Mrs A Flashcards

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Imagery

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Visual images used for descriptive and Figurative language

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Symbolism

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use of an object, person, situation or word to represent something

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Prologue

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opening to a story that establishes the setting and tone

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Epilogue

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short piece that wraps up the end of a story.

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Irony

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the use of a word to suggest a meaning that is the opposite of its actual meaning

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Satire

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Literal mocking of someone or something in a comical way

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Idiom

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common word or phrase/slang with a culturally understood meaning that is different from its literal meaning

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Reliabilty

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some fictional narratives whose word the reader can relate to or trust

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Naive Narrator

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When the narrator is ignorant or unknowing of his actions in the book

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Point of View

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Position of the narrator in relation to the story

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Taboo

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What isn't dared to be said in the novel

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Rite Of Passage

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mark important transitional periods in a person's life

Examples:Birth, puberty, marriage,

having children, death

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Stereotype

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pattern, expression, character, or idea

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Allegorical

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a story in which people, things, or events have a deeper meaning to it

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Trickster

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Folktales or folklore that is spread down

generations

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Picaresque

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relating to a type of fiction in which the hero, a rogue, goes through a series of journeys

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Gothic Novel

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Dark novel

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Kunstlerroma

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Story about an author's growth and maturity

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Bildungsroman

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Story dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education.

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Epic Novel

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Mostly poetry

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Quest Novel

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stories as a quest .. the main character is looking something that he desires

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Propaganda Novel

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Novel that is used to promote or publicise a particular political cause or point of view.

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Slave Narrative

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The slave narrative is a story that is made up of the written accounts of enslaved Africans

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Naturalism

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Suggests role of family background, social conditions and environment

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Realism

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ordinary, familiar, aspects of life are represented to reflect real life

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Surrealism

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artistic way to connect reality and the

imagination.

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Freudianism

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Theory (sometime of sexuality)

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Existentialism

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Belief that man has complete freedom to determine his own fate.