Engl 308 Midterm Terms

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the concrete presentation of an abstract idea, typically in a narrative with at least two levels of meaning.

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allegory

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the repetition of sounds in a sequence of words

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alliteration

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the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds

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assosance

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a pause in a line of poetry

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caesura

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the repetition of final consonant sound or sounds following different vowel sounds in proximate words.

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consonance

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the association evoked by a word beyond its denotation or literal meaning.

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connotation

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a words literal meaning

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denotation

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a speaker's or author's word choice; the general type or character of language used in speech or in a work of literature

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diction

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the arrangement of words within a phrase, clause, or sentence

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syntax

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the thoughts, statements, or dialogue of individuals, especially or characters in a literary work

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discourse

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in ancient Greek and Roman times, any poem composed in elegiac meter. Since the 17th century, referred to reflective poems that lament the loss of someone or something

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elegy

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french for "striding over," a poetic statement that spans more than one line.

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enjambment

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a method of literary analysis that originated in late-nineteenth-century France involving close reading of the text

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explication de texte or close reading

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a type of literary criticism that became a dominant force in Western literary studies in the late 1970s, when feminist theory more broadly conceived was applied to linguistic and literary matters.

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feminist criticism

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a visual, physical representation or something or a mental picture of some visible thing or things

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image

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to turn or twist some word or phrase to make it mean something else

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trope (figure of thought)

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comparing two distinct things without using like or as

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metaphor

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one thing is represented by another that is commonly and often physically associated with it

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metonymy

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human characteristics are bestowed upon anything nonhuman

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personification

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compares two distinct things by using like or as

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similie

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a part of something is used to represent the whole, or occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part

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synecdoche

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the subject of a trope

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tenor

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the image, activity, or concept used to illustrate or represent the tenor

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vehicle

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the general type or unique structure of a literary work

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form

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poetry that lacks a regular meter, does not rhyme, and uses irregular line lengths

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free verse

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the more or less regular rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse

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meter

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the rhythmic unit of a line of verse

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foot

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the emphasis placed on a syllable

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stressed syllable

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consists of two unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

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anapest

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consists of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed

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dactyl

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one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed

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iambic

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two stressed syllables

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sponaic

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one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed

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trochaic

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the attitude of the author toward the reader, audience or subject

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tone

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the manner of expression of the speaker or of a character; the style of a given author

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voice

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the general feeling created for the reader or audience by a work at a given point

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mood (atmosphere)

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the working together of all the parts to make an inseparable whole

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organic unity

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a contradiction or incongruity between appearance or expectation and reality

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irony

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intentional derision through cutting humor or whit

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sarcasm

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word can be understood or interpreted in more than one way; lack of clarity or uncertainty in meaning

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ambiguity

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confuses the text with its affects, with the emotions it produces

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affective fallacy

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a statement that seems self-contradictory or nonsensical on the surface but that, upon close examination, may express an underlying truth

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paradox

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the practice of basing interpretations on the expressed or implied intentions of authors

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intentional fallacy

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the balance or equilibrium between opposing elements in a literary work

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tension

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a literary genre that uses irony, whit and sometimes sarcasm

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satire

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the analysis of poetic meter

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scansion

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a monologue delivered by a character while alone on stage that reveals inner thoughts, emotions, or other info that the audience needs to know

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soliloquy

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a lyric poem that consists of 14 lines (usually printed as a single stanza)

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sonnet

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the arrangement of material in a work

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structure

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a grouped set of line in a poem

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stanza

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confuses the text with its affects, with the emotions it produces

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affective fallacy

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a statement that seems self-contradictory or nonsensical on the surface but that, upon close examination, may express an underlying truth

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paradox

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the practice of basing interpretations on the expressed or implied intentions of authors

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intentional fallacy

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the balance or equilibrium between opposing elements in a literary work

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tension

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a literary genre that uses irony, whit and sometimes sarcasm

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satire

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the analysis of poetic meter

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scansion

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a monologue delivered by a character while alone on stage that reveals inner thoughts, emotions, or other info that the audience needs to know

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soliloquy

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a lyric poem that consists of 14 lines (usually printed as a single stanza)

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sonnet

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the arrangement of material in a work

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structure

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a grouped set of line in a poem

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stanza