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54 Cards in this Set
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Jargon
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words unique to a specific subject
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denouement
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the resultion that ties up the loose ends of the plot
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in medias res
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"in the middle" when a piece skips to the middle of the action
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subplot
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secondary plot that explores ideas that are different from the main plot
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parallel plot
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a secondary plot that mimics the main plot
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How can an author develop a character?
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S-what the character says
T-what the character thinks A-how the character acts and interacts R-how the charcter reacts |
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protagonist
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main character who is the central focus
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antagonist
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the opposing force. It can be a character or something else, like the fish or sea in The Old Man on the Sea
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Dynamic characters
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characters that undergo major changes
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Static characters
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characters who remain the same throughout the story
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Aristotelian tragic hero
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proud hero of noble birth with fatal flaw that leads him to his own downfall. He has an epiphany at some point in the book.
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Classic hero
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variation of the Aristotelian tragic hero: nobel birth, fatal flaw, downfall, eiphany: Hamlet
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Romantic hero
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larger than life; charismatic; posessing an air of mystery; saves the day or the heroine; embodies freedom, adventure, and idealism; often outside the law: Robin Hood
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Modern Hero
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has human weaknesses; struggles for insight; caught in the ironies of the human condition: Tom Joad in Grapes of Wrath
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Hemingway Hero
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brave, endures, maintains sense of humor, graceful under pressure
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Antihero
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protagonist notably lacking heroic qualities
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motif
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repetition of an image
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stream of conciousness
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a narrative that puts the reader in the mind of the narrator, showing the character's thought process
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chorus
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in Ancient Greek plays, a chorus could be an assembly, the playwright's voice, a acharacter, or the audience
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stage manager
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a character who comments omniciently
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interior monologue
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a character exposes his inner thoughts
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epistolary novel
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type of novel that is made up of letters being exchanged
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picaresque novel
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episodic novel about adventures of a young rogue
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gothic novel
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type of novel concerned iwth supernatural, macabre, and exotic: Frankenstein
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romantic novel
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a novel that is idealistic; imaginitive, and adventuresome
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allegorical novel
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a novel that is representative and symbolic: Animal farm
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allusion
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a reference to another work, concept, or situation, enhancing the meaning of the work that is citing it
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allegory
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a work in which the characters and events can be interpreted for both literal and symbolic meaning
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parable
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a didactic allegory
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subtext
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implied meaning of a work or section of a work
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foot
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basic building block of poetry. composed of a pattern of syllables.
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meter
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made up of feet. pattern of beats and accents.
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what does this symbolize (there's a syllable under it):
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stressed syllable
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what does this symbolize (there's a syllable under it):
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unstressed syllable
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2 lines
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a couplet
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3 lines
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tercet
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4 lines
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quatrain
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end rhymes
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last word of the line rhymes with another last word of another line
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masculine rhyme
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lsat stressed syllable of the rhyming words match exactly. most common type of rhyme
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feminine rhyme
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2 consecutive syllables of rhyming words rhyme and 1st syllable is stressed
prancing and dancing |
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internal rhyme
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rhymes that occur within a line and add to the music of the poem
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narrative poem
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poem that tells a story
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lyric poem
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poeme that presents a personal impression
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identify rhymes scheme of a ballad
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rhyme scheme is primarily abcb.
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number of lines per stanza in a ballad
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written in qutrains
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meter/foot scheme of a ballad
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2 lines imabic tetrameter alternating with 2 lines iambic trimeter
ballads empoy dialogue, repetition, and minor characterization. look up Robin Hood ballad. |
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forced rhyme
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when words don't acutally rhyme, but the reader makes them rhyme with pronounciation. For example, soften the g of falling and it rhymes with Allan. This stretch falls under the category of poetic license.
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Ode
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formal lyric poem addressing serious matters
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elegy
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formal lyric poem written in honor of one who has died
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elegiac
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adjective of elegy
describes a work lamenting a serious loss |
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end-stopped line
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a line that is a complete thought concluded by a punctuation
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consonance
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repetition of consonants or consonant patterns especially at the end of words like blank and think
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apostrophe
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a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea, as “O Death, where is thy sting?”
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assonance
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when the same vowel sounds are used in two words that have different consonants in the stressed syllables. penitent and reticence
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