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| An allusion is a rhetorical technique in which reference is made ro a person, event, object, or work from history or literature. (ex. Orlick: Cain and the Wandering Jew; Frankenstein-Magwich.) |
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| An ambiguity is a statement that has double meaning or meaning that cannot be clearly resolved. (ex. Estella Pip end of book no shadow thing) |
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| An analogy is a comparison of two things that are alike in some respects but different in others. |
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| An aphorism is a short or pointed statement. (ex. Herbert: no man can ever really be a gentlemen, the more varnish you put on the more the grain of the wood shows) |
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| An archetype is an inherited, often unconscious, ancestral memory or motif that recurs throughout history and literature. (ex. theme in lit. of loss of innocence eg; Adam + Eve) |
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| A novel that tells the story of growth or development of a person from youth to adulthood. (ex. Great Expectations, about the growth of Pip) |
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use of literary techniques to create a character. Writers use three major techniques to create characters. (direct or indirect)
1: direct description
2: portrayal of characters' behavior
3: representations of characters' internal states |
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| (as opposed to static character): A character who changes during the course of the cation of the story (eg: Pip, Estella, Havisham, etc., etc.) |
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| This is a metaphor that extends over the entirety of a story or detailed implied comparison. (eg. Wemmick as gardner in prison, prison is garden) |
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| An image is the use of language to convey a sensory experience, anything that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled. The images in a literary work are referred to collectively as the work's imagery. |
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| Irony is the difference between appearance and reality. In irony of situation, an event occurs that violates the expectations of the characters, the reader or the audience. (eg: Mrs. Havisham wanting love from Estella after teaching her not to love anyone.) |
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| A motif is any element that recurs in one or more literary works or arts. Dickens often writes about his sympathy toward and lobe for children, for example. |
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| Narrator and point of view is the vantage point from which a story is told. Pip is the narrator in Great Expectations. |
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| This is a figure of speech in which an idea, animal or thing is described as if it were a person. (eg. CH 45: Pip's inner fears are expressed by the furniture.) |
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| This is a humorous writing or speech intended to point out errors falsehoods, foibles, or failings. It is written for the purpose of reforming human behavior and institution. |
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| The setting of a literary work is the time and place in which it occurs, together with the details to create a sense of a particular time and place. |
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| A simile is a metaphor using like or as. (eg: She was quiet as a mouse.) |
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| A symbol is a thing that stands for ir represents both itself and something else. A conventional symbol is one with traditional, widely recognized associations. Such symbols include doves for peace or apples for knowledge. |
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| A character is a person (sometimes animal) who figures in the action of literary work . A 3D, full, or rounded character, is one who exhibits the complexity of traits associated with human beings. |
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| Tone is the emotional attitude toward the reader or toward the subject implied by a literary work. |
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