61-80 Flashcards
autobiography
a biography writen to tell a persons life story.
memior
a record of memories, and particular events that have taken place in the authors life.
cumulative sentence
a sentence that starts with a loose sentence with an independent clause, proves main idea and adds subordinate elements or modifies.
blank verse
un-chyming verse written in Lamb pen-tamer. in poetry and prose it has a consent meter with 10 syllables in each live.
buildingsroman
story of growing up a sensitive person who looks for answers to his questions through different experiences.
buildings roman
protagonist gains maturity gradually and with difficulty.
illusion
comparing things to the bible
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foil
a character that shows qualites that compare to another character. (contrasting characters)
intertextuality
a sophisticated literary device used in writing. in fact, its a textual reference within some text that reflects the text used as a reference. draws upon the concept, rhetoric or ideology from other text to be merged in the new text.
litotes
diverted from a greek word meanning “simple’’ a figure of speech using a double negative or in other words a positive statement is expressed by negating it’s opposite expressions. “not too bad”
utopia
the idea of a “perfect society” deal conditions achieved within the martial world as opposed of the idealism of afterlife in Christianity.
sonnet
the word sonnet is diverted from italian word. “sonneto” had 14 lines and is written in iambic pentameter. each ine has 10 syllables.
round character
novel, play or story is a complex personality.like people, he/she has depth inn is feelings and passions. for instance, in the movie “shrek”
situatoal Irony
occurs when incongruity appeals between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead. different from what audience may expect.
static character
a character that doesn’t go inner changes/ little change.
vernacular
daily used language in writing and speaking. it is different from written works, as they are normally as they follow the formal variety of language.
vernacular vs dialect
vernacular is the use of ordinary, everyday and plain language in speaking or writhing.
understatement:
a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is
eulogy
term originated from a greek word “eulogia” . which means to praise somebody or something.used in laudatory expression in a speech; or written tribute to a person deceased recently.
hubris
extreme pride or arrogance shown in a character that ultimately brings about his downfall. In ap language hubris can be found in the authors attitude.
Anti-Hero
used by writers to promote character in a play book that has characteristics opposite to that of a conventional hero. anti hero is typical clumsy, unsolicited, and unskilled.
