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Voc. Eng.3
Mr. Farell's list 77-100
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| simile | comparing two unlike things using "like or as" |
| situational irony | when a character/reader expects one thing to happen but something else happens |
| soliloquy | a speech spoken by a character when no one else is on stage that reveals a character's thoughts |
| speaker | the voice that "talks" to the reader in a poem |
| stanza | formal division of lines in a poem, considered as a unit |
| static(flat) character | character that remains the same as the plot unfolds |
| stock character | a recurrent "type" such as the oaf, the clown, the coward, the nagging wife,etc |
| style | the particular way in which a piece of literature is written |
| subjective details | when the writer is concerned with conveying personal experience and feeling from a person point of view |
| subplot | secondary plot or strand of main plot that runs parallel to it and supports it (B or C story) |
| symbol | an object that represent things other than itself; an object representing an idea |
| syntax | the expected order of words |
| theme | the statement of the author's purpose; a message or moral |
| thesis | a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved |
| third person limited P.O.V. | narrator tells the story from the perspective of only one of the characters |
| third person omniscient P.O.V. | narrator is all-knowing and can see into the mind of more than one character |
| third person P.O.V. | events and characters are described by a narrator outside the action |
| tone | an expression of a writer's attitude toward a subject |
| tragedy | literary work that results in a catastrophe for the protagonist |
| understatement | presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is |
| utopia | an illusionary place that project the notion of a perfect society to the reader |
| verbal irony | when a writer/character says one thing but means another |
| vernacular | domestic or native language |
| vignette | a small impressionistic scene, an illustration, a descriptive passage, a short essay, a fiction, or non fiction work focusing on one particular moment or giving impression about an idea, character, setting mood, aspect or an object |
| zeitgeist | the general cultural, intellectual, ethical, or spiritual climate within a nation or even specific groups. The general ambiance, morals or sociocultural direction, and mood of a society/group/nation/etc. |
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