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Textual Analysis Eng

TermDefinition
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
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