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| 8447333033 | Characterization | The process by which the writer reveals the peesonality of a character | 0 | |
| 8447333034 | Plot | The story of a play or novel | 1 | |
| 8447333035 | Setting | The location of a story | 2 | |
| 8447333036 | Conflict | Involves a struggle between two opposing forces | 3 | |
| 8447333037 | Point of view | Perspective in which a story is told | 4 | |
| 8447333038 | Theme | Main idea of a literary work | 5 | |
| 8447333039 | Limited point of view | The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character | 6 | |
| 8447333040 | First person point of view | Tells the story with the first person pronoun "I" and is a character in the story | 7 | |
| 8447333041 | Third person point of view | Relates events with the third person pronouns "he," "she," and "it" | 8 | |
| 8447333042 | Omniscient point of view | The narrator knows the thoughts of all of the characters in the story | 9 | |
| 8447333043 | Rhetoric | Principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively | 10 | |
| 8447333044 | Rhetorical triangle | Made up of Logos, Ethos, and Pathos. Used to sway the audience's attention and response to any given work | 11 | |
| 8447333045 | Logos | Employs logical reasoning, combining a clear idea with well thought out and appropriate examples and details | 12 | |
| 8447333046 | Pathos | Plays on the reader' emotions and interests | 13 | |
| 8447333047 | Ethos | Establishes credibility in the speaker | 14 | |
| 8447333048 | Context | 15 | ||
| 8447333049 | Purpose | 16 | ||
| 8447333050 | Speaker | 17 | ||
| 8447333051 | Audience | 18 | ||
| 8447333052 | Ad hominem argument | Argument appeals to emotion rather reason | 19 | |
| 8447333053 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. In some *, for example, an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction like hope or freedom. The * meaning usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about human existence. | 20 | |
| 8447333054 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something that is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. * can be historical (like referring to Hitler), literary (like referring to Kurtz in Heart of Darkness), religious ( like referring to Noah Andy the flood0, or mythical ( like referring to Atlas). There are, of course, many more possibilities, and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers of *. | 21 | |
| 8447333055 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. An * can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with, or pointing out its similarity to, something more familiar. * can also make writing more vivid, imaginative, and intellectually engaging | 22 | |
| 8447333056 | Atmosphere | The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. Even such elements as a description of the weather can contribute to the *. Frequently, * overshadows events. | 23 | |
| 8447333057 | Caricature | A representation, especially pictorial or literary, in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect. Sometimes * can be so exaggerated that it becomes a grotesque imitation or misrepresentation. | 24 | |
| 8447333058 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. An independent or main * expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence | 25 | |
| 8447333059 | Colloquialism | Slang or informality in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing, * give work a conversational, familiar tone. * expressions in writing include local or regional dialects | 26 | |
| 8447333060 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. A * displays intellectual cleverness due to an unusual comparison being made | 27 | |
| 8447333061 | Diction | Related to style, diction refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. | 28 | |
| 8447333062 | Figurative language | Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid | 29 | |
| 8447333063 | Figure of speech | A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things. Figures of speech ink use hyperbole, irony, and metaphor | 30 | |
| 8447333064 | Generic conventions | This term describes traditions of each genre. These * help to define each genre; for example, they differed ate between an essay and journalistic writing | 31 | |
| 8447333065 | Genre | The major category in which a literary work fits. The basic divisions of literature are prose, poetry, and drama. | 32 | |
| 8447333066 | Homily | This term literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can inlcude any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice | 33 | |
| 8447333067 | Hyperbole | A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. * often have a comic effect; however, a serious effect is also possible. Often, * produces irony at the same time. | 34 | |
| 8447333068 | Imagery | The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion or represent abstractions. On a physical level, * uses terms related to the five senses. | 35 | |
| 8447333069 | Irony/ironic | The contrast between what is said explicitly and what is really meant; the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true | 36 | |
| 8447333070 | Metaphor | A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity | 37 | |
| 8447333071 | Narrative | The tellling of a story or an account of an event or series of events | 38 | |
| 8447333072 | Paradox | Statement that appears to be self contradictory or opposed to common sense, but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity | 39 | |
| 8447333073 | Parody | A work closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule | 40 | |
| 8447333074 | Personification | Figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions | 41 | |
| 8447333075 | Prose | One of the major divisions of genre. It refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms, because they are written in ordinary language, and most closely resemble everyday speech. | 42 | |
| 8447333076 | Repetition | The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as sound, word, phrase, clause,,sentence, or grammatical pattern. | 43 | |
| 8447333077 | Rhetorical modes | Flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing. | 44 | |
| 8447333078 | Rhetorical question | A question that is asked merely for effect and does not expect a reply. The answer is assumed | 45 | |
| 8447333079 | Sarcasm | Involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. It may use irony as a device, but not all ironic statements are sarcastic. Can be witty and insightful. | 46 | |
| 8447333080 | Satire | A work that targets human vices and folies for reform or ridicule | 47 | |
| 8447333081 | Simile | An explicit comparison, normally using like or as | 48 | |
| 8447333082 | Style | an evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language and other literary devices. | 49 | |
| 8447333083 | Syntax | The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences. * is similar to diction, but you can differentiate the two by thinking * is referring to grouos of words, while diction refers to individual words | 50 | |
| 8447333084 | Thesis | The sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or proposition. | 51 | |
| 8447333085 | Tone | Describes the author's attitude towards his or her material, the audience or both. * is easier to determine in spoken language than in written language. | 52 | |
| 8447333086 | Wit | Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights. A * statement is humorous while still suggesting the reader's verbal power. | 53 | |
| 8447333087 | Willy Loman | 54 | ||
| 8447333088 | Biff Loman | 55 | ||
| 8447333089 | Happy Loman | 56 | ||
| 8447333090 | Linda Loman | 57 | ||
| 8447333091 | Charley | 58 | ||
| 8447333092 | Bernard | 59 | ||
| 8447333093 | Ben | 60 |
