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22 Cards in this Set
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Theoretical Criticism: noun. |
A form of literary criticism that examines texts in the light of literary theories. |
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Thesis: noun. |
A statement that presents a specific argument addressed within a text. |
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Third Person Point of View: noun. |
A mode of storytelling in which the narrator presents the events of the story without being present themselves. |
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Tone: noun. |
The attitude of the author toward the reader or the subject matter of a literary work. |
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Tragedy: noun. |
A serious and somber drama that typically ends in disaster and focuses on a character who undergoes unexpected personal reversals. |
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Tragic Flaw: noun. |
A character trait that brings about the downfall of said character. |
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Tragic Hero: noun. |
A character who is considered virtuous and great who is destined for downfall and suering. |
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Transcendentalism: noun. |
A literary movement from the mid 19th century, emphasizing intuition and individual conscientiousness . |
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Trimeter: noun. |
A line of verse consisting of three metrical feet. |
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Trochee: noun. |
A metrical foot in poetry that consists of one stressed syllable, followed by an unstressed syllable. |
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Trope: noun. |
A figurative or metaphorical expression; typically an image, phrase, or idea used often to convey a standard expectation. |
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Undertone: noun. |
A quality of something one realizes exists, though not expressed directly. |
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Unreliable Narrator: noun. |
A narrator whose credibility is compromised; tend to mislead readers deliberately or unwittingly. |
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Utopia: noun. |
An ideal place that doesn’t exist in reality. |
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Vernacular: noun. |
The language or dialect spoken by people of specific areas or regions. |
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Verse: noun. |
A term referring to any type of metrical composition. |
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Victorian: noun. |
An era of English literary history characterized by its depiction of the common lives, hard lives, and moral lessons. |
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Vignette: noun. |
A short scene that captures a single moment with attention to defining details regarding the central character. |
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Villanelle: noun. |
A French verse form consisting of nineteen lines in five tercets followed by a quatrain with a aba aba aba aba aba abaa rhyme scheme. |
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Volta: noun. |
A rhetorical shift or sudden, dramatic change in thoughts and emotions. |
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Word Play: noun. |
The clever and witty use of words and meaning. |
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Zeugma: noun. |
A rhetorical figure that refers to a grammar structure in which a word modifies two other words in dierent ways. |
