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To imply something; the characters in literature are in concrete situation, yet they are intended to represent wider, more general thruths of human nature.
Ex./ Fables, parables |
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| Repetition of the first sound in consecutive series of words to heighten rhythmic effect |
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A casual reference to a work, person, place, event which is assumed to be familiar and enhances writing
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| The misplacement of a person or object in time |
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| A short, personal story employed to illustrate a thought or argument |
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| German word for "anxiety" |
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| Necessary information that explains what happens before the start of the development of plot. |
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| The falling down or letdown in events or statements |
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The placement of ideas in sharp contrast
Ex/ sink or swim |
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A terse statement expressing general thought, maxim or proverb
Ex/ Lost time is never found again-B.Franklin
Death with dignity is better than life with humiliation. |
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An antiquated word or expression from the distant past.
Ex/ me thinks, forsooth |
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original type, model or prototype which others imitate. A theme, character, plot color that reoccurs frequently and is recognized and known
Ex/ 'Jesus' representing kindness, forgiveness.... |
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| A brief, often sarcastic or revealing comment made to the audience and not meant to be heard by other characters in a dramatic play. |
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| The emotional tone and overall effect of a piece of literature |
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Refers to a sudden comedown from the grand or ridiculous. Overly sentimental presentations or passages in film.
Ex/The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant. |
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| unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter |
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| That part of a tragedy in which ruin or death befalls one or some of the central characters |
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| The process by which a writer presents the personal traits in a story |
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Characters:
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one or two traits; usually minor character
complex, many sided, fully developed
stereotypical character (nurse, bafoon)
unchanged character
undergoes permanent change |
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| once original expression, but now so overused that is has become a trite |
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Highest point of emotional response when the conflict is being resolved; the decisive confrontation
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Cultural, generational language
Ex/ Local slang in Mark Twain's Huckleberry Fin |
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| Similarity between two or more objects or situations |
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Suggested meaning of a word because of personal or cultural experience
Ex/ "obese" connotes unpleasant excess of fat, yet "portly" connotes dignity) |
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| Two consecutive lines of verse that rhyme with each other |
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| Heaven/ Fate/ Providence issue justice to atone the character |
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| A strained or elaborate metaphor or simile presenting a surprisingly apt parallel between apparently dissimilar things or feelings |
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| a strained or elaborate metaphor or simile presenting a surprisingly apt parallel |
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| Turning point in the fortunes of the protagonist |
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| specific dictionary meaning of words |
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| literature that is to instruct as well as entertain |
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| omsission of words...(omitted wards are implied) |
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| constructed as a narrative by a succession of loosely connected incidents rather thanby an integrated plot |
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| An inoffensive expression used in place of one which is cleared but disagreeable (EX. gifted underachiever, pass away) |
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| a comparison which is carried beyond one or two lines of verse |
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| Writing designed to convey information or ideas not fully known to the reader, opening chapterw wichi set the situation |
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| the collective images in a piece of literature (poison in Hamlet is both literal and figurative) |
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vigorous, verbal denunciation and abusive language
EX. blood, bawdy villian, remorseless treacherous |
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| incoherent language, intending to confuse, general fuzziness |
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