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18 Cards in this Set
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diction
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the kinds of words, phrases, syntax, and figurative language in a work of literature
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figurative language
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departure from the literal meaning of a word
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connotation
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range of secondary/associated significances (ex. "home" - privacy, coziness...)
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denotation
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primary significance of the word (ex. "home" - the place where one lives)
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irony
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discrepancy between what is expected and what might reasonably be expected and what actually occurs
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sound devices
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alliteration (repetition of first constant in a sentence), assonance
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tone
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author's attitude toward the material/readers
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understatement
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deliberately representing something as much less in magnitude or importance than it really is
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voice
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the manner in which the story is told (ex. the voice of the story could be of a child, teacher, prisoner, author...)
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hyperbole
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extravagant exaggeration for effect (hey, it's alliteration!)
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motif
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a type of incident, device, reference, or formula - which occurs frequently in literature (ex. colors in great gatsby)
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archetype
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original after which others are patterned (ex. eve/pandora: woman as bringer of evil)
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criticism
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term for studies concerned with defining, classifying, and evaluating works of literature
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genre
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a type or species of literature
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heroic journey
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series of changes necessary for the development of a literary hero (innocence, initiation, chaos, recognition)
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pathos
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passion of deep suffering felt by reader or audience
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tragic hero
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as proscribed by Aristotle. requirement for tragic hero: of obscure birth, flaw=pride, fall from high to low, flaw is the cause of his undoing.
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theme
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general claim incorporated into the work to persuade the reader (ex. hypocrisy in the scarlet letter)
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