Literature In Society Test 1

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In Media Rises

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Beginning in the middle of the action.

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Situational Irony

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What happens is entirely different from what is expected.

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Tone

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The speaker's attitude toward the subject.

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IAMB

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A foot consisting of an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable.

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Trimeter

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A line consisting of 3 feet.

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IAMBIC Trimeter

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A line consisting of 3 iambs(often called waltz meter).

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Who is the author of "Miss Brill"?

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Katherine Mansfield

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Round

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Complex, fully developed character.

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Flat

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A character with only one or two qualities that can be briefly summarized (a stereotype).

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Dynamic

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A character that changes in the story.

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Static

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A character that does not change.

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Symbol

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An image with meaning beyond its literal significance.

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Epiphany

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The moment when a character suddenly experiences a deep realization about himself.

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Theme

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The central meaning in a literary word.

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Dramatic Point of View

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A point of view employing the use of a third person narrator who does not see into the mind of any character.

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First Person Point of View

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A point of view employing the use of a first person narrator who uses "I" and is a major or minor participant in the action.

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Omniscient Point of View

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A point of view employing the use of an all-knowing narrator who is not a character in the story and can move from place to place and back and forth through time.

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Limited Omniscient Point of View

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A point of view employing the use of a narrator who is restricted to the single perspective of either a major or minor character.

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Editorial Omniscient Point of View

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A point of view employing the use of an omniscient narrator who intrudes into the story to evaluate a character for a reader.

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Internal Rhyme

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A rhyme that takes place within a line rather than the end of the line.

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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Local Color

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The emphasis of speech patterns and traditions of a particular region.

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Simile

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A figure of speech in which a similarity between two objects is directly expressed; generally introduced with “like” or “as”.

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Epigraph

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A quotation on the title page of a book or a motto heading a section of a work.

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Realism

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Faithfulness to real life.

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Foil

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A character who, because of great contrast, exaggerates the distinctive characteristics of another character.

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Antihero

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A protagonist who has the opposite of most traditional heroic attributes, including gracelessness, ineptness, stupidity, or dishonesty.

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Satire

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Writing that exposes the failings of individuals, institutions, or societies to ridicule and scorn in order to correct a problem.

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Historical Criticism

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A literary theory in which scholars use historical facts to better understand literature and use literature to better understand history.

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Style

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The distinctive manner in which a writer arranges words to achieve particular effects.

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Biographical Criticism

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A literary theory that uses knowledge of an author’s life to understand his or her work more fully.

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New Critical Criticism

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A literary theory that studies only the text of a work.

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Literature

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Fiction consisting of carefully arranged words designed to stir the imagination.

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Literary Canon

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Those works considered by scholars to be the most important to read and study.