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General Concepts of Literature Flashcards

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  • Imaginative narration
  • entertain and make readers think and feel
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Fiction

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  • real-life narration
  • history and facts
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Non-fiction

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  • within the common flow of language
  • sentences and in paragraphs
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Prose

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4
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In verse, measure, rhythm, sound, and imaginative language

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Poetry

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5
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Time and place that the story occurs

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Setting

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6
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Representations of the human beings in the story

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Character

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Sequence of events in the story

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Plot

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8
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Sets the scene by introducing the characters and settings

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Exposition

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9
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establishes the conflict

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Rising Action

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Opposition of persons — basic tension, predicament, or challenge of the story

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Conflict

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11
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Protagonist vs. Antagonist

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Person vs. person

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Conflict about the norms and laws

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Person vs. society

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13
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Personal struggle

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Person vs. self

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Earthquake, storm, etc.

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Person vs. nature

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15
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White lady, Kapre, etc.

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Person vs. supernatural

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16
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The peak of the story — affirmation, decision, action, realizations

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Climax

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17
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Finishing of things right after the climax

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Falling Action

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18
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Matters are explained or resolved

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Denouement/Resolution

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19
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The end of the story

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Ending

20
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  • natural sequence of events — actions are arranged sequentially
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Linear Plot

21
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The story emerges with an interruption in the chronological order (flashback)

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Circular Plot

22
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The story commences in the middle part of the action

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In Media Res

23
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An unexpected power — saving seemingly hopeless situation

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Deux Ex Machina (God of the Machine)

24
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Determines the narrator of the story

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Point of View

25
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1 of the story’s character serves as a narrator (I, We)

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1st Person POV

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Makes the reader a character in the story (You)

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2nd Person POV

27
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The narrator is someone outside the story (he, she, they)

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3rd Person POV

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  • narrator knows or reveals nothing about the characters internal thoughts, etc

EXTERNAL FACTS ONLY

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Objective 3rd Person

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Narrator describes the internal thoughts, feelings, motivations of one character — main character

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Limited 3rd Person

30
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Reveals the internal thoughts, feelings, and motivations, of ALL THE CHARACTERS

ALL KNOWING

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Omniscient Third Person

31
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Voice chosen by the author — for artistic purpose

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Persona

32
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Significant value or truth about life — actions, occupations, and decisions of the characters.

ex. Revenge, love, death, justice, violence

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Theme

33
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Tells a story in verse

ex. Iliad and Odyssey

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Narrative Poetry

34
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Thoughts and feelings of the speaker intended to be sung

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Lyric Poetry

35
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Written to be presented and acted on stage

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Dramatic Poetry

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Types of Poetry

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  • Narrative
  • Lyric
  • Dramatic
37
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Long narrative poem — a hero embodies the values of the society

ex. Tale of Gilgamesh

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Epic

38
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Chivalric love and adventure or the supernatural

ex. Knights and Soldiers

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Metrical Take/Metrical Romance

39
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A simple narrative poem of a story — for melodious recital

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Ballad

40
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Expresses emotional enthusiasm — praises of a person or event

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Ode

41
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Deals with grief over the passing of a person

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Elegy

42
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14 lines with an exact rhyme scheme

ex. Petrarchan — octave: abbaabba
sestet: cdecde or cdcdcd

Shakespearean— abab cdcd efef gg

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Sonnet

43
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Intended primarily to be sung — no story

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Song

44
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All those lyrical poems that do not properly belong under any of the other category

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Simple Lyric

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Story written in verse or dialogue — presented and acted on the stage in front of an audience

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Dramatic Poetry

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