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Abolitionist Writing

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writings that are anti-slavery

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Protest Poetry

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poetry that is written against something

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Rhyme Scheme

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an author’s pattern of rhyme with other lines in a poem or stanza

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Parallelism

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when words or phrases are repeated in a similar way but not identical

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Symbolism

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when a concrete object is used to represent something abstract

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Slave Narrative

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an account of the life or a major portion of the life of a former slave

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Autobiography

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someone writing about their own life

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Style

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the way in which an author writes and/or tells a story

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Tone

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the attitude of the author

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Audience

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the people reading or listening to a piece of writing

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Purpose

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the reason or intent in writing

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Objective approach

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arguments using impartial language, which is not personal, judgemental, or emotive

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Subjective approach

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based on the person’s opinions, individual experiences, and based influences instead of facts

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Diction

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the selection of words an author uses to create a specific impact or tone in their writing

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Local color

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the certain feel or color you think of in a certain place

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Setting

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the time, place, and environment

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Contrast

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when there is a noticeable difference between two people, places, things, or ideas

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Realism

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a literary movement that represents reality by portraying mundane, everyday experiences as they are in real life

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Dialect

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a combination of accent, sentence structure, and word choices, that make up each character’s unique voice

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Narrative point of view

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the voice in which the story is told, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person

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First person

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the story is being told by the character, uses personal pronouns

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Third person limited

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a pov where the narrator only has access to one character’s perspective at a time

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Third person omniscient

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narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters at all times

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Naturalism

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a literary movement that uses determinism, detachment, scientific objectivism, and social commentary. Life is determined by forces beyond your control, mainly heredity and environment

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Free verse
no meter or rhyme scheme
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Repetition
repeat of the same word, or phrase
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Catalog
use of frequent lists of people, things and attributes in poetry
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Symbol
a concrete person or thing that represents an abstract idea/quality
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Speaker
the voice in a poem that talks to the reader
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Theme
a statement (sentence) the author is making about life
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Paradox
a statement that seems to contradict itself but may nevertheless suggest an important truth
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Metaphor
a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
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Extended metaphor
a metaphor that goes on for multiple sentences or paragraphs
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Figurative language
a type of communication that doesn’t use a word’s literal meaning
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Imagery
descriptions that help set a certain tone or mood, they can appeal to any or all of the five sense
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Personification
assigning inanimate objects human qualities
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Transitional poets
poets that show some elements associated with romanticism, but not ignore the old conventions
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Experimental structure/style
it experiments with the conventions of literature, including boundaries of genres and styles
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Slant rhyme
a type of rhyme with words that have similar, but not identical sounds
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Quatrain
a four-line stanza, often with various rhyme schemes
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Stanza
a division of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit
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American Transcendentalism
each individual has the potential for spiritual perfection, commune with nature/follow your heart, if each individual achieves perfection, then the world will be perfect, and don’t let the world get in the way
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Aphorism
short saying that expresses a truth about life
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Brook Farm
an attempt at creating a utopia, where everyone was perfectly equal
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Emotional appeal
appeals to emotion that are often based on specific examples of suffering or potential
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Logical appeal
provide rational arguments to support the writers claims
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Inductive/Deductive reasoning
beginning with examples or facts, or starting with a generalization or promise
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Dark/Gothic Romanticism
the dark side of human nature, did it to show what happens to bad people so people avoid
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Parable
delivers a moral message using characters that change in the story
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Dynamic/Round character
characters that change throughout the story
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Allegory
a story which teaches a moral lesson through the use of symbolic characters (static/flat, don’t change) and objects that represent abstract ideas such as greed, evil, purity, etc.
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Omniscient narrator
Omni= all, niscient= all knowing, all knowing narrator that can see and hear inside the mind of all of the characters, god like voice
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Characterization
how the narrator informs the reader the type of character it is
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Situational irony
In a particular situation something unexpected happens or is said
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Stock character
a well known or stereotypical character
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Static/flat character
A character that does not change
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Faust Legend
a long tradition of folklore stories where a person makes a deal with the devil selling their soul for earthly power, money, talent, etc
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Slave Narrative
an account of the life or a major portion of the life of a former slave
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Autobiography
someone writing about their own lifes as they are in real life
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Nada
indicating the absence of meaning, value, worth, etc.
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Existentialism
a philosophical and literary perspective that focuses on experience of an individual person and the way that he or she understands the world
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The Lost Generation
a group of American writers who worked in Europe between WWII and the Great Depression
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Code Hero
a man who lives correctly, following the ideals of honor, courage, and endurance, in a world that is sometimes chaotic, often stressful, and always painful
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Modernism
a literary movement that focuses on contemporary elements
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Alienation
when a person is separated from some essential aspect of their nature, or from society
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Isolation:
a state of aloneness in which you truly feel cut off from others because of your location or emotions
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Allusion
Allusion is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from an unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly
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Stream of Consciousness
a narrative style that tries to capture a character's thought process in a realistic way
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Epigraph
a short quote included at the beginning of a piece of writing
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verbal irony
when what was said is the opposite of the literal meaning
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Flashback
a literal flashback to an earlier time in the story, or before the story
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Protagonist
the hero/main character
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Foreshadowing
when the author hints to something that will happen later in the story
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Motif
a repeated pattern (image, symbol, sound, word) that comes back again and again within a particular story
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Jazz Age
refers not just to the musical style but to the 1920s culture and literature as well
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Postmodernism
Rejects concepts of rationality, objectivity, and universal truth. Emphasizes the diversity of human experiences and multiplicity of perspectives

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