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30 Cards in this Set
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Subtext |
The underlying meaning or message of a literary text as implied or indicated by its script or text |
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Tone |
The attitude a writer takes toward a subject or his audience |
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Diction |
A writer's or speaker's choice of words |
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Denotation |
The basic, literal meaning of a word (the "dictionary definition") |
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Connotation |
The emotional implications and associations that words may carry |
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Imagery |
Descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the five senses |
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Figurative Language |
Language that describes one thing in terms of another |
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Language that is matter-of-fact, without exaggeration or inaccuracy |
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Metaphor |
A comparison of unlike things in which the qualities of one are ascribed to the other without the use of "like" or "as" |
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Simile |
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" |
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Personification |
A metaphor that describes something non-human as if it were human |
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Concrete terms |
Terms that refer to objects or events and are available to the senses |
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Abstract terms |
Terms that refer to ideas or concepts and have no physical referents |
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Extended Metaphor |
A metaphor in which the overall imagery intended is communicated through the use of a series of individual yet "connected" metaphors extended over two or more comparisons |
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Implied Metaphor |
A metaphor in which one of the two unlike things being compared is not specifically mentioned, but instead is "hinted" at or implied through the context of the imagery intended |
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Symbol |
Something that is itself and also stands for something else. People, places, actions, events—not just objects—can be symbols |
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Situational Irony |
What happens is the opposite of what is expected |
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Verbal Irony |
A speaker says one thing but means the opposite |
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Dramatic Irony |
The reader or audience knows something that a character does not know |
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Foreshadowing |
The use of clues to hint at events that will occur in the plot |
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Infer/inference |
An educated guess based on observation and prior experience |
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characterization |
To reveal the personality of a character in a story |
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direct characterization |
We are told directly what the character is like |
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indirect characterization |
When we have to use our own judgment to decide what a character is like, based on the evidence the writer gives us. |
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dominant impression |
The picture you have of the character overall |
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protagonist |
The main character in fiction or drama (not necessarily the good guy) |
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antagonist |
The character or force that blocks the protagonist (not necessarily the villain) |
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conflict |
Struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces |
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external conflict |
A character struggles against an outside force (for example, another character or something in nature) |
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internal conflict |
Takes place entirely within a character's own mind |
