Long Quiz Preparation Flashcards
Body of literary productions, either oral, written or visual, containing imaginative language that realistically portrays thoughts, emotions and experiences of the human condition
Literature
For him, literature has pleasure and jouissance
Roland Barthes
For him literature gives inventive, singular, otherness
Derek Attridge
word/phrase that describes one thing in term of another and that is not meant to be taken literally
Figurative Language
compares two dissimilar things using “like or “as”
Simile
figure of speech which concisely compares two things by saying that one is the other
Metaphor
word that sounds like what it means
Onomatopeia
deliberate exaggeration that adds emphasis, urgency or excitement to a statement
Hyperbole
assigning human attributes to nonhuman things
Personification
way to say something in an understated manner, often to avoid difficult topics
Euphemism
repeating of consonant sounds right next to each other, which creates a memorable or melodic effect
Alliteration
phrase that uses two contradictory words to create new meaning
Oxymoron
statement that appears to contradict itself but contains some truth, theme or humor
Paradox
literary technique that places opposite things or ideas next to one another to draw out their contrast
Antithesis
form of wordplay that purposely substitutes words that sound similar but have different meanings
Pun
literary device in which a word or object stands in for a closely related word or object
Metonymy
when a smaller unit is used to signify a larger unit or vice versa
Synecdoche
Where do Blog and Short Memoir belong in Literature Genre?
Essay
Where do Illustrated Novels; Graphic Novels, Manga; Text-talk Novels, Speculative Fiction, Chick Lit
Novel
Where do Doodle Fiction, Digi-Fiction; Speculative Fiction; Chick Lit; Flash Fiction belong Literature Genre
Short Story
Where do Theatrical Adaptation; Film as Literature belong in World Literature?
Drama
Where do Hyperpoetry, Text Tula, Fliptop/Rap Battle; Spoken Poetry; Graphic Poetry belong in Literature Genre.
Poetry
