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Textual Analysis Eng
Term | Definition |
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Theme | The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life - expressed as a complex thought, or sentence, not a single word. |
Tone | The author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both. |
Diction | The words an author chooses to employ. |
Connotation | The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. |
Allegory | A story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation. |
Archetype | A typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature. |
Catharsis | An emotional release for the characters in a literary work, or an emotional release for the audience of the work. |
Foil | A character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character. |
Ambiguous | Open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations. |
Feminism | It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality. |
Candid | Frank; outspoken; open and sincere . |
Biting | Cutting; sarcastic |
Dubious | Wavering or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt |
Erudite | Characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly |
Facetious | Not meant to be taken seriously or literally/ amusing; humorous |
Grim | Stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise/ |
Inflammatory | Tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: |
Introspective | Given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences |
Nostalgic | Unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons |
Patronzing | Displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner |
Provactive | Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing |
Sophomoric | Intellectually pretentious, overconfident, conceited, etc., but immature |
Terse | Neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, |
Wry | Disdainfully ironic or amusing |