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allusion
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indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work
ex: Journey of the Magi the three trees on the low sky alludes to the 3 crosses of the crusification |
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ambiguity
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allow 2 or more divergent interpretations
ex: Elizabeth Bowen's Demon lover The ending could be explained two different ways. it could be either she's hallucinating because of paranoia or she could have actually seen her former fiance. |
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diction
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this isn't right, remember to change it. the writer's choice of words.
ex: the diction in William Butler Yeat's The Wild Swans at Coole is very visual and concise. |
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epiphany
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a character's sudden insight about himself, based on an insignificant detail, forms the climax of the story. not every story has an epiphany.
ex: In James Joyce's Araby when the boy realizes his dream is all unrealistic. |
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free verse
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no regular rhythm, no rhyme
varied line and stanza lengths ex:The horses Ted Hughes |
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Ghost Story
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tale in which part of the past-typically, a dead person- seems to make a supernatural appearnace in the present.
-eerie or mysterious atmosphere -suggestion that supernatural forces are at work -possibility that the eerie events have natural explanation ex: demon lover Elizabeth Bowen |
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drawing inferences
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the term inference is when the reader has to draw inferences about the meaning from the author's detail and tone since poet doesnt directly say it
demon lover |
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irony (verbal, situational)
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interesting, amusing, or surprising contadiction.
verbal: an intentional clash between the words chosen to talk about a thing and its reality. situational: an opposition between the pattern of events and expectations or hopes. ex: shooting an elephant by george orwell. situational: he is a british police officer yet he thinks what the british are doing is evil verbal : he calls killing a buddhist priest the greatest joy in the world |
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modernism
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-objectivity or impersonality, the work is built from images and allusions, not direct thoughts or feelings
-rejection of realistic depictions of life in favor of the use of images for artistic effect -critical attention to spiritual troubles of modern life ex: t.s. eliot's hollow men beacause it doesnt really talk about his feelings and also they are not real people just images |
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point of view(first, limited 3rd, omniscient 3rd person)
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First- the story is told by a character invovled in the action. Ex: Araby
limted 3rd- narrator is outside of the action but tells the story as it was experienced by one character ex:Clay by James Joyce -Omniscient: narrator is outside the action and presents more info than any one character could have such as details about the thoughts of a number of characters. ex: No witchcraft for sale |
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post-modernism
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1965-present
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speech elements
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purpose: reason for the speech's presentation.
occasion: the event that inspires it. audience: those who hear it at the time or later or reads it later. ex: gandhi's defending n0nviolent resistance |
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rhetorical devices
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special paterns of language. to make their ideas memorable and to stir emotions.
-repetition -parallelism -allusions -dramatic alternatives- posing of sharply contrasting alternatives. ex: ghandi's defending nonviolent resistance |
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style
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a writer's typical way of writing
ex: TS Eliot style is full of allusions and irony |
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reference
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symbolism
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an image, character or action that
- stands for something beyond itself. - gives rise to number of associations. - intensifies feelings and adds complexity to meaning. Ex: the wild swans of coole by William Butler Yeats. The swans are symbols of love. |
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theme
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the central concern, purpose, or question of a literary work by either direct statements or through diction and imagery.
ex:the theme of Journey of the Magi by TS Eliot is the agonizing journey of a man who lived long ago. |
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tone
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the writer's attitude toward the audience and subject of a work.
EX: the tone of Gandhi's defending nonviolent resistance is passion for the subject and love for the audience. |
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villanelle
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French poem structure 5x aba ; abaa
iambic pentameter (rhythm) lines 1+3 repeated as last lines in alternating tercets both 1+3 repeated in last 2 lines in quatrain 19 lines ex: do not go gentle into that good night dylan thomas |
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voice
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the sound of the poet on the page.
EX: Hughes The horses, he speaks in small short images, "not a leaf, not a bird." |
