Discourse Flashcards

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A warning or indication eluding to a future event.

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Foreshadow

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Narration that is understood because of something outside a text or conversation.

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Exophoric narrative

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Narration relating to the narrator who is also the protagonist or other character in the work.

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Homodiegetic

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a word or phrase whose function is to organize discourse in natural communication into segments.

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Discourse marker

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The final part of a narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.

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Denouement

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a comprehensive description and explanation of an introduction or information regarding the narrative.

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Exposition

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A word in a text refers to another later in the text and you need to look forward to understand.

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Cataphoric reference

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The effect of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

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Juxtaposition

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A shift in a narrative’s overall feeling or atmosphere from where it started.

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Tonal shift

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A literary device used to draw attention to a specific part of a poem, novel, short story, or other literary work.

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Foregrounding

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