Terms Flashcards

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Anaphora

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repeated words or phrases at beginning of lines or clauses

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Apostrophe

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address to absent person, animal, object or concept

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3
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diction

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word choice: specific words/level of language

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4
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ellipsis

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omission of one or more words

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5
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irony

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indirection. two levels of meaning, apparent and intended (surface and deep)

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6
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syntax

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word order

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7
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Victorianism

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stability

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8
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Modernism

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against victorian morality/order, represented inner states

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9
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Archetype

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primordial image, represents part of the collective unconscious of humans

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Dramatic structure

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exposition (explanation)
rising action (introduces conflict)
climax (high point of conflict)
falling action 
resolution (denouement)
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11
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Flashback

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technique of recalling past action or event

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12
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Foreshadowing

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anticipating a future action or result

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13
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Lyric

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short poem that expresses strong feeling or spontaneous emotion

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14
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Metafiction

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experiemntal writing, directly questioning way story is told

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15
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Motif

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distinctive narrative element (image, action, incident, concept_)

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16
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REalism

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depicts lives of ordinary, middle-class characters, everyday language

17
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Juxtaposition

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two things being placed together for contrasting effect