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L-terms
Arnett Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| catharsis | a clensing or purification of one's emotions through art. Ex: This painting made me feel wonderfull |
| Chiasmus | two phrases in which the syntax is the same, but the placement of words is reversed. Example : "Life imitates art far more than art imitates life." |
| Climax | the moment of greatest intesity in a test, or the major turning point in the plot Ex: Miss Pross shooting Mme Defarge is the climax of a tale of two cities. |
| Cliche | Expressions that are used so frequently that they're not as powerful Ex: She decided to turn over a new leaf. |
| Colloquialism | An informal expression or slang, usually limited to certain geographical area/culture. Ex: y'all vs. you guys, Soda vs. Pop, Sneakers vs. Tennis shoes vs. Trainers. |
| Comic Relief | a character whose actions are comedic and break up tension. Ex:in ROmeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, although it is a tragedy, mercutio and the servants at the beginning provide comic relief since they make you laugh. |
| Conceit | a far fetched metaphor /similie |
| Conflict | the problem a character faces Internal - problem within oneslf External - outside problem - another person or perhaps a thing |
| Connotation | The emotional side of a word (implied meaning that it has.) For example, treash and garbage have the same denotation (dictionary definition), but trash sounds more negative. other examples: Lie vs. Fib, Essay vs Paper |
| Consonance | repetition of consonants in a sequence of nearby words, especially at the end of stressed syllables or words when there is no similar repetition of vowel sounds (example - moth breath) |
| Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word |
| Dues ex Machina | Literally "god in the machine." It's when a character is saved by a miraculously or or improbably event. Stems from Greek idea that the gods would come in and rescue. |
| Diction | Specifit word choice used in a piece of writitng, often chosen for effect but also for correctness and clarity Ex:An American Southerner saying, "I like my eggs scrambled, please," would pronounce it: "Ah like mah eggs scrambled, pleez." |
| Didcatic | intended to instruct or educate Ex: My job is to teach you how to write |
| Ellipses | Figure of speech in which a word or short phrase is omitted, but easily understood from the context. Example: our national motto is E pluribus ununm, which translates to "out of many, one." |
| Epanalepsis | repetition at the end of a clause of the word that appeared at the beggining of the clause. Example - possessing what we were still umpossessed by what we now no more possessed. |
| epigraph | a quotaton placed at the beginning of a pieve of literature or at the beginning or one of its chapters or scenes to provide the reader with some ideas about the content or meaning to follow. |
| epithet | an adjective or pharse that describes a prominent or distinguishing feature of a person or thing. Ex: Blood-red sky |
| Epithany | A sudden, powerfull and often spiritual of life changing realization that a character reaches in an otherwise ordinary or everyday moment. |
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Farzam
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