Literary Analysis Terminology (Semester Final)

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the practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same sound

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alliteration

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a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing

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allusion

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a descriptive detail, plot pattern, character type, or theme that recurs in many different cultures

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archetype

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the repetition of accented vowel sounds in a series of words

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assonance

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the process of presenting the different aspects of character and personality of someone in a novel, short story, or any other narrative depiction of human beings

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characterization

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the narrator describes the character

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direct characterization

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the reader infers from the text

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indirect characterization

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the character is one-dimensional

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flat character

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the character is fully developed and multi-dimensional

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round character

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the character does not change internally over the course of the story

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static character

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the character does change internally over the course of the story

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dynamic character

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the main character with whom the audience is intended to identify

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protagonist

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the character or force in conflict with the protagonist

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antagonist

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the suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase

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connotation

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the repetition of a consonant sound within a series of words to produce a harmonious effect

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consonance

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the strict, literal, or factual meaning of a word or phrase

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denotation

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the facts revealed author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in a piece of poetry or prose

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details

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a social or regional variety of particular languages with patterns that distinguish it from other varieties

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dialect

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the speech of characters in any kind of narrative, story, or play

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dialogue

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word choice intended to convey a certain effect

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diction

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describes one thing in terms of something else

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figurative language

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a scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous event

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flashback

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the use of hints of clues in literary to suggest future action

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foreshadowing

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a deliberate exaggeration in literature

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hyperbole

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the use of words or phrases that appeal to the 5 senses to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind

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imagery

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the difference between what is expected and what is

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irony

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the difference between what the speaker intends and what is expressed

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verbal irony

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the difference between the expected outcome and actual outcome

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situational irony

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the difference between what the audience or reader understands and the characters understand

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dramatic irony

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a comparison of two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as"

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metaphor

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the emotional atmosphere produced by an artistic work

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mood

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any literary work that tells a story

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narrative

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the use of words that imitate sound

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onomatopoeia

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a form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single insightful or clarifying expression

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oxymoron

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the elements of a statement contradict each other

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paradox

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a figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given human form or characteristics

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personification

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the sequence of events in a story, novel, or play, each event causing or leading to the next

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plot

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the perspective from which a narrative is told

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point of view

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the story is told by one of the characters

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first-person point of view

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the narrator reveals the though of only one character but refers to that character as "he" or "she"

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third-person point of view

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the narrator is all knowing

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omniscient point of view

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the attempt to influence a mass audience, usually with the intent to decieve

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propaganda

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the central character of a drama, novel, short story, or narrative poem

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protagonist

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a play on words, or a joke based on words with several meanings or words that sound alike but have different meanings

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pun

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the recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in a speech or piece fo writing

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repetition

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the repetition of sounds in words that appear close to each other in a poem

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rhyme

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rhyme that occurs at the end of lines

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end rhyme

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rhyme that occurs within a line

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internal rhyme

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an approximate rhyme

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slant rhyme

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the pattern of end rhymes

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rhyme scheme

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the pattern of beats created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables, particularly in poetry

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rhythm

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a form of writing that ridicules abuses for the sake or remedying them

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satire

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a form of literature set either in the future or on some imaginary world in which settings, plots, characters, and themes are the result of scientific or technological speculation

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science fiction

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the time and place in which events in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem take place

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setting

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a comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words "like" or "as"

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simile

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the framework or organization of a literary selection

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structure

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the writer's characteristic manner of employing language

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style

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the quality of a short story, novel, play or narrative poem that makes the reader or audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of events

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suspense

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any object, person, place, or action that has both a meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself, such as quality, attitude, belief, or value

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symbol

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the arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence

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syntax

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a central message of a literary work

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theme

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the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject, character, or audience, and it is conveyed through the author's choice of words and detail

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tone

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the opposite of a hyperbole

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understatement

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What do you have to draw on the final?

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A plot diagram!