16.  Simile
It is a direct comparison between things which are not
particularly similar in their essence.
 Subjective
It is private, personal, emotional, or individual. When
one reads any poem, one makes certain subjective
responses to the poem.
 Synecdoche
It is particular form of metaphor. The technique of
synecdoche uses a part in order to signify the whole.
 Theme
It is the central concept developed in a poem. The
theme is the poet’s reason for writing the poem in the first
place.