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25 Cards in this Set
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Theme
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Purpose: why was it done?
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Setting
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Scene: When and where did it happen?
Stock setting Scenic narration Summary narration |
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Point of view
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The perspective from which the story is told
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Static Character
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Character that does not undergo a drastic change; stays the same
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Dynamic Character
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Character that does undergo a drastic change
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Third person omniscient
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method of narration that allows the reader to gain insight from all of the characters equally and without bias
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Stream of consciousness
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A method of writing that presents a characters thoughts and feelings as they occur
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First person narration
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Narrated by either a main or minor character. Uses "I" or "we" and allows the reader to gain insight from only the narrator
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Conflict
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Agency: How was it done?
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Round/Flat character
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Round- multidimensional character
Flat- character is not developed |
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Formal diction
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Elevated language choice
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Poetic Diction
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The linguistic style, vocabulary and metaphors used in poetry
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Middle Diction
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Language of an educated person
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Informal Diction
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Common language and colloquialisms
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Connotations
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A meaning or idea suggested by or associated with a word
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Denotations
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The actual meaning of a word
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Persona
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A persona is a fictional character. Sometimes the term means the mask or alter-ego of the author; it is often used for first person works and lyric poems, to distinguish the writer of the work from the character in the work.
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Syntax
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Word order
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Dramatic monogloue
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A type of poem in which a character in fiction or history delivers a speech explaining his of her feelings, actions, or motives. (ex: My Last Duchess)
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Imagery
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Imagery is used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensory experience
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Rhetorical Triangle
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Purpose->SPEAKER<->Tone<->SUBJECT<->Genre<->Audience->Purpose
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Archetype of the Journey
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Stage 1: Departure: The hero is called to adventure, although he is reluctant to accept.
Stage 2: Initiation: The hero crosses a threshold into a new, more dangerous world, gaining a more mature perspective. Stage 3: The Road of Trials: The hero is given supernatural aid, endures tests of strength, resourcefulness, and endurance. Stage 4: The Innermost Cave: The hero descends into the innermost cave, an underworld, or some other place of great trial. Sometimes this place can be within the hero’s own mind. Because of this trial, the hero is reborn in some way—physically, emotionally, or spiritually. Through this experience, the hero changes internally. Stage 5: Return and Reintegration with Society: The hero uses his new wisdom to restore fertility and order to the land The Quest, The Task, The Journey, The Initiation, The Rituial, The Fall, Death and Rebirth, Battle between Good and Evil, the Unhealable Wound |
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Going After Cacciato
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Characters:
Paul Berlin Sarkin Aung Wan Cacciato Eddie Lazzutti Stink Harris Doc Peret Lt. Oscar Johnson Setting: 1970s Vietnam, Thailand, India-Delhi, Iran-Tehran, France-Paris Symbols: Water buffalo- the atrocity of pointless killing that happens during war (almost like the death of the innocent.) Lieutenant- symbol of the unpopularity of the war. Supposed to be the leader and he seemed the least enthused. Sunrise- Beauty/good things in war. If Cacciato's face is the moon the sunrise signifies the ending to the story. Blurring of the colors symbolizes blurred distinction between reality and imagination |
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The Awakening
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Characters:
Edna Leonce Robert Alcee Madame Ratignolle Mademoiselle Reisz Setting: The south, New Orleans, Grand Isle Symbols: Birds- Represent freedom, at the beginning they are caged (the parrot) and then at they end they are free. Sleep- Edna sleeps for a long time after she and Robert go out for the day, the rest of the novel speaks about her sexual awakening. Water- Again, a symbol for freedom from society. Eventually what kills her. |
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As I Lay Dying
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Anse
Addie Cash Darl Jewel Dewey Dell Vardaman Peabody Cora Tull Vernon Tull Setting: Small fictional town in Mississippi. Trip to Jefferson, stop at New Hope and Mottson. Darl goes to Jackson. Symbols: Coffin- symbol of the family's dysfunction. It is often unbalanced and the cause of a lot of the family's grief. Cash's tools- Symbol of stability; they help fix the coffin and the family scrambles to recover them whenever they go missing. Animals- Jewel's horse represents the obsessive love he has for his mother, the cow represents a kind of lustful nature involving Dewey Dell |
