short concise statement of a principle or sentiment

repetition of the same consonant sounds beginning each word in a sequence of words.

characters, images and themes that symbolically embody human meaning and experiences.

literature that attempts to teach a lesson, or has a moral, inspires a model for proper behavior

critical method that advocates an interdisciplinary approach using history.

use of a word or group of words that is literally inaccurate but describes a person or event vividly by getting responses that it evokes.

contradictory and changing in some way during the story.

writers choice of language including words, or phrases and sentence structure.

sought to correct a predominated male dominate critical perspective with a woman's point of view.

oldest form of narrative; written in an elevated style that chronicles important heroic deeds and events in a nations history.

tradtional or commonly accepted technique of writing that sometimes an unbelievable device that the reader agrees to believe.

literary work such as short story, poem, novel, essay, play or poem.

literary device that uses words to express something other than that what is meant by the speaker.

way of telling a story from a third person POV with out revealing the thoughts or feelings of any character

gives an interpretation of events that the reader cannot trust to represent the views of the author

turning point of highest interest in a narrative; the point at which the most important part of action takes place and the final outcome or resolution of the plot becomes inevitable.

associative meanings that have built up around a work or what a word connotates.

substantial single volumes of pictorial images arranged in a sequence to narrate a story ...with or without words.

introduction of specific words into a narrative to suggest or anticipate later events that are central to the action and its resolution.

exaggerated statements that are not intended to be taken for truth.

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English- Vocab

english 102

Question	Answer
Aphorism	short concise statement of a principle or sentiment
Alliteration	repetition of the same consonant sounds beginning each word in a sequence of words.
Archetype	characters, images and themes that symbolically embody human meaning and experiences.
Didactic	literature that attempts to teach a lesson, or has a moral, inspires a model for proper behavior
cultural criticism	critical method that advocates an interdisciplinary approach using history.
figurative language	use of a word or group of words that is literally inaccurate but describes a person or event vividly by getting responses that it evokes.
dynamic character	contradictory and changing in some way during the story.
diction	writers choice of language including words, or phrases and sentence structure.
feminist criticism	sought to correct a predominated male dominate critical perspective with a woman's point of view.
epic	oldest form of narrative; written in an elevated style that chronicles important heroic deeds and events in a nations history.
convention	tradtional or commonly accepted technique of writing that sometimes an unbelievable device that the reader agrees to believe.
genre	literary work such as short story, poem, novel, essay, play or poem.
irony	literary device that uses words to express something other than that what is meant by the speaker.
Objective narrator	way of telling a story from a third person POV with out revealing the thoughts or feelings of any character
unreliable narrator	gives an interpretation of events that the reader cannot trust to represent the views of the author
climax	turning point of highest interest in a narrative; the point at which the most important part of action takes place and the final outcome or resolution of the plot becomes inevitable.
connotation	associative meanings that have built up around a work or what a word connotates.
graphic novels	substantial single volumes of pictorial images arranged in a sequence to narrate a story ...with or without words.
foreshadowing	introduction of specific words into a narrative to suggest or anticipate later events that are central to the action and its resolution.
hyperbole	exaggerated statements that are not intended to be taken for truth.

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