Christmas Carol Structure Terms Flashcards
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Idealisation
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Imagining something better than it is in reality
2
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Metamorphosis
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A transformation or change
3
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Narrative arc
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The storyline of the novel
4
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Omniscient narrator
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An all-knowing narrator
5
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Dichotomy
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Contrast of two beings that are opposed
6
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Foil
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A character which serves to contrast another
7
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Authorial voice
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An authoitative voice, which the ghosts have
8
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Intrustive narrator
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A narrator who sometimes interrupts the story to give commentary
9
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Altruistic attitude
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Behaviour which is based on devotion to others
10
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Novella
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A short novel roughly 20,000 - 40,000 words
