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| 7496253031 | ALLEGORY | figure of speech (usually a complete narrative) in which abstract ideas or principles are described in terms of characters or events Example: Animal Farm, Allegory of the Cave | 0 | |
| 7496253032 | COMEDY | literary genre and type of dramatic work that is amusing and satirical in nature; purpose is to amuse the audience, multiple subsets to comedy, commonly provides social commentary Example: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare Romantic Comedy | 1 | |
| 7496256100 | CONFIDANT | someone in whom the main character confides; reveals the central character's thoughts, intentions, and personality traits. does not need to be a person | 2 | |
| 7496257845 | COSMIC IRONY | also known as the "irony of fate" common in stories that deal with gods, fate, or destiny that have agendas that differ from humans the universe is indifferent to the plight of man toy with human hope and expectation | 3 | |
| 7496257846 | DENOUEMENT | defined as the resolution to all the conflict in the work of fiction driven by the climax, can occur simultaneously commonly found at the end of the story | 4 | |
| 7496263527 | GENRE | the type of literature characterized by a specific form, content, or style Examples: poetry, drama, prose, fiction, non-fiction | 5 | |
| 7496263528 | IN MEDIAS RES | in the middle of a narrative or plot | 6 | |
| 7496268060 | DIRECT VS INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION | an author or another character in the story describes or reveals a character reveals traits in a straightforward manner Example: descriptive adjectives, epithets also known as implicit characterization audience has to deduce character through their thoughts, actions, dialogue, behavior, and speech Example: communications between characters | 7 | |
| 7496268061 | FLAT VS DYNAMIC CHARACTER | one-dimensional, lack emotional depth, static throughout the story, no substantial growth throughout Example: Miss Maudie (TKAM) faces trials and tribulations throughout the narrative, undergoes changes and growth Example: Jack (Lord of the Flies) | 8 | |
| 7496271924 | HORATIAN | named for Latin poet, Horace an ode typically informal in tone short lyric poem written in stanzas of two or four lines commonly intimate and reflective/deal with friendship and love Satire mocked the societal norms, clever yet gentle ridicules universal human folly | 9 | |
| 7496271925 | JUVENILIAN | Juvenal attacked public officials and governmental organizations more contemptuous and abrasive, and uses strong irony and sarcasm, aims to provoke change, not commonly humorous | 10 | |
| 7496277591 | LIMITED/OMNISCIENT POV | third person limited point of view, the reader is privy only to one main character's thoughts third person omniscient point of view allows the author to delve into the thoughts of any character, making the narrator seem godlike | 11 | |
| 7496277592 | MINIMALIST | context often dictates the meaning, characterized by an economy of words, readers take an active role in the story popularized by Hemingway | 12 | |
| 7496282966 | SITUATIONAL IRONY | incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead. something entirely different happens from what audience may be expecting, or the final outcome is opposite to what the audience is expecting distinction between appearances and realities Example: Kate Choplin, Story of an Hour-her husband comes back unexpectedly and, upon seeing him, instantly she dies from shock. | 13 | |
| 7496286121 | STORY OF INITIATION | story whose overall plot is concerned with putting the protagonist through a particular sort of experience | 14 | |
| 7496288763 | STOCK CHARACTER | dramatic or literary character representing a type in a conventional manner and recurring in many works archetypal, stereotypical in nature | 15 | |
| 7496291683 | STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS | stream of consciousness is a narrative mode or method that attempts to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind | 16 | |
| 7496293835 | STYLE | technique that an individual author uses in his writing. It varies from author to author, and depends upon one's syntax, word choice, and tone Example: persuasive, descriptive, argumentative/expository, narrative | 17 | |
| 7496295742 | TRAGEDY (COMPARE TO COMEDY) | drama that presents a serious subject matter about human suffering and corresponding terrible events in a dignified manner Example: Greek Tragedy, English Tragedy | 18 | |
| 7496295743 | UNRELIABLE NARRATOR | narrator whose character/credibility has been compromised Example: Amy (Gone Girl) | 19 | |
| 7496298747 | VERBAL IRONY | a speaker speaks something contradictory to what they intends to say or feel Example: sarcasm, overstatement, understatement | 20 |
