Literary Terminology - English I Final

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a type of character, detail, or situation that appears in literature from around the world.

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archetype

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A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists.

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anachronism

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a literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin by a tragic flaw

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tragedy

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An appeal to ethics; a means of convincing someone of the credibility of the persuader.

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ethos

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a descriptive label/phrase applied to a person or thing that emphasizes a particular quality

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epithet

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an appeal to logic, and a way of persuading an audience by reason/facts/statistics

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logos

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a brief reference to a person, place, thing or idea of histor'l, cultural, pol'l significance

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allusion

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a means by which authors present material that occurred earlier in the story

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flashback

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when a character briefly speaks to the audience and is not heard by other characters

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aside

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The repetition of consonant sounds

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alliteration

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A long utterance by one person in a play that is spoken to others.

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monologue

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an appeal to emotion, and a way of convincing an audience by creating an emotional response

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pathos

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A fictional tale that describes the actions of gods or heroes

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myth

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Anything written in paragraphs such as essays, novels, and short stories

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prose

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repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines in prose or verse

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anaphora

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the main character in a literary work

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protagonist

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the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work; the message of the story

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theme

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a "coming of age" or "rites of passage" novel, in which a child grows up through the story

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bildungsroman

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A character which stands in opposition to the protagonist or main character

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antagonist

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a style of fiction which features supernatural occurrences, gloomy and haunted settings

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gothic novel

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the use of clues in a literary work that suggest events yet to occur

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foreshadowing

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a person, place, or object that is used to represent something else, beyond its literal meaning

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symbol

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An elaborate comparison of unlike subjects

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epic simile

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a long speech made by a character who is alone and speaks only to the audience/viewer

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soliloquy

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a long narrative poem that tells of the adventures of heroes or gods

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epic

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a situation in which the audience knows something that the character on stage doesn't yet know

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dramatic irony

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The name for unrhymed iambic pentameter

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blank verse

Literary Terminology - English I Final

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Literary Terminology - English I Final

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