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23 Cards in this Set
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Genre
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Class or category havin a particular form, content or technique
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plot
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plan or scheme in literary work
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theme
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dominant idea in storyline/ universal lesson or moral
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setting
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srrounding or environment/ where and when
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foreshadowing
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to hint or indicate beforehand
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flashback
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an event from the past inserted
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round character
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fully delineated by author
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flat character
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isnt fully delineated but carry some purpose by author
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tone/mood
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style or manner depicting expression
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empathy
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intellectual identification with vicarious experience of feeling thoughts or attitude
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irony
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conveying meaning opposite of literal meaning
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symbol
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something used for or regarded as something else
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poiknt of view
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opinion attitude or judggement
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unreliable narrarator
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credibility is seriously compromised
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necrophilia
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erotic attraction to corpses
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nobel prize for literature
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work of literature in ideal direction on the will of alfred nobel
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pulitzer prize for literature
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distinguished fiction award
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rest cure
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treatment for nervous disorders for women
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allusion
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incidental mention of something
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postpartum depression
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begins after childbirth
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schizophrenia
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mental disorder, delusions, hallucinations
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Dead mans path
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Author: Chinua Achebe
Setting: Ndume Central School, January 1949 Point of view: Non participant-Objective |
Characters: Michael Obi, Nancy Obi, Teacher, village priest, village woman, supervisor
Symbols: The path- religious supersticion, the priest- old ways, Michael- modernism themes: old vs new or if we work together or compromise we can all benefit |
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The Tell-Tale Heart
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Author: Edgar allen Poe
Setting: old mans house 12 am in his room, early to mid 1800s Point of View: First person |
Symbols: eye, Deathwatches, beating of the heart was his guilt
Themes: irony, guilt |
