Literature Flashcards

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Une faute d’orthographe

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A spelling mistake

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Une faute de frappe

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A typing mistake

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Une note de bas de page

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A footnote

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Un éditeur, une maison d’édition

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A publisher

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Un agent littéraire

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A book agent

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(Re)formuler

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To (re)word / to (re)phrase

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Une nouvelle

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A short story

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Une intrigue secondaire

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A sub-plot

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La narration

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The narrative

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Le cadre, le décor

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The setting

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Le paroxysme de l’action

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The climax

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Le déroulement de l’histoire

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The unfolding of the story

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Un tournant

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A turning point

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Dépeindre, représenter

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To depict

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Un vers

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A Line / a verse

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Une strophe

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A stanza

17
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La césure

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The caesura

18
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Un sonnet

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À sonnet

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Un auteur dramatique = un dramaturge

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A playwright = a dramatist

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Les indications scéniques

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The stage directions

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On ne la lui fait pas

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He knows every trick in the book

22
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Le mystère s’épaissit

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The plot thickens

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Un premier jet, une ébauche

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A draft