Literary Definitions

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Literary DefinitionsLiterary DefinitionsBy: Tristan, Cassie, Josef


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- all the events in a story particularlyrendered towards the achievement ofsome particular artistic or emotional effect.

is the struggle found in fiction. Conflict/Plotmay be internal or external and is bestseen in (1) Man in conflict with anotherMan: (2) Man in conflict in Nature; (3) Manin conflict with self.

PlotPlot


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- includes the time, location, and everythingin a story that takes place, and initiatesthe main backdrop and mood for a story.

"The room was warm and clean, the curtainsdrawn, the two table lamps alight - hersand the one by the empty chair opposite.On the sideboard behind her, two tallglasses, soda water, whiskey. Fresh ice

cubes in the Thermos bucket". Book isLamb to Slaughter.

SettingsSettings


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-describes from which grammatical personsperspective the story is perceived.

First person: (includes the thoughtsand perspective of one maincharacter, who's telling his/her ownstory)

Second person: (turns the reader intothe character)

Third person selective singular:(includes the thoughts andperspective of one main character)

Point-Of-ViewPoint-Of-View


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- the process of conveying information aboutcharacters in narrative or dramatic works ofart or everyday conversation.

is the method used by a writer to develop a

character. The method includes (1) showingthe character's appearance, (2) displaying thecharacter's actions, (3) revealing thecharacter's thoughts, (4) letting the characterspeak, and (5) getting the reactions of

others.Example is Edward Cullen is charming,polite, determined, and very stubborn,protective of a girl he loves, girl describes himimpossibly beautiful.

CharacterizationCharacterization


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- the main idea of a essay, paragraph, orbook.

"jealousy" (in Shakespeare's Othello)

ThemeTheme


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- a literary or rhetorical stylistic device thatconsists in repeating the same consonantsound at the beginning of several words inclose succession.

Coleridge describes the sacred river Alph inKubla Khan as "Five miles meandering witha mazy motion," which alliterates with theconsonant m.

AlliterationAlliteration


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- an expression designed to call somethingto mind without mentioning it explicitly.

Like a magician having a hat bringing arabbit out of his hat but really it probably

wasnt there before he mustve didsomething to make it look like magic

AllusionAllusion


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- a comparison between two things. a child who states, "I broked the toy"

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_A.html

AnalogyAnalogy


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- a person who actively opposes or is hostileto someone or something.

In the book, Twilight, the Nomads and Jamesare Antagonist.

AntagonistAntagonist


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- to one side; out of the way.The Changeling' by Thomas Middleton:

DEFLORES [Aside] Will't never mend, thisscorn, One side nor other? Must I be

enjoin'd To follow still whilst she flies fromme? Well, Fates do your worst, I'll pleasemyself with sight Of her, at allopportunities, If but to spite her anger.

AsideAside


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- verse without rhyme. As an example, in Shakespeare'sA Midsummer

Night's Dream, Theseus' speech to Hippolytaappears in blank verse:

he poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,Doth glancefrom heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;And,as imagination bodies forthThe forms of thingsunknown, the poet's penTurns them to shapes

and gives to airy nothingA local habitation and aname. (5.1.12-17)

Blank VerseBlank Verse


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- the most intense, exciting, or importantpoint of something.

Big fight sequence; finding the treasure;hero enters villain's lair and rescues the

maiden; the mega-storm happens; girl andboy go out on date at last.http://changingminds.org/disciplines/storytelling/plots/five_stage/climax.htm

ClimaxClimax


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- comic episodes in a dramatic or literarywork that offset more serious sections.

Comic ReliefComic Relief


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- two lines of a verse, usually in the samemeter and joined by a rhyme, that form aunit.

I found a starfish in the bay

when I was fishingyesterday source:http://www.docstoc.com/docs/4979748/example-of-a-couplet-poem

CoupletCouplet


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- the choice and use of words and phrases inspeech or writing.

Wordsworth campaigned againstexaggerated poetic diction. Source

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DictionDiction


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- the structure of a dramatic work such as aplay or film.

The play was made up of 5 scenes.

Dramatic StructureDramatic Structure


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- an adjective or descriptive phraseexpressing a quality characteristic of theperson or thing mentioned.

They did a very good job on painting that

house.

EpithetEpithet


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- a distinction in traditional systems foranalyzing language.

As she was reading, she started tounderstand the words more then their

literal meaning.

Figurative LanguageFigurative Language


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- a literary technique used by many differentauthors to provide clues for the reader tobe able to predict what might occur lateron in the story.

Before I finished reading the book, I had anidea on how the story was going to end.

ForeshadowingForeshadowing


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- prevent from succeeding.The characters in the book were very

different from one another.

FoilFoil


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- visually descriptive or figurative language.The story makes you visually think of whats

going on at that time period.

ImageryImagery


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- an expression of ones meaning by usinglanguage that normally signifies theopposite.

"he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"

source -http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=define%3A+irony&aq=f&aqi=g10&oq=

IronyIrony


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- the basic rhythmic structure of a verse. the Horatian ode has an intricate governing

meter | unexpected changes of stress andmeter. Source dashboard dictionary

MeterMeter


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- a figure of speech in which a word ofphrase is applied to an object or action towhich it is not literally applicable.

I had fallen through a trapdoor of

depression, said Mark, who was fond oftheatrical metaphors | her poetry dependson suggestion and metaphor. Source dashboard dictionary

MetaphorMetaphor


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- a long speech by one actor in a play ormovie.

As young as I am, I have observed thesethree swashers. I am boy to all three; but

all three, though they would not serve me,could not be man to me; for indeed threesuch antics do not amount to a man. Henry V By: William Shakespeare

MonologueMonologue


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- the attribution of a personal nature orhuman characteristics to something non-human.

He did not realize that his last chance was

walking out the door.-http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/referen

PersonificationPersonification
http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/reference/examples-of-personification.htmlhttp://www.yourdictionary.com/library/reference/examples-of-personification.html


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- the leader or one of the major charactersin a drama, movie, novel, or other fictionaltexts.

Edward and Bella are protagonists in the

book Twilight.

ProtagonistProtagonist


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- a joke exploiting the different possiblemeanings of a word or the fact that thereare words alike but have differentmeanings.

A dog not only has a fur coat but alsopants.-http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harris

PunPun
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/puns.htmhttp://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/puns.htm


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- the ordered pattern at the ends of the linesof a poem or verse.

There once was a big brown cata That liked to eat a lot of

mice. b He got all roundand fat a Becausethey tasted so nice. b

- http://www.rbuhsd.k12.ca.us/~rgrow/Rhyme

%20Schemes.html

Rhyme SchemeRhyme Scheme


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- a figure of speech involving thecomparison of one thing to another thingof a different kind.

It was an American tradition, like fathers

chasing kids around with power tools-http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/09/12/the-25-funniest-analogies-collected-by-high-school-english-teachers/

SimileSimile


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- describes a discrepancy between theexpected result and the actual results.

In literature, William Shakespeare's Romeoand Juliet provides an example of tragic

situational irony. Juliet takes a drug to fakeher death, Romeo however takes poison ashe believes Juliet to be dead, when sheawakens from her self-induced coma, shefinds Romeo's body and thus kills herselffor real.-http://www.ironyexamples.com/situational-irony/

Situational IronySituational Irony


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- a literary device often used in drama wherebya character relates his or her thoughts andfeelings without addressing any of the othercharacters.

To play or not to playWhether it's noblerin the mind to sufferThan to be in pain onthe courtOr suck it up and playAnd bydefeating your adversary, to pain: toswell-http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/engramja/hamlet/examples_of_hamlet_soliloquy.htm

SoliloquySoliloquy


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- a thing that represents or stands forsomething else.

- bright sunshine symbolizes goodness andwater is a symbolic cleanser.-

http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/yorba/literary_elements.htm

SymbolSymbol


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- verbal irony is intentionally produced. ".....I will not marry yet; and, when I do, I

swear it shall be Romeo, whom you know Ihate, rather than Paris ...-

http://www.enotes.com/romeo-and-juliet/q-and-a/what-some-examples-verbal-irony-romeo-juliet-70761

Verbal IronyVerbal Irony

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