Week 13 Flashcards
1
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Motif
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Recurrent images, words, objects, phrases, actions, etc. that tend to unify a work of literature.
2
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Cocophony
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A harsh, unpleasant combination of sounds.
3
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Euphony
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The stylistic effect achieved when a passage is rhythmically graceful and avoids unpleasant sound combinations.
4
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Parallelism (Parallel Structure)
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Arrangement of similarly constructed clauses, sentences, or verses: a balance agreement.
5
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Ambivalence
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Mutually contradicting feeling or attitudes.
(In literature is often used to describe contradictory attitudes an author takes towards characters or societies, and also to describe a confusion or attitude or response called forth by a work.)
