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31 Cards in this Set
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allusion (+ give example in TGG) |
an indirect reference to something else (e.g. Fitzgerald alludes to Keat's poem 'Ode to a Nightingale' when Daisy claims she hears the nightingale's song in their garden |
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ambiguity |
when a word or idea can be interpreted in different ways |
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anaphora |
the repetition of word/sequence of words at the beginning of nearby clauses |
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choric voice |
using or taking on a narrative role that is similar to the 'chorus' in Greek Tragedy (i.e. commenting on the action of the plot) |
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epigraph |
a short and meaningful quotation or phrase at the beginning of a book or chapter |
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feminism |
in literature, a movement concerned with how women are presented by writers |
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foil (+ give example in TGG) |
a character who contrasts with one of the main characters (e.g. Wilson is a foil to Tom) |
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form |
the type of literature a work is (e.g. a novel or poem) or its features (e.g. structure or plot) |
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Gold Rush |
a large migration of people to an area following the discovery of gold there |
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hyperbole |
deliberate exaggeration that's used to emphasize something |
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irony |
when words are used in a sarcastic or comic way to imply the opposite if what the normally mean, or when there is a big difference in what people expect and what normally happens` |
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metafiction |
when a work of fiction draws attention to the fact it's fictional |
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Modernism |
a movement in the early 20th century, in which writers rejected traditional literary conventions and tried to create something 'new' |
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motif |
a repeated image or symbol |
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myth |
a traditional story that has a special significance for the culture that it belongs to |
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oxymoron |
a figure of speech that joins two contrasting ideas (e.g. elegant young rough-neck) |
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parody |
a speech or work that mocks/exaggerates the features of another speaker or literary style |
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pathetic fallacy |
where the weather matches the mood of the scene |
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pathos |
a quality in a text which arouses feelings of pity or sorrow in the reader |
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poetic prose |
prose which shares some of the features of poetry (e.g. imagery or metaphor) |
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postmodernism |
a late 20th century movement which explored traditional tensions between high culture and low culture, and argued that 'reality' changes depending on perspective |
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protagonist |
the main character of the narrative (e.g. Gatsby is the protagonist of TGG) |
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realism |
a writing style that tries to give the impression that it faithfully represents reality |
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retrospective narrative |
when the narrator writes in the present, discussing events that have already happening in the past. the narrator could move between the past and present tense to add moments of hindsight |
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rhythm |
a pattern of sounds created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables |
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Romanticism |
a movement which began in the 18th century which valued beauty, nature and the individual (different from romantic which means relating to love) |
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satire |
writing that makes fun of an individual, society or politics to highlight certain flaws |
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synaesthesia |
an intentional confusion in a description of the senses (e.g. yellow cocktail music) |
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tragedy |
a literary genre that explores the meaning and impact of human suffering |
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tragic hero |
the protagonist of a tragedy, who struggles against the gods or an unfair society, and on failing, dies |
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World Series |
a major league baseball competition held in America |
