Terms Flashcards
Anaphora
repeated words or phrases at beginning of lines or clauses
Apostrophe
address to absent person, animal, object or concept
diction
word choice: specific words/level of language
ellipsis
omission of one or more words
irony
indirection. two levels of meaning, apparent and intended (surface and deep)
syntax
word order
Victorianism
stability
Modernism
against victorian morality/order, represented inner states
Archetype
primordial image, represents part of the collective unconscious of humans
Dramatic structure
exposition (explanation) rising action (introduces conflict) climax (high point of conflict) falling action resolution (denouement)
Flashback
technique of recalling past action or event
Foreshadowing
anticipating a future action or result
Lyric
short poem that expresses strong feeling or spontaneous emotion
Metafiction
experiemntal writing, directly questioning way story is told
Motif
distinctive narrative element (image, action, incident, concept_)