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Thesis
the overall arguable claim of the paper that directly answers all parts of the prompt. Thesis statements must take a position and include TAGs (title, author, genre).
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CTA (Close Text Analysis)
strategy for analysis when examining (written or verbal) a complex text. Focuses on the effect of language and how analysis leads to purpose.
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Literary Purpose
the goal or aim of a piece of writing. When determining the purpose of the text, consider elements such as theme, setting, tone, characters, etc.
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Genre
the specific type or category of work. Examples: poem, novel, short story, song, drama/play, etc.
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Formulate
to create a specific idea and express it in a concise way.
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Effect
The meaning of what a device is actually doing/the author's purpose for using the specific device. For example, to establish tone/mood, to characterize, to assert/deny, etc.
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Social Criticism (in literature)
the examination and critique of the social issues of modern society. It often involves pointing out problems in society and proposing solutions.
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Conflict
the dramatic struggle between two forces in a story. Without conflict, there is no plot.
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External conflict
outside force may be person, group, animal, nature, or a non-human obstacle.
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Internal conflict
takes place inside a character's mind.
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In media res
Latin phrase for "in the midst (middle) of things" - a narrative work that opens in the midst of the plot.
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Tone
the writer or speaker's attitude towards the subject.
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Denotation/Connotation
the dictionary definition of the word vs. the ideas/feelings/implied meaning of the word.
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Theme
the universal message/deeper meaning of the work that the writer is trying to convey to readers.
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Motif
a repeated/recurring word, phrase, image, or topic that appears throughout the work and has a symbolic meaning.
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Symbol
an object with a figurative meaning which provides an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant.
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Anaphora
a form of syntax in which there is a repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines, clauses, or sentences.
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Situational Irony
an incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead.
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Existentialism
a human being is 'thrown into' into a concrete, inveterate universe that cannot be 'thought away', and therefore existence ('being in the world') precedes consciousness, and is the ultimate reality.
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Kafkaesque
term used to describe a situation that is complex, surreal, disorienting, and thus menacing.
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Allusion
a reference within a literary work to a well known literary figure or work, religious figure or event, political movement or leader, pop culture, etc.
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Allegory
a work of fiction carrying two levels of meaning -- one literal and one symbolic or metaphorical; a narrative in which abstractions (ideas) are made concrete; characters stand for principles, attitudes, ideas etc. An allegorical figure is a character in an allegory, generally not three-dimensional, but more the representation of an abstraction.
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