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autobiography
a type of biography, which tells a life story of its author, meaning it is a written record if the authors life. Rather than being written by somebody else, an autobiography comes through the persons own pen,in his own words
memoir
a record of memories, and particulars events that have taken place in the authors life. In fact, it is the telling of a story or event from his life; an account that does not tell the full record or a life
Cumulative sentence
known as a loose sentence that starts with an independent clause or main clause, which is simple and straight, provides main idea and then adds subordinate elements or modifiers. It adds subordinate or modifying the elements after the subject and the predicate, writers use these types of sentences when they want to put forth the main idea first, and provide details to elucidate the idea further thereafter.
Bildungsroman
a story of the growing up of a sensitive person who looks for answers to his questions through different experiences. Generally, such a novel starts with a loss or tragedy that disturbs the main character emotionally. He or she leaves on a journey to fill that vacuum
Bildungsroman
During that journey, the protagonist gains maturity gradually and with difficulty. Usually, the plot depicts a conflict between the protagonist and the value of society. Finally, he or she accepts those values and they are accepted by the society, ending the dissatisfaction. Such a type of novel is also know as a coming of age novel.
Illusion
a false illustration of something, a deceptive impression, or a false belief. Literally speaking, an illusion is something that is false and not factual. It tricks the human brain into thinking an unreal into real. In other words, it is meant to mislead the perception of readers, and deceive their senses readers sense of sight, touch, taste and sounds
free verse
a literary device that can be defined as poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm and does not rhyme with fixed forms, such poems are without rhythms and rhyme schemes; do not follow regular rhyme scheme rules and still provide artistic expression
foil
is a character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character , may also be used for any comparison that is drawn to portray a difference between two things
intertextuality
sophisticated literary device used in writing. IN fact, is is a textual reference within some texts that reflects the text used as a reference. Instead of employing referential phrases from different literary works, intertextuality draws upon the concept, rhetoric or ideology from other texts to be merged in the new texts
litotes
derived from a Greek word meaning “simple”, it is a figure of speech which employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement expressed by negating its opposite expressions . “not too bad” in place of “pretty good” would be an example
utopia
denotes an illusionary place that projects the notion of a “perfect society” refers to ideal conditions achieved within the material world opposed to the expected idealism of afterlife in Christianity or other religions. Further, the citizens presiding in such utopias are bearers of a perfect moral code, or at the least, every violator of the morals code is harshly punished.
sonnet
derived from an Italian word “sonnetto”. it means a small or little song or lyric. In poetry, a sonnet has 14 lines and is written in iambic pentameter. each line has 10 syllables. It has 2 specific rhyme scheme and a “Volta” or a specific turn.
Situational Irony
a literary device you can easily identify in literary work. Simply, it occurs when incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen and what actually happens instead. Thus, entirely different happens from what an audience may be expecting or the final outcome is opposite to what the audience is expecting it is also known as irony of situations that generally include sharp contrasts and contradictions
vernacular
a literary genre that uses daily used language in writing and speaking. It is different from written works, as they normally follow the formal variety of language. The word “vernacular” refers to writing or speaking of the public. We find the origin of vernacular literature during middle ages in different countries of Europe
vernacular vs. dialect
vernacular is the use of ordinary, everyday and the plain language in speaking or writing, dialect is related to a particular region, geographical are, a particular social class, or an occupational, uses distinguished pronunciation, vocab, and grammar
