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41 Cards in this Set
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Image
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A word or series of words that refers to any sensory experience (usually sight, although also sound, smell, touch, or taste)
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Imagery
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The collective set of images in a poem or other literary work
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Prologos (Prologue)
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The introductory scene in which necessary background information or exposition is given (Nurse's monologue in Macbeth)
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Parados
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The entry lyric sung by the chorus as it passed through the aisles into the orchestra area
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Episode
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Scene consisting of dialogue between actors and occasionally minor participation from the chorus
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Stasimon
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Choral ode sung by the chorus after each episode and accompanied by instruments and dancing
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Exodus
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The final action of the play, taking place after the last stasimon and concluding with the exit of the chorus
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Tragedy
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A play in which the plot moves from relative stability to death or serious sorrow for the protagonist
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Peripeteia
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A reversal of fortune for a character
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Aristeia
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The hero or heroine's "big scene"
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Time ("tee-may")
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One's sense of honor
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Deus ex machina
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Carless plotting and unbelievable resolution in a play
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the unities
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the elements of a play which help the audience understand it as a unified whole
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hamartia
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the tragic hero's "fatal flaw"
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hubris
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extreme, overweening pride, often dangerous to the person who has this trait
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Fluency
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the smooth flow of a piece of writing from idea to idea
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Plot
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The sequence of major events in a story, usually related by cause and effect
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Character
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People in a literary work
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Characterization
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the method by which an author develops a character through a story
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Point of view
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Perspective, or angle of vision, from which a narrator presents a sotry
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Setting
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Context for the action: the time, place, culture, and atmosphere in which it occurs
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Theme
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Central idea embodied by or explored in a literary work
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Symbol
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Something in a literary work which can be seen, touched, smalled, heard, tasted, or experienced imaginatively, but also conveys a cluster of abstract meanings beyond itself
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Style
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A writer's characteristic way of saying things
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Narrative Realism
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the fictional attempt to give the effect of realism by representing complex characters with mixed motives who are rooted in a social class, interact with many other characters, and undergo plausible, everyday experience.
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Narrative annexes
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Unexpected characters, impermissible subjects, and plot altering events which appear within fictional worlds which might be expected to exclude them.
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"Divided soul"
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A conflict between the "inner self" and the "outer self" or characters who function as "alter egos" for each other
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Bildungsroman
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A novel which concerns itself with the development of a youthful protagonist as s/he matures
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Epiphanies
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Moments of revelation that, in retrospect, turn out to be centers to human existence
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Pathetic Fallacy
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The idea that one's experience and description of the external world (particularly the natural world) reflects one's inner world
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Structure
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The planned framework or architecture of a literary work to form a unified whole
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Satire
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blend of humor and criticism to convey a message.
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Cosmic Irony
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Discrepancy between a character's aspirations and his treatment at the hands of fate
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Sarcasm
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a conspicuously bitter form of irony in which the ironic statement is designed to hurt or mock
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Paradox
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A statement that, while apparently self-contradicting, in none the less essentially true
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Soliloquy
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A dramatic convention in which a character, onstage alone, speaks his thoughts aloud through a speech "not intended" for others to hear
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Pun
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A play on words in which a word or phrase is ironic and/or has multiple meanings
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Aside
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A "whisper" that the audience is intended to overhear
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Juxtaposition
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Placing two ideas, words, pictures, side by side so that their closeness creates an ironic contrast
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Comic Relief
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In tradegy or other serious work, a humorous incident or remark which relieves tension
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The Byronic Hero
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A character who rejects the values and moral codes of society, often considered unrepentent by society's standards
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