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Terms 1: Test August 19 Flashcards

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Abstract

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A short summary or outline of a longer work

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Allegory

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A form of extended metaphor, in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative, are equated with the meanings that lie outside of the narrative itself.

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Alliteration

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A repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words

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Allusion

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A reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event

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Analogy

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The comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship (hot is to cold as fire is to ice)

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Anaphora

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The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs

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Apostrophe

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Is when an absent person, an abstract concept, or an important object is directly addressed

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Assonance

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Is the repetition of vowel sounds but not consonant sounds

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Bildungsroman

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A story in which the protagonist undergoes growth throughout the entire narrative, generally starting off by being removed or chased from their home

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Stock character

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A stereotypical person who audience readily recognize, tend to be easy targets for parody and to be criticized as clichés

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Chorus

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A term that can sometimes be used to refer to a character that gives the audience key information or offers commentary

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Denouement

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A end of a literary work when loose ends are tied up and questions are answered

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Epigraph

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A short question that is set at the beginning of a text to suggest the theme of what’s to come

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Epiphany

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A moment in which there is a sudden realization that leads to a new perspective that clarifies a problem or situation

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Exposition

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The essential background info at the beginning of a literary work

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Farce

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A lighthearted comedy that centers around a ridiculous plot that usually involves exaggerated and improbable events

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Figurative Language

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Language that represents one thing in terms of something dissimilar (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, symbol)

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Foil

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A character that contrasts with another character in order to highlight certain qualities of that other character

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Hubris

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A tragic flaw, most commonly a pride or overweening self-confidence which leads a protagonist to disregard a divine warning or violate an important law

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In media res

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A Latin term for “into the middle of things” describing a narrative that begins not at the beginning of a story but somewhere in the middle

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Irony, dramatic

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Is when an audience perceives something that a character in the lit. does not know

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Irony, situational

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Is a discrepancy between the expected result and the actual result

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Irony, verbal

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Is when an author says one thing but means something else

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Juxtaposition

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One theme or idea or person is parallel to another with a contrasting effect

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Metonymy

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Is substituting a word for another word closely associated with it

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Mood

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Is the emotional attitude the author takes towards his/her subject

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Motif

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A recurrent thematic element or central idea in an artistic or literary work

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Narrative frame

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Inserting one or more small stories with in the body of a larger story that encompasses the smaller ones

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Objective narrator

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A narrator who sets the story in the present and give little to no info about the past or future

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Novella

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A short, well-structured narrative, often realistic and satirical in tone

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that imitates the sound it represents

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Parable

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A didactic story which illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles

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Paradox

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Reveals a kind of truth which at first seems contradictory

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Parallel structure

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The usage of repeating words and forms to give pattern and rhythm to a passage, often either juxtaposes contrasting images or ideas as to show stark differences

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Parody

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An imitation of a writer, artist, subject, or genre in such a way as to make fun of or comment on the original work

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Pastoral

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Glorifying the simple life, the rural life, the country life

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3rd-person limited POV

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A narrator who doesn’t participate in the action of the story, and whose knowledge is limited to one character

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3rd-person omniscient POV

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A narrator who doesn’t participate in the story’s action, and knows everything about all the characters

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Pun

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A humorous use of words in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound

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Realism

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Literary portrayal of life in a faithful, accurate manner, or unclouded by false ideals

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Reversal

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Asudden reversal of fortune in a story, play, or any narrative in which there is an observable change in direction

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Romanticism

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The artistic philosophy prevalent during the first third of the 19th century which rejected the earlier philosophy of the enlightenment and asserted that reliance upon emotion and natural passions provided a valid and powerful means of knowledge and a reliable guide to ethics and living

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Satire

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Used to make fun of human vice or weakness, often with the intent of correcting, or changing, the subject of the satiric attack. Evokes amusement, contempt, scorn, or indignation in the hope of improving it.

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Setting

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The time and place in a fiction

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Social setting

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The social environment in a story by means of political or cultural aspects

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Soliloquy

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A dramatic device in which a character is along and speaks his/her thoughts

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Stream of consciousness

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The narrative method where novelists describe the unspoken thoughts and feelings of their characters without resorting to objective description

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Structure

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The framework of a work of literature; the organization or overall design of a work

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Symbol

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Is using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning

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Synecdoche

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One uses a part to represent the whole (lend me your ears means give me your attention)

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Theme

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Is the general idea or insight that a writer wishes to express

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Tone

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The attitude a writer takes towards a subject or character

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Tragedy

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The imitation of an action that is serious and also complete in itself. It incorporates incidents arousing pity and fear.

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Tragic hero

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Has the potential for greatness but is doomed to fail. Born into nobility, responsible for their own fate, endowed with a tragic flaw, doomed to make a serious error in judgment, fall from great heights or high esteem, realize they have made an irreversible mistake, faces and accepts death with honor, meet a tragic death, audience is affected by pity and/or fear

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