sources of definitions are The Princeton Review (TPR) and Barron's AP study guides. and class notes that Mr. Enns distributed :)
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| 13823068346 | syntax | the ordering and structuring of the words in a sentence | 0 | |
| 13823068359 | objectivity | this treatment of a subject matter is an impersonal/outside view of events | 1 | |
| 13823068360 | subjectivity | this treatment of a subject matter uses the interior/personal view of a single observer and is typically colored with that observer's emotional responses | 2 | |
| 13823068361 | onomatopoeia | words that sound like what they mean | 3 | |
| 13823068370 | ode | a lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful and exalted feelings toward the subject. | 4 | |
| 13823068371 | omniscient narrator | a narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding, and insight of characters, setting, background, and all other elements of the story | 5 | |
| 13823068372 | oxymoron | a phrase composed of opposites; a contradiction. juxtaposition of contradictory element to create a paradoxical effect | 6 | |
| 13823068373 | opposition | one of the most useful concepts in analyzing literature. it means that you have a pair of elements that contrast sharply. | 7 | |
| 13823068389 | objective narrator | 3rd person narr. who only reports on what would be visible to a camera, doesn't know what the character is thinking unless the character speaks of it. | 8 | |
| 13823068394 | quatrian | a four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem | 9 | |
| 13823068395 | refrain | a line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem | 10 | |
| 13823068396 | requiem | a song of prayer for the dead | 11 | |
| 13823068397 | realism | the depiction of people, things, and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect | 12 | |
| 13823068398 | rhetoric | the language of a work and its style; words, often highly emotional, used to convince or sway an audience | 13 | |
| 13823068399 | rhetorical question | a question that suggests an answer. in theory, the effect is that it causes the listener to feel they have come up with the answer themselves | 14 | |
| 13823068400 | rhapsody | an intensely passionate verse or section of verse, usually of love or praise | 15 | |
| 13823068401 | rhyme | the repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals, used mostly in poetry | 16 | |
| 13823068402 | rhyme scheme | the patterns of rhymes within a given poem i.e. abba | 17 | |
| 13823068403 | rhythm | the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry. similar to meter | 18 | |
| 13823068404 | romance | an extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places | 19 | |
| 13823068405 | sarcasm | a sharp, caustic expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt | 20 | |
| 13823068406 | satire | a literary style used to poke fun at, attack or ridicule an idea, vice, or foible, often for the purpose of inducing change. great subjects for this include hypocrisy, vanity and greed, especially if those characteristics have become institutionalized in society | 21 | |
| 13823068407 | simile | figurative comparison using the words "like" or "as" | 22 | |
| 13823068408 | setting | the total environment for the action in a novel/play. it includes time, place, historical milieu, and social, political and even spiritual circumstances | 23 | |
| 13823068409 | sentimental | a term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience; also nauseatingly nostalgic and mawkish | 24 | |
| 13823068410 | sentiment | a synonym for "view" or "feeling"; also refined and tender emotion in literature | 25 | |
| 13823068411 | scansion | the act of determining the meter of a poetic line. | 26 | |
| 13823068412 | sonnet | a popular form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme. two types: Shakespearean and Petrarchan | 27 | |
| 13823068413 | soliloquy | a speech spoken by a character alone on stage. meant to convey the impression that the audience is listening to the character's THOUGHTS. unlike an aside, it is not meant to imply that the actor acknowledges the audience's presence | 28 | |
| 13823068414 | stanza | a group of lines in verse, roughly analogous in function to the paragraph in prose; a group of two or more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter, rhyme, or some other plan | 29 | |
| 13823068415 | stream of consciousness | a style of writing in which the author tries to reproduce the random flow of thoughts in the human mind, e.g. Ernest Hemingway | 30 | |
| 13823068416 | stock characters | standard or cliched character types: the drunk, the miser, the foolish girl, etc. | 31 | |
| 13823068417 | style | the manner in which an author uses and arranges words, shapes ideas, forms sentences and creates a structure to convey ideas | 32 | |
| 13823068418 | subplot | a subordinate or minor collection of events in a novel or play, usually connected to the main plot | 33 | |
| 13823068419 | subtext | the implied meaning that underlies the main meaning of a work of literature | 34 | |
| 13823068420 | summary | a simple retelling of what you've just read. what you DON'T want to do in the Open Essay section :) | 35 | |
| 13823068421 | symbolism | a device in literature where an object represents an idea | 36 | |
| 13823068422 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part | 37 | |
| 13823068423 | theme | the main idea or meaning, often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built | 38 | |
| 13823068424 | thesis | the main position of an argument. the central contention that will be supported | 39 | |
| 13823068425 | tone | the author's attitude toward the subject being written about. it's the characteristic emotion that pervades a work or part of a work | 40 | |
| 13823068426 | tragic flaw | in a tragedy, this is the weakness of a character in an otherwise good individual that ultimately leads to his demise | 41 | |
| 13823068427 | tragedy | a form of literature in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw and a set of forces that cause the hero considerable anguish, or even death | 42 | |
| 13823068429 | truism | a way-too-obvious truth | 43 | |
| 13823068434 | syllepsis | the use of a word understood differently in relation to two or more other words, which it modifies/governs. "The ink, like our pig, keeps running out of the pen." | 44 | |
| 13823068436 | suspense | the uncertainty/anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story | 45 |
