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Archetype

a character, action, or situation that is a prototype or pattern of human life generally; a situation that occurs over and over again in literature, such as a quest, an initiation, or an attempt to overcome evil

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Aristotle's Rules for Tragedy

time - The play has to take place within a 24 hour period.
place - The action of the play is set in one place.
action - There is one hero and one plot.

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recognition

As the hero meets his catastrophe, he recognizes his flaw and why he must die.

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reversal

The opposite of what the hero intends occurs.

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hamartia

the tragic flaw that leads to the tragic hero's downfall

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catharsis

the release of emotion (pity and fear) from the audience's perspective

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hubris

arrogance before the gods

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Characters

people or animals who take part in the action of a literary work

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flat character

person or animal in whom the author emphasizes a single important trait

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round character

a complex, fully-rounded personality (three-dimensional)

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static character

a person or animal who changes very little over the course of a narrative; things happen to these characters, but little happens in them

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dynamic character

a character that changes in response to the actions through which he or she passes

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antagonist

the character pitted against the protagonist of a work with whom the readers most often identify; usually has evil or distasteful qualities but are not necessarily all bad If the antagonist is all-evil, he/she is considered a villain.

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protagonist

the most important or leading character in a work; usually identical to the hero/heroine, but not always; the protagonist can have both good and bad qualities

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foil

a character, who by contrast with the main character, serves to accentuate that character's distinctive qualities or characteristics

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stock

a type of character who regularly appears in certain literary forms; they are often stereotyped characters

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Conflict

describes the tension between opposing forces in a work of literature

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Person vs. Person

The character struggles against the will or actions of another character.

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Person vs. Fate

A problem or struggle that appears to be well beyond a character's control.

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Person vs. Self

the type of struggle in which an individual is in direct conflict with his own desires or beliefs

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Person vs. Nature

a struggle between a character, and a force of nature

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Person vs. Society

struggle between a character and a group of people or society as a whole

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external conflict

a struggle against an outside force (person against person, nature, society)

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internal conflict

a struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a character

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Details

the facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone of a piece of poetry or prose

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Diction

word choice intended to convey a certain effect

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denotation

dictionary definition of a word

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connotation

feelings and attitudes associated with a word

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dialect

regional variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary; language peculiar to a particular group or social class

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dialogue

character's voice; the conversation between two or more characters

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euphemism

the use of a word or phrase that is less direct but is also less distasteful or less offensive than another

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idiom

idiom

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formal diction

polysyllabic, usually no contractions, scholarly

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colloquial

conversational; informal language, use contractions

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vernacular

language or dialect of a particular group or region

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slang

language that is very informal; not standard

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jargon

language that is specialized to a particular occupation or group

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standard

language accepted as the norm; language used in most writing for school

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Flashback

a scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous event

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Foreshadowing

the use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action

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Imagery

consists of the words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses

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visual

sight

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auditory

sound

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tactile

touch

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papillary

taste

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olfactory

smell

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Mood

the atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary work

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Plot

the sequence of events or actions in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem

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Freytag's Pyramid

  1. exposition

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  1. inciting incident

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  1. rising action

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  1. climax

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  1. falling action

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  1. denouement (resolution)

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Point of view

the perspective from which a narrative is told

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1st Person

narrator is a character in the story (I)

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3rd Person Limited

narrator is not a character in the story but zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of one (or a very few) character(s)

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3rd Person Omniscient

narrator is not a character in the story but can tell us what all (or many) of the characters are thinking and feeling as well as what is happening in other places.

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3rd Person Objective

narrator is not a character in the story but can only report what characters say and do, not what any of them are thinking or feeling.

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It is as if a camera were reporting the events without any commentary. This point of view is very rarely used in literature.

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Rhetorical shift (or turn)

refers to a change or movement in a piece resulting from an epiphany, realization, or insight gained by the speaker, a character, or the reader

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epiphany

used more figuratively to describe the insight or revelation gained when one suddenly understands the essence of a (generally commonplace) object, gesture, statement, situation, moment, or mentality—that is, when one "sees" that commonplace object for what it really is beneath the surface and perceives its inner workings or nature

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Setting

the time and place in which events in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem take place

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Structure

the framework or organization of a literary selection.

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The structure of fiction is usually determined by plot and by chapter division. The structure of drama depends upon its division into acts and scenes. The structure of an essay depends upon the organization of ideas. The structure of poetry is determined by its rhyme scheme and stanzaic form.

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Style

the writer's characteristic manner of employing language

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Suspense

the quality of a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem that makes the reader or audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of events

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Syntax

the arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence

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Theme

the central message of a literary work

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The theme is the idea the author wishes to convey about the subject. It is expressed as a sentence or general statement about life or human nature

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Tone

the writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience, and it is conveyed through the author's choice of diction, point of view, imagery, detail, and syntax Tone can be serious, humorous, sarcastic, indignant, objective, etc.

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Figures of Speech

words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of something else

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Apostrophe

a form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present and the inanimate, as if animate

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Metaphor

a comparison of two unlike things not using "like" or "as"

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Metonymy

a form of metaphor

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In metonymy, the name of one thing is applied to another thing with which it is closely associated.

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Oxymoron

a form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression

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Paradox

occurs when the elements of a statement contradict each other

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Although the statement may appear illogical, impossible, or absurd, it turns out to have a coherent meaning that reveals a hidden truth.

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Personification

a kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics

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Pun

a play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings.

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Puns can have serious as well as humorous uses.

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Simile

a comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words "like" or "as"

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Synecdoche

a form of metaphor

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In synecdoche, a part of something is used to signify the whole. Also the reverse can occur, whereby the whole can represent a part.

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Sound Devices

stylistic techniques that convey meaning through sound

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Alliteration

the practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same sound

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Assonance

the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words

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Consonance

the repetition of consonant sound within a series of words used to create a harmonious effect (not at beginning of words but in middle or end)

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Onomatopoeia

the use of words that mimic the sounds they describe

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Rhyme

the repetition of sounds in two more words or phrases starting with vowel sound and continuing to end of word

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end rhyme

occurs at the end of lines

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internal rhyme

occurs within the line

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rhyme scheme

patterns of end rhymes (example: A B A B)

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Meter

rhythm that continuously repeats a single basic pattern; a measure or unit of metrical verse

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Allegory

the presentation of an abstract idea through more concrete means; typically a narrative that has at least two levels of meaning

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The first is the surface-level story line, which can be summed up by stating who did what to whom and when. Although allegories have coherent plots, their authors expect readers to recognize the existence of a second and deeper level of meaning, which may be moral, political, philosophical, or religious.

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Allusion

a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing

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Hyperbole

a deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration

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It may be used for either serious or comic effect

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