THEME Flashcards

1
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Refers to the reoccurring or emerging ideas about the world that are found and In a work of literature

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Theme

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2
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Idea about life that are found throughout world literature because they can be understood by people of all times and places

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Universal theme

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3
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Use of language to convey meaning of other than what is directly stated contradiction and what is expected and what actually happens

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Irony

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4
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Contrast between what is normally expected to happen with actually does happen

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Situational irony

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5
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Words have meaning other than what is directly stated

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Verbal irony

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Contribution with the reader/audience knows and what the characters themselves know

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Dramatic irony

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7
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Simplest form of three much like a proverb shorter statement

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Moral

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8
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Main idea of a work which is clearly stated within the work itself

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Explicit theme

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9
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Main idea that must be discerned by the reader from the details, information that the author includes in the work

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Implicit theme

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10
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Extended metaphor that forms a story with two levels of meaning

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Allegory

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11
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Person place thing or idea that mean something in addition to itself

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Symbol

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