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Words of Delight
Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Allegory | A visual symbol representing an abstract idea Ex.-- "Waves crashed through the harbor like a bully pushing through a crowd" |
| Encomium | A work of literature that praises an abstract quality or generalized character type |
| Metaphor | When two unrelated subjects are compared Ex.-- "My love is a rose" |
| Epithalamion | A song or poem to honor a marriage ceremony |
| Devices of Disclosure | How the author influences you to approve/disapprove of the characters, etc., and decide what the morals or values of the story are |
| Type Scene | A situation that recurs throughout a work of literature that produces a set of expectations in the reader when they encounter that situation in a literary text |
| Epithet | A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person. Ex. -- "The Great Emancipator" for Abe Lincoln |
| Anti-hero | person characterized by a lack of "traditional" heroic qualities |
| Allusion | A reference to past history or literature |
| Antagonist | the force(s) or character(s) which which the protagonist of a story is in conflict. The character in opposition to the protagonist |
| Archetype | An original model after which other similar things are patterned. Ex:-- Dracula influenced subsequent horror stories |
| Selectivity | Everything included in a story is included for a specific reason |
| Poetics | Literary criticism that deals with the nature, forms and laws of poetry |
| Exposition | The opening phase of a story in which the writer presents the background info. that the reader needs to understand the plot |
| Point of View | the perspective from which a story is told |
| Pastoral | an image of the good life |
| Type Scene | repeated events or situations |
| Rhetorical Question | a figure of speech in which a question is asked whose answer is so obvious that it is left unanswered. The question is asked for the sake of effect |
| Quest Stories | stories built around progress towards a goal |
| Blazon | a love poem that praises a person by means of catalogue or listing |
| Parable | a simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson |
| Parallelism | two or more lines that form a pattern. The deliberate repetition of words or sentences for effect |
| climactic parallelism | a form of parallelism in which the first line is left incomplete until the second line repeats part of it and then makes it a whole statement. Ex. -- "our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them." |
| Denouement | the last phase of a story following the climax. Literally the "tying up of loose ends." |
| Didactic | having the intention or impulse to teach. Morally instructive |
| Synthetic Parallelism | A type of parallelism in which the second line completes the thought of the first line, buth without repeating anything from the first line |
| Dramatic monologue | Where a single speaker addresses an implied but silent listener and reveals their inner conflict or thoughts |
| Simile | A figure of speech that compares 2 things, using "like" or "as" |
| Parody | A composition that imitate somebody's style in a humorous way Ex.-- Antonia and Theresa's music camp piece |
| Occasional Literature | A work of literature that takes its origins from a particular historical event or particular situation in the author's life |
| Poetic License | The liberty taken by an artist or writer to achieve a desired effect |
| Intertext / Intertextual Reading | A situation in which the full meaning of a text depends on its interaction with anther text. Ex. -- Ulysses is a "retelling" of the Odyssey or the practice of sampling music from the song "Under Pressure" |
| Paradox | a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true. Ex - "The silence of midnight rang in my ears" |
| Personification | a figure of speech where human attributes are given to something non-human, like animals or objects Ex. - "My computer hates me." |
| Foil | Something within a story that is in direct contrast to the main element in the story. Ex - Banquo is a foil to MacBeth, Tybalt for Romeo, Lennie to George (Mice and Men) |
| Pun | A play on words, often using a word that sounds like another word but has a different meaning. Ex. - "I needed a raise in allowance. Mowing the grass just wasn't cutting it." or "I do it for the pun of it." |
| Monomyth | basic patterns of many myths = the call to adventure, road of trials, achieving the goal, return to ordinary world, applying the knowledge gained |
| Ode | A lyrical poem, usually of a serious nature, having an elevated style and structure |
| Epic | A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds. Ex. - Gilgamesh |
| Denotation | straightforward dictionary meaning of a word |
| Elements of Artistry | Includes: Pattern (design), unity, theme (central focus), balance, contrast, unified progression, variety in unity (variation), symmetry, repetition, rhythm |
| Connotation | The idea or meaning suggested by a word or thing. Ex. - "The man drank whiskey quietly." = "Quietly" means he didn't make any noise, but also connotes alone, secretly, sadly, etc. ---- How does the sentence make you feel |
| Stairstep parallelism | A type of parallelism in which the last kay word of a line becomes the first main word in the next line |
| Apocalyptic Literature | reveals the future history of the world and is written in an ominous, threatening way |
| Genre | A literary type or kind |
| Epiphany | An illuminating discovery, realization or disclosure. An Aha! moment. |
| Apostrophe | address to an absent or imaginary person. Ex. - request for inspiration from muses. |
| Emblem | A symbolic image representing a person or thing |
| Authorial Assertion | when the author enters the story and comments on characters and events in their own voice. |
| Tragedy | A narrative form built around an exceptional calamity stemming from the protagonist's wrong choice. |
| Hyperbole | A figure of speech that is overstated or exaggerated to make seem more important than they are if looked at objectively. Ex. - Crime of the Century, Tons of Money |
| Comedy | Story with a U-shaped plot = action begins in prosperity, descends into potentially tragic events, and rises to a happy ending. |
| Dramatic Irony | When a reader knows more than the characters |
| Verbal Irony | When a writer or speaker states something but means the opposite. Ex. - "Terrible weather, huh?" on a beautiful day |
| Irony of situation | when a situation is the opposite of what is expected. |
| Normative spokesperson | When the character in a story interpets the meaning of a story (compare with Authorial Assertion) |
| Well-made plot | A plot that unfolds according to the following pattern: exposition (background info), inciting moment, rising action, turning point, further complication, climax, denouement |
| Symbol | Any detail in a story that in addition to its literal meaning stands for something else |
| Arrangement | The way in which a story ends is crucial in determining a reader's final impression |
| Explication | to explain (especially in literary work) in depth, with close analysis of particular points |
| Normative Character | A character in a story that expresses what the author wishes us to understand is correct |
| Satire | A form of humour where the writer makes the reader have a negative opinion of someone by laughing at them or making them seem ridiculous |
| Assonance | When a vowel sound within a word matches the same sound in a nearby word, but the surrounding consonants are different. Ex. - Tune and June rhyme, but Tune and Food are assonant |
| Alliteration | The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words Ex. - Waves Want to be Wheels |
| Consonance | The repetition of similar consonant sounds, especially at the end of words. Ex. - Lost and Past or Confess and Dismiss |
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