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Denotative

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precise/accurate, language is tied directly to the world

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Connotative

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abstract/meandering, tied to many/plural things

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Omniscient

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3rd person narration

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Remediates

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the way in which a new mode of communications transforms from the earlier modes

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Epic

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long poems about national heroes, "they" structure

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Lyric

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about emotion and self, "I" perspective

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Peripeteia

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is a reversal of circumstances, or turning point. The term is primarily used with reference to works of literature.

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Prose Romance

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popular in the Medieval Era, chivalric code, embodiments or virtue, episodic

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Novel

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about everyday life, goal oriented, linear, mirrors real world

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Bildungsroman

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shaping or educating the self, biographical

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Symbol

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a word or a phrase that signifies something beyond itself, usually an abstract concept or
idea of significant cultural, historical, or conceptual importance.

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Tragedy

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refers to stories that result in a
disastrous conclusion for the protagonist

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Setting

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Setting refers to the time, place, and social circumstances in which a
story takes place.

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Narrative Perspective

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The standpoint from which a story is told. The
lens or eye through which a story is presented.

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Narrative Style

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Refers to an author’s personal manner of expression. The result of the choices an author makes, (i.e. formal or informal, denotative or connotative, abstract or concrete, simple or complex, etc.)

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Absurd

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carries the connotations of the grotesquely comic, laughing in the face of the apparent meaninglessness of human actions and beliefs; most commonly voiced in the form of a parody of the meaningless conventions of the bourgeoisie and their pretensions to self-importance and self-knowledge.

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Character

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refers to the agents of a narrative, someone who acts, appears, or otherwise is seen to advance its plot.

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Diction

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The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. Are the words monosyllabic or polysyllabic? Simple or sophisticated? Are they drawn from the range of familiar or “colloquial” language, or are they derived from less quotidian sources, from what we might call poetical, scientific, legal or other specialist discourses?

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Gothic

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refers to a narrative which develops a brooding atmosphere of gloom or terror and represents events which are uncanny, macabre, or melodramatically violent. Often set in some remote region in which ancient feudal customs persist well after they have been superseded in the civilized world.

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Hero

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The chief protagonist of a narrative. Distinguished from other characters by his or her great deeds and noble qualities.

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Antihero

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May appear weak and vacillating, and his or her character may seem petty, passive, and ineffectual. Came to prominence in the post-World War II period of American and British literature, when it came to symbolize the collapse of the heroical ideals in the modern period.

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Syntax

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The arrangement of words and phrases to create grammatically complete sentences. Can be simple and plain (subject – verb – object), or complex (with numerous dependent clauses, qualifying phrases, and parentheses), or it may vary between these two poles to produce multiple, shifting effects of rhythm and tone.

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Atmosphere

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The mood or general feeling of a literary work, especially as it relates to the physical setting. An effect produced by the writer’s diction and syntax, and helps establish the genre of a work.