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Queen mother of lit terms Flashcards

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allegory

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symbolical narrative

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alliteration

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repeated consonant sounds

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sibilance

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s sound repeated

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allusion

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indirect reference to another text, historical event, etc

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anaphora

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repetition of words at the beginning of a clause (aka parallelism)

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antihero

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protagonist who lacks attributes that make a heroic figure (raskolnikov)

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apostrophe

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concept/person not present being addressed

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archetype

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model/form on which other things are based

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assonance

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repetition of vowel sounds (happy/ woeful sounds)

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bildungsroman

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developmental novel

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blank verse

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unrhymed iambic pentameter

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free verse

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verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern

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cacophony

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lines difficult to pronounce, loud, not pleasant to the ear

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euphony

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lines that are musically pleasant to the ear

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caesura

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break in the middle of the line of poetry

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catharsis

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purging of emotions

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characterization

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what motivates a character

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static vs. dynamic characterization

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does not change vs. changes (what caused that change?, consequences?)

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round vs. flat

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lifelike vs. one dimensional

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Chekhov’s gun

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requires every element in a narrative to be irreplaceable, with anything else removed. Remove everything that has no relevance to the story.

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confidant

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character to whom the protagonist confides

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connotation

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how that words meaning is changed based on situation

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denotation

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dictionary definition

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consonance

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form of rhyme : home same; luffed laughed left; usually at the end

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deus ex machina

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nonhuman force used to solve problems, implausible (doll’s house)

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diction

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use strong adjectives; suggest a not as powerful synonym for an important word

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dystopia

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a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding

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electra complex vs. oedipal complex

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to much camaraderie with parents

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enjambment

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running over from one line to another - suspense, highlight word

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epigraph

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passage before the work starts; establish theme, tone; usually a quote

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epiphany

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revelation and insight

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epistolary

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contained in or carried on by letters

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foil

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characters that are juxtaposed; character by contrast find out more about other characters

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foot/ iambs

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metical unit by which a line of poetry is measured; upswing downswing

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hamartia/hubris

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tragic flaw, full of themselves

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hyperbole/ overstatement

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exaggeration

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imagery

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can be far more than visual, other senses

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intentional fallacy

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idea that the author cannot be soul authority on central idea of his work - gives reader more power

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irony

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result of opposite of what expected

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dramatic irony

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audience knows something people don’t

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tragic irony

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people die, romeo and juliet

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cosmic irony

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fate - world out to get you

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juxtaposition

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placing dissimilar event side by side to contrast

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malapropism

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inappropriately used bug words to make someone sound smart

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motwaw

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underlying theme or meaning of a work

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melodrama

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love story with action packed plot; thrills and chills with a happy ending; usually a virtuous individual struggling under tyranny of a wicked oppress or who is defeated only at the last moment

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metaphor

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figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as

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metonymy

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something closely associated with the subject is substituted for it

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synecdoche

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part of something is used to signify the whole

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meter

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(rising or falling?) all metrical elements in a poem

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prosody

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rhythmic pattern of stresses recurs in a poem

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motif

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recurring image, symbol, idea,, character that provides unity in a work

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naturalism

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idea that men are a certain way, nature is a certain way, and we are powerless against nature

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new criticism/ formalism

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consider literary elements at hand; do not pay attention to outside info; work as its own entity

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onomatopoeia

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cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom,

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paradox

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a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth

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parody vs. satire

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humorous imitation vs. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly

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persona

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mask through which the author speaks

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personification

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the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects

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problem play

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theatrical work that addresses a current social issue providing commentary that would promote dialogue among audience or a call to arms

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pun

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play on words that sound alike

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quatrain

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four lines

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realism

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literary technique that attempts to create the appearance of life as it is actually experienced

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rhythm

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is flow fast/slow, choppy/ smooth, are lines end stopped/ enjambment

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soliloquy

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speaking by themself

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synesthesia

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reminds you of a certain color

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syntax

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arrangement of words to fit rhyme/ emphasize words

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tone

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overall mood - tone shift

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understatement/meiosis

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opposite of hyperbole usually with comic effect

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well made play

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employs conventions including suspense created by meticulous plotting. extensive exposition explains past events that lead to inevitable climax. tension relesase when a secret that reverses the protagonist fortune is revealed

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ballad

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poem that tells a story; has a refrain

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carpe diem

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reap the day; take advantage of the time you have by making the most of it

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dramatic monologue

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who is speaker; how do they characterize themselves

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elegy

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poem about someone dead (not at a funeral)

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eternizing conceit

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keep love alive eternally through verse

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lyric

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brief poem that expresses the personal emotions and thought of a single speaker

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metaphysical conceit

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metaphorical poem

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narrative poetry

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poem that tells a story

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ode

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admiring something from an angle, another angle; putting something on a pedestal

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sonnet

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turn at line 9; Shakespeare rhyming couplet at end 4 4 4 2; Italian 8 6

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