blindness Flashcards

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allegory

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narrative representation in which a character, place or event can be interpreted to represent a hidden meaning with moral or political significance. Authors use allegory to convey complex ideas in ways that are comprehensible or striking to it’s readers.

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speculative fiction

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genres that depart from reality. It is an exploration of an alternate reality. Asks the question, what if? It often has a spesific purpose: an idea it wants to explore through the eyes of another world.

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Apocalitptic and post apocaliptic fiction

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This is a sub-genre of speculative fiction in which the Earths (or another planets) civilisation is collapsing or has already collapsed.

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dramatic irony

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When the reader knows something that the characters don’t

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situational irony

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the irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected.

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verbal irony

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when you say something different than what you mean.

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