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| What is the symbolic value of money in the novel? What does it mean to different characters? |
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| money is the be-all, end-all symbol to most of the novel's characters except perhaps Selden. The upper-class society depicted in the novel is built on money. Admission to society is based on money. Social acceptance and, more importantly, power are products of money. |
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| Where every aspect of a story is representative, usually symbolic, of something else, usually a larger abstract concept or important historical/geopolitical event. |
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| Where an author interrupts a story in order to explain something, usually to provide important background information |
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| A character who is meant to represent characteristics, values, ideas, etc. which are directly and diametrically opposed to those of another character, usually the protagonist. |
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| A poetic meter wherein each line contains ten syllables, as five repetitions of a two-syllable pattern in which the pronunciation emphasis is on the second syllable. |
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| A recurring important idea or image. A motif differs from a theme in that it can be expressed as a single word or fragmentary phrase, while a theme usually must be expressed as a complete sentence |
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| The apparent emotional state, or “attitude,” of the speaker/narrator/narrative voice, as conveyed through the language of the piece. Tone refers only to the narrative voice; not to the author or characters. It must be described or identified in order to be analyzed properly; it would be incorrect to simply state, “The author uses tone.” |
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| The main character in a story, the one with whom the reader is meant to identify. The person is not necessarily “good” by any conventional moral standard, but he/she is the person in whose plight the reader is most invested. |
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| Use of similar or identical language, structures, events or ideas in different parts of a text. |
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| Where a situation is created which cannot possibly exist, because different elements of it cancel each other out. |
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| Any use of language where the intended meaning differs from the actual literal meaning of the words themselves. There are many techniques which can rightly be called figurative language, including metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, verbal irony, and oxymoron. |
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| What should you do when writing the names of a book in your essay? |
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| refers to specific aspects of literature, in the sense of its universal function as an art form which expresses ideas through language, which we can recognize, identify, interpret and/or analyze. Literary devices collectively comprise the art form’s components; the means by which authors create meaning through language, and by which readers gain understanding of and appreciation for their works. |
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| refers to particular identifiable characteristics of a whole text. They are not “used,” per se, by authors; they represent the elements of storytelling which are common to all literary and narrative forms. For example, every story has a theme, every story has a setting, every story has a conflict, every story is written from a particular point-of-view, etc. |
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| refers to any specific, deliberate constructions or choices of language which an author uses to convey meaning in a particular way. An author’s use of a literary technique usually occurs with a single word or phrase, or a particular group of words or phrases, at one single point in a text. Unlike literary elements, literary techniques are not necessarily present in every text; they represent deliberate, conscious choices by individual authors. |
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| refers to the words themselves with which we identify and designate literary elements and techniques. They are not found in literature and they are not “used” by authors. |
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| the way in which words are put together to form as phrases or clauses |
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| an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast. |
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| opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction. |
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| A type of rhetoric in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first. Greek X |
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an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
(EX. men like Blondes) |
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| a literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness, often with the intent of correcting, or changing, the subject of the satiric attack. |
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