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narrative elements

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exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement

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characterization

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development of personality (static vs. dynamic, roundness vs. flatness)

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foil character

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one whose function is to emphasize the personality traits of another character

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tragic hero

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protagonist of a tragedy, downfall because of tragic flaw

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antihero

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protagonist with villainous traits

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theme

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idea/observation set forth by the story as a universal truth

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personification

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gives the idea/animal/inanimate object HUMAN QUALITIES (not animalistic)

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anthropomorphism

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the animal/god/inanimate object is ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING HUMAN

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zoomorphism

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gives the human/idea/inanimate object ANIMALISTIC QUALITIES

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apostrophe

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speaker’s direct address to a non-human or absent human entity

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hyperbole

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exaggeration

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metonymy

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when a part of something is used to refer to the whole entity, or a whole entity is used to refer to part of something (ex. nice wheels!)

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synechdote

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when a thing refers to something else that it’s closely associated with, but unlike synecdoche, the part does not have to refer to the whole, or vice versa (ex. nice ride!)

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irony

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verbal (words mean something different from what is said), situational (opposite of expected happens), dramatic (audience knows something the characters don’t)

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paradox

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seeming contradiction with a greater truth

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3 elements of balance

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repetition, parallelism (gramatical or thematic consistency), antithesis (pairing of opposites to make a point)

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assonance

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repeated vowel sound within words

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consonance

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repeated consonant sound within words

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meter

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the set rhythm of a poem

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iambic pentameter

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iamb = 2 syllables (not necc. in one word), penta = 5 iambs per line

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couplet

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2 consecutive rhyming line

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heroic couplet

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couplet + iambic pentameter

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sonnet

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14 lines of iambic pentameter + specific rhyme scheme

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blank verse

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iambic pentameter without rhyme

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sprung rhythm

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rhyming but varying meters (ie random stresses and accents)

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ode

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praises something still in existance

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elegy

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honours someone dead

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ballad (what is it, tone, how many lines/stanza, rhyme scheme, meter)

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narrative poem, usually tragicomic tone, usually 4 line stanzas, ABCBDEFE, rocking back and forth meter

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concrete/emblematic poetry

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makes a picture

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3rd person types

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observer (not a character, can’t read thoughts), limited omniscient (not a character, can read thoughts of 1 character), omniscient (not a character, can read all thoughts)

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narrative distance

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physically and psychologically (sympathetic or nah)

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voice

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consider style of writing, audience, and purpose

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poetry modes

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narrative, discursive (expands on a topic), imagistic (describes an image), lyric (songlike quality bc of rhythm/meter)

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preclude

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prevent

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refute

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disprove

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aphorism

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a pithy/concise observation containing a general truth

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types of verse

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rhyming, blank (iambic pentameter without rhyme), or free (no rhyme/meter)

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anastrophe

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inverting a sentence to match rhyme scheme

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3 types of persuasion

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logos (logic), pathos (emotions), ethos (ethics)

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tenacious

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firm and clinging to an idea

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caprice

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sudden change in mood or behaviour

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