LESSON 2 Flashcards
(31 cards)
Doubling back. The rhetorical repetition of one or several words; specifically, repetition of a word that ends one clause at the beginning of the next.
ANADIPLOSIS:
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines
ANAPHORA
Other I. A person’s secondary or alternative personality, a second self
Alter ego
A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
ANECDOTE
An act of attributing a custom, event , or object to a period to which it does not belong
ANACHRONISM
The process of releasing, and there by providing relief from strong, or repressed emotions.
Catharsis
A plot to device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma or confronted with a shocking revelation at the end of an episode.
Cliffhanger
A mild or indirect words or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing .
EUPHEMISM
An ancient Greek word: the right, critical, or opportune moment
KAIROS
Memory or reminiscence is a collection of memories that an individual writes about moments or events.
MEMOIR
Change in one’s way of life resulting from penitence or spiritual conversion
METANOIA
A SENTIMENTAL LONGING OR WISTFUL AFFECTION FOR THE PAST, TYPICALLY
FOR A PERIOD OR PLACE WITH HAPPY PERSONAL ASSOCIATIONS.
NOSTALGIA
A WORD, NUMBER, PHRASE, OR OTHER SEQUENCE OF CHARACTERS WHICH
READS THE SAME BACKWARD AS FORWARD (EXAMPLES: “RACECAR”, “MADAM”,
“MADAM I’M ADAM”, “NASA BAYABASAN”, MOM, POP, NAMAN
PALINDROME
WORD OR PHRASE FORMED BY REARRANGING THE
LETTERS OF A DIFFERENT WORD OR PHRASE, TYPICALLY USING ALL THE ORIGINAL LETTERS
EXACTLY ONCE. EXAMPLES: BINARY = BRAINY, A GENTLEMAN = ELEGANT MAN, FUNERAL = REAL
ANAGRAM
AN ACT OF SPEAKING ONE’S THOUGHTS ALOUD WHEN BY ONESELF OR REGARDLESS OF ANY HEARERS, ESPECIALLY BY A CHARACTER IN A PLAY.
SOLILOQUY
FICTITIOUS NAME, ESPECIALLY ONE USED BY AN AUTHOR, A PEN NAME.
PSEUDONYM
AN IMAGINED PLACE OR STATE OF THINGS IN WHICH EVERYTHING IS
PERFECT. COMPARE: DYSTOPIA
UTOPIA
Important Literary Terms
Anadiplosis
Anaphora
Alter Ego
Anecdote
Anachronism
Catharsis
Cliffhanger
Euphemism
Kairos
Memoir
Metanoia
Nostalgia
Palindrome
Anagram
Soliloquy
Pseudonym
Utopia
Dystopia
FOCUSES ON CONNECTION OF WORK TO AN AUTHOR’S
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
BIOGRAPHICAL
FOCUSES ON CONNECTION OF THE WORK TO THE
BACKGROUND AND PERIOD IN WHICH THE TEXT WAS WRITTEN.
HISTORICAL
FOCUSES ON FORM. ANALYSIS STRESSES SYMBOLISM,
IMAGERY, STRUCTURE, AND HOW PARTS RELATE TO ENTIRE WORK.
FORMALISTIC
FOCUSES ON FORM. ANALYSIS STRESSES SYMBOLISM,
IMAGERY, STRUCTURE, AND HOW PARTS RELATE TO ENTIRE WORK.
FORMALISTIC
FOCUSES ON CONNECTIONS TO OTHER LITERATURE,
MYTHOLOGICAL/BIBLICAL ALLUSIONS, IMAGES, SYMBOLS,
CHARACTERS, THEMES.
ARCHETYPAL
FOCUSES ON THE INNER MOTIVATIONS OF THE
CHARACTERS.
PSYCHOLOGICAL
