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Section 1
(50 cards)
Apostrophe
When an absent person, an abstract concept, or an important object is directly addressed.
Autobiography
A truthful account of the life of a person, as told and written by that person.
Ad hominem
Appealing to persona considerations rather than to logic or reason.
Dialect
A regional variety of language, often with distinct accents and usage, including but not limited to whole phrases.
Static Character
A character of one dimension and personality trait who remains unchanged by the events of the literary work in which he/she resides.
Scene
A small division of drama within an act, usually of the same setting as the act, but not by definition.
Euphemism
The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive.
A priori
Involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by facts.
Tone
The attitude the author has toward the work, displayed through the language being used.
Irony
A contrast between what is stated and what is meant; there are verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony.
Novella
A prose fictional narrative containing all the elements of a novel but much shorter.
Paradox
A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true.
Vice
An evil, degrading or immoral practice of habit; a serious moral failing.
Colloquialism
A local variation of language, as in a word or phrase, found within particular dialects.
Denotation
The EXPLICIT meaning of a word or a particular meaning of a symbol.
Dynamic Character
A character who undergoes growth and development during the literary work in which he/she resides.
Analysis
The separation of an intellectual whole into its component parts in order to better understand and to reach a truth.
Allusion
A reference to another work of literature or to a part of another work of literature or to a moment in history.
Stream-of-consciousness
The unbroken flow of thought and awareness of the waking mind; a special mode of narration that undertakes to capture the full spectrum and the continuous flow of a character's mental processes.
Protagonist
The central character of a narrative, the character through whom the lesson of the story is learned.
Insight
The act of outcome of grasping the inward or hidden nature of things which in turn tells the grasper a significant message about herself/himself; makes the learning personal, owned.
Stereotype
A conventional and oversimplified opinion or belief about a person or group of people who may share similar characteristics; taking one characteristic of an individual and spreading that characteristic over the group that individual belongs to.
Foreshadow
To use details and images to hint at events to come in the narrative.
Omniscient
The third person narrator who sees all and know all -even the thoughts- about the character of the story.
Virtue
The quality of moral excellence, righteousness, and responsibility, probity; goodness.
Paraphrase
To put the words of the author into your own words.
Dialogue
The spoken words of two or more character within a narrative.
Paradigm
A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline.
Biography
A truthful account of the life a person, told and written by another person.
Conflict
The struggle between two opposing forces in a piece of literature, which the story is built around- The forces are the protagonist and the antagonist.
Purple patch
A selection of writing which contains an unusual piling up devices in such a way as to evidence a self-conscious literary effort; a colorful passage standing out from the writing around it.
Situational Irony
An EVENT where the opposite of what's expected happens.
Superego
The part of the personality which acts as a moral monitor to the behaviors of the individual. It is the faculty that seeks to police what it deems unacceptable desires; it represent all moral restrictions.
Dramatic Irony
When the reader or audience knows something a character does not know, and that knowledge in important to the flow of events.
Historical Fiction
A narrative which tells the story of a real moment in history but embellishes it at least slightly (factual, dated).
Connotation
Another significant meaning of a word, often steeped in symbol or feeling.
Imagery
The picture in your mind that the words from the page create; can be figurative, symbolic, or literal.
Indirect Quotation
Using the words of the author, though not in a direct, word-for-word borrowing.
Tragic Hero
A person of noble birth whose personal destruction is in some way involved w/ the well being of his/her world and who faces a battle of morals; her/his destruction comes from a flaw with his/her personality.
Catharsis
The releasing of certain emotions in the audience: a feeling of pity and hatred for the actions of the tragic hero.
Characterization
The manner by which an author develops a character within a narrative.
Act
A division within the drama, usually seen as the "chapter" of a novel.
Metaphor
A comparison of unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'
Style
The language used by the writer, as well as the narrative techniques used, working together to form the full aspect of the printed material in front of us.
Oedipus Complex
A psychological aspect where a child, usually male, has strong, even desirous feelings for the parent of the opposite sex.
Rhetoric
The body of principles and theory having to do with the presentation of the facts and ideas in clear, convincing, and attractive language.
Ego
Represents and enforces principle reality. Oriented towards perceptions in the real world and associated with reason and sanity.
Complex Character
A character w/ different traits and aspects of personality but who neither grows nor changes during the literary work in which he resides.
Nemesis
That force which restores order within a tragedy, named for the goddess of retributive justice.
Direct Quotation
Using the words of a source directly.
Section 2
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