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12 Cards in this Set
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tone
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whatever leads us to infer the author's attitude. Commonly the choice of details, characters, events, situation, and words leads us to an understanding of tone. example would be satire present in Animal Farm.
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style
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individual traits or characteristics of a piece of writing. A writer's particular way of managing words. Example would be poetic and metaphorical language in Fugitive Pieces
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Diction
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Choice of words. Example would be descriptive words in fugitive pieces
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minimalist
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an author of realism who has a flat, laid back, unemotional tone. It is an appropriately bare, unadorned style. The author gives nothing but the facts drawn from ordinary life. Example would be narration in Cathedral because it is non-descriptive
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Irony (verbal)
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implies a contrast or discrepancy between what is said and what is meant. example is the narration of "nada" in a Clean well lighted place by Hemingway
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sarcasm
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verbal irony tinged with mockery. Example would be the dialogue in Orwell's Animal Farm that mocks Communism
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Irony (situational)
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a situation can be ironic if it contains some wry contrast or incongruity. Example would be the mother who is stoned in The Lottery because she does not care about the system until it effects her
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ironic point of view
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a point of view where we sense a sharp distinction between the narrator of a story and the author
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irony of fate/cosmic irony
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when we sense that some malicious fate(or other spirit of the universe) is deliberately frustrating human efforts. Example would be Yossarian's constant problems in Catch 22.
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Symbol
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a thing that suggests more than its literal meaning. Symbols generally do not "stand for" any one meaning, not for anything definite, they point or hint to greater significance or meaning. example would be Daisy as a representation of Wealth in The Great Gatsby
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Allegory
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A story in which persons, places, and things form a system of clearly labeled equivalents Example would be 1984 and its parallels to Soviet Russia
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Symbolic Act
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a gesture with larger significance then usual. Example would be Loosing "the necklace" as loosing all hope of wealth.
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