Vocab 2: Lit Terms "style"

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Hubris

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Derived from the Greek work, hybris, meaning, “excessive pride.”

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Hyperbole/Overstatement

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Exaggeration in the service of truth by adding emphasis to what you mean

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Image

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A picture or impression made with words which appeal to any of the five senses: sight, taste, touch, smell, sound.

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In Medias Res

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“in the midst of things”; refers to opening a story in the middle of the action, necessitating filling in past details by exposition or flashback.

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Invocation

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An address to a deity for aid, assistance, guidance.

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Irony

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word or phrase that means the opposite of its literal or normal meaning.

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Dramatic (irony)

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When the audience has important information that the characters in the play do not.

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Situational (irony)

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When things turn out contrary to what is expected

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Verbal (irony)

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A contrast between what is said and what is actually meant.

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Jargon

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Specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group.

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Juxtaposition

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an author places two situations/characters side by side in a story for a specific purpose.

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Literal Language

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States facts or ideas directly.

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Loose Sentence

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A sentence grammatically complete usually stating its main idea before the end.

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Metaphor

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Implied comparison between two images without using “like,” “as,” or “as if.”

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Metonymy

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A figure of speech in which the name of one object is replaced by another which is closely associated with it.

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Mood

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The emotion created by a literary passage, such as happiness, sorrow, tranquility, anger, etc.

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Motif

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A short narrative unit that reoccurs through a literary piece or occurs in other literary works.

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Narrative Hook

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Action in a narrative when the author catches the reader’s attention by presenting a problem or situation which begins the conflict.

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Narrator

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the voice of the storyteller.

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Novel

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fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that unfolds through actions, speech, and thoughts of a series of characters.

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Onomatopoeia

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The use of words or sounds which appear to resemble the sounds which they describe.

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements

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Paradox

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A statement that at first appears self-contradicting but makes sense upon further review.

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Paraphrase

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The condensing and summarizing of someone else’s words.

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Parody

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A work that imitates another work for comic effect by exaggerating the style and changing the content of the original

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which a nonhuman or inanimate object or idea is given human characteristics.

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Plot

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The sequence of events in a narrative

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Exposition

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Introduces people, places, or situations important to the plot

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Rising Action

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Adds complications to the conflict and increases the interest in the story

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Climax

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Two opposing forces meet head on and a turning point is reached

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Falling Action

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The events occurring after a story’s climax.

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Resolution

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When everything is explained, cleared up, or resolved

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Denouement

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Ties up the loose ends of the resolution of a story

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Poetry

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An imaginative response to experiences reflecting a keen awareness of language.

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Point of View

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The relationship of the storyteller to the story.

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First-person

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the story is told from the viewpoint of one of its characters

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Second-person

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When the narrator or character’s from a story directly address the reader

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Third-person

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the story is told by the author, not the speaker

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Third-person omniscient

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the story is told from the perspectives of all the characters

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Prose

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A speech or writing without the use of rhythm or metrical structure as employed in poetry.

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Pun

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A word or phrase used in such a way as to suggest more than one possible meaning

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Realism

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The practice of attempting to describe nature and life without idealization and with attention to detail.

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Satire

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use of wit, exaggeration, and ridicule to present a serious criticism of individuals, customs, or social or political institutions

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Short Story

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A brief fictional prose narrative that usually develops a single theme or mood.

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Simile

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A comparison of two images using “like,” “as,” or “as if.”

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Soliloquy

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A speech delivered by a character when she is alone on the stage. The effect is of the audience hearing the character’s inner thoughts.

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Speaker

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The voice in the literary work

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Stream of Consciousness

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A style of writing in which the thoughts and feelings of the writer are recorded as they occur.

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Style

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How the author employs words, phrases, sentences, structure, and rhetorical techniques to form ideas

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SKIP

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SKIP