Eng 214 Terms

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unreliable narrator

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A narrator that is not trustworthy, whose rendition of events must be taken with a grain of salt. We tend to see such narrators especially in first-person narration, since that form of narration tends to underline the motives behind the transmission of a given story.

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slant rhyme

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rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
First and another word sound like they rhyme but they don't really

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caesura

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gap //

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anaphora

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repetition at the beginning of each line "we shall"

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hypotaxis

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long sentences, subordinating conjunction, however, wherever,. can tell what the more important information is

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parataxis

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coordinating conjunction. All sentences carry the same weight.

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elegy

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a tribute to someone who died/ something that is over. sad poem

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Deist

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God is not working in our lives directly- most AA believed in this around slavery.

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Rhyming couplets

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two line of the same length that rhyme and complete one thought. There is no limit to the length of the lines. Rhyming words are words that sound the same when spoken, they don't necessarily have to be spelt the same.

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alliteration

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Alex the angry alligator

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sonnet

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a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

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Iambic Pentameter

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refers to a certain kind of line of poetry, and has to do with the number of syllables in the line and the emphasis placed on those syllables. 10

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Rhyme scheme

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abab

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Metaphor

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"My love is a rose"

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Simile

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"My love is like a rose"

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metonymy

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in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (such as "crown" for "royalty").

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synecdoche

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pass the butt, nice wheels-

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analogy

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my love is a rose as your dress is a violet- 2 part comparison

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personification

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human form- abstract concept in human form.

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Anthropomophization

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the roses nodded their agrrement - things

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conceit

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extended metaphor- comparing every part of the woman

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motif

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metaphor or figurative language that comes up again and again- recurring image- chaff-playing the same music the bad guy comes out

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tone

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attitude a writer or narrator has towards the subject they're describing

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Mode

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overall feeling that is given by details of text

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Trochee

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hard stress followed by soft stress

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spondee

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two stress (football)

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iamb

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unstressed followed by hard stressed

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pathetic fallacy

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weather

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Major/central character

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vital to the development and resolution of the conflict. plot and resolution of conflict revolves around them

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minor character

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complement the major characters and help move the plot forward

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dynamic character

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changes over time

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static character

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does not change over time

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round character

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complex personality

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flat character

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one kind of personality trait

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stock character

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faithful sidekick. stereotypical

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Protagonist

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central person in story - faced with a conflict that must be resolved- empathy

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antagonist

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pap. represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend- obstacle that the protagonist must overcome

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anti- hero

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usually protagonist

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foil

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personal qualities contrast with another character (trough this we get to know the character better)

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symbolic

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any character whose existence represents some major idea or aspect of society.

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direct presentation (characterization)

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what the speaker directly says or thinks about the character

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indirect presentation

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what the readers infers what the character is about

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omniscient vs limited- 3rd person

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allknowing vs only getting the thoughts of one character

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convert vs overt

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boring, straight forward. overt- narrator has own personality

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analepsis

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flashback

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prolepsis

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flashforward

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situational irony

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what is expected to happen vs what really happen

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dramatic irony

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audience is aware of something that the characters in the story are not aware of

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verbal irony

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speakers say the opposite of what they mean "you are more than beautiful"

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deus ex machina

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unexpected power or event saving a hopeless situation

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naturalism

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type of literature that attempts to apply scientific principles

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realism

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focuses on literary technique

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morrison style

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roving narrator- new narrator each chapter- so does Faulkner- writes in spiral

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rhetorical device

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help with making point- questions-answers