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Theme |
The unifying, central, and dominating idea in a literary work. |
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Satire |
The use of humor, irony, exaggerating or ridicule to expose and criticize a people's stupidity or vices. ex) Harrison Bergeron(only one) Exaggerates idea of gov restricting us with handicaps. looking back, it's kind of silly. But author wants us to see how this is similar today |
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Irony |
A state of affairs or an event that is contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result. ex) The Lottery is ironic because |
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Gothic Fiction/Horror |
A genre that combines mystery, horror, death dread and Romanticism. |
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Infer |
To apply prior knowledge to a text where information is left out. (iceberg metaphor) ex)Hemingway |
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Poe/ Faulkner |
Narrative Prose |
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Hemingway |
iceberg dialogue |
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Ambiguity |
an uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language. Creates suspense, which creates fear. |
