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| 5663037317 | Epic | a long narrative poem elevating character, speech, and action | 0 | |
| 5663037318 | Fables | a brief story illustrating a moral truth, most often associated with the ancient Greek writer Aesop | 1 | |
| 5663037319 | Parables | a short allegory designed to illustrate a religious truth, often associated with Jesus as recorded in the Gospels, primarily Luke | 2 | |
| 5663037320 | Fiction | narratives based in the imagination of the author, not in literal, reportorial facts; one of the three major genres of imaginative literature | 3 | |
| 5663037321 | Romances | 1. lengthy Spanish and French stories of the 16th and 17th centuries 2. Modern formulaic stories describing the growth of an impulsive, passionate, and powerful love relationship | 4 | |
| 5663037322 | Novel | a long work of prose fiction | 5 | |
| 5663037323 | Story | a narrative, usually fictional, and short, centering on a major character, and rendering a complete action | 6 | |
| 5663037324 | Realism or verisimilitude | the use of true, lifelike, or probable situations and concerns. Also, the theory underlying the depiction of reality in literature | 7 | |
| 5663037325 | Postulate or premise or donnee | the given action or set of assumptions on which a work of literature is based, such as the unpredictability of love, the bleakness and danger of a postwar world, or the inescapability of guilt | 8 | |
| 5663037327 | Actions, incidents | the events or occurrences in a work | 9 | |
| 5663037328 | Organic unity | the interdependence of all elements of a work, including character, actions, speeches, descriptions, thoughts, and observations. Attributed to Aristotle | 10 | |
| 5663037329 | Conflict | the opposition between two characters, between large groups of people, or between protagonists and larger forces such as natural objects, ideas, modes of behavior, public opinion, and the like. It may also be internal and psychological, involving choices facing a protagonist. the resolution is the essence of plot | 11 | |
| 5663037330 | Protagonist | the central character and focus of interest in a narrative or drama | 12 | |
| 5663037332 | Chronologically | "the logic of time" The sequence of events in a work, with emphasis on the complex intertwining of cause and effect | 13 | |
| 5663037333 | Plot | the plan or ground work for a story or a play, with the actions resulting from believable and authentic human responses to a conflict. It is causality, conflict, response, opposition, and interaction that make this out of a series of actions | 14 | |
| 5663037334 | Antagonist | the person, idea, force, or general set of circumstances opposing the protagonist; an essential element of plot | 15 | |
| 5663037335 | Structure | the arrangement and placement of materials in a work | 16 | |
| 5663037336 | Idea or theme | a concept, thought, opinion, or belief; in literature, a unifying, centralizing conception or motif | 17 | |
| 5663037337 | Issue | an assertion or idea to be debated, disputed, or discusses. Sometimes it is referred to a difficult or questionable circumstance | 18 | |
| 5663037342 | Omniscient | a third-person narrative in which the speaker or narrator, with no apparent limitations, may describe intentions, actions, reactions, locations, and speeches of any or all of the characters, and may also describe their innermost thoughts (when necessary for the development of the plot) | 19 | |
| 5663037343 | Dramatic, objective point of view | a third-person narration reporting speech and action, but excluding commentary on the actions and thoughts of the characters | 20 | |
| 5663037344 | Description | the exposition of scenes, actions, attitudes, and feelings | 21 | |
| 5663037346 | Atmosphere, mood | the emotional aura invoked by a work | 22 | |
| 5663037347 | Metaphor | "carrying out a change" a figure of speech that describes something as though it actually is something else, thereby enhancing understanding and insight | 23 | |
| 5663037349 | Tone | the techniques and modes of presentation that reveal or create attitudes | 24 | |
| 5663037350 | Irony | broadly, a means of indirection. | 25 | |
| 5663037351 | Verbal irony | language stressing the importance of an idea by stating the opposite of what is meant | 26 | |
| 5663037352 | Situational irony | a type of irony emphasizing that human beings are enmeshed in forces beyond their comprehension and control | 27 | |
| 5663037353 | Dramatic irony | a special kind of situational irony in which a character perceives his or her plight in a limited way while the audience and one or more of the other characters understand it entirely | 28 | |
| 5663037356 | Cultural, universal symbol | a symbol that is recognized and shared as a result of a common political, social, and cultural heritage | 29 | |
| 5663037357 | Allegory | a complete narrative that may also be applied to a parallel set of moral, philosophical, political, religious, or social situations | 30 | |
| 5663037358 | Commentary, analysis, or interpretation | passages of explanation and reflection about the meaning of actions, thoughts, dialogue, historical movements, and so on | 31 | |
| 5663037359 | First person point of view | the narrator who tells about things that he or she has seen, done, spoken, heard, thought, and also learned about in other ways | 32 | |
| 5663037366 | Sequence | the following of one thing upon another in time or chronology. It is the realistic or true-to-life basis of the cause-and-effect arrangement necessary in a plot | 33 | |
| 5663037367 | Episodes | 1. an acting scene or section of Greek tragedy. Divisions separating these were called satsuma, or sections for the chorus 2. a self-enclosed portion of a work, such as a section, or passage of particular narration, dialogue, or location | 34 | |
| 5663037368 | central idea, central argument | 1. The thesis or main idea of an essay 2. the theme of a literary work | 35 | |
| 5663037369 | Style | the manipulation of language; the placement of words in the service of content | 36 | |
| 5663037372 | Dialogue | the speeches of two or more characters in a story, play, or poem | 37 | |
| 5663037373 | Speaker, narrator, persona, or voice | the narrator of a story or poem, the point of view, often an independent character who is completely imagined and consistently maintained by the author. In addition to narrating the essential events of the work, they may also introduce other aspects of his or her knowledge, and may express judgments and opinions. often the character of this person is of as much interest in the story as the actions or incidents | 38 | |
| 5663037374 | Major mover, major character | a major participant in a work's action who either causes things to happen or who is the subject of major events. If the first-person narrator is also this, such as the protagonist, that fact gives first-hand authenticity to the narration | 39 | |
| 5663037375 | Unreliable narrator | a speaker who through ignorance, self-interest, or lack of capacity may tell lies and distort details. locating the truth in an unreliable narrator's story requires careful judgment and not inconsiderable skepticism | 40 | |
| 5663037376 | Reliable narrator | a speaker who has nothing to hide by making misstatements and who is untainted by self-interest. This speaker's narration is therefore to be accepted at face value | 41 | |
| 5663037377 | Second person point of view | a narration in which a second-person listener is the protagonist and the speaker is someone with knowledge that the protagonist does not possess or understand about his or her own actions | 42 | |
| 5663037378 | Third person point of view | the speaker or narrator is not a part of the story, unlike the involvement of the other point of views. Because they exhibit great knowledge and understanding, together with other qualities of character, he or she is often virtually identified with the author, but this identification is not easily decided | 43 | |
| 5663037379 | Authorial voice | the voice or persona used by authors when seemingly speaking for themselves. The use of the term makes I possible to discuss a narration or presentation without assuming that the ideas are necessarily those of the author in his or her own persona | 44 | |
| 5663037381 | Limited omniscient third person | a third-person narration in which the actions and thoughts of the protagonist are the primary focus of attention | 45 | |
| 5663037382 | Point of view character | the central figure or protagonist in a limited-point-of-view narration, the character about whom events turn, the focus of attention in the narration | 46 | |
| 5663037383 | Character | an extended verbal representation of a human being, the inner self that determines thought, speech, and behavior | 47 | |
| 5663037384 | Trait | a typical mode of behavior; the study of major . . . provides a guide to the description of character | 48 | |
| 5663037385 | Dynamic character | a character who recognizes changes with, and tries to adjust to circumstances | 49 | |
| 5663037386 | Round character | a literary character, usually but not necessarily the protagonist of a story or play, who is 3D, authentic, memorable, original, and true to life. They are the center of our attention, and is both individual and unpredictable. They profit from experience, and in the course of a story undergoes change or development | 50 | |
| 5663053057 | hero, heroine | the major male and female protagonists in a narrative or drama, the terms are often used to describe leading characters in adventures or romances | 51 | |
| 5663055521 | flat characters | a character, usually minor, who is not individual, but rather useful and structural, static and unchanging; distinguished from round character | 52 | |
| 5663057852 | static character | a character who undergoes no change, a flat character | 53 | |
| 5663057853 | stock character | a flat character in a standard role with standard traits, such as the bored hotel clerk | 54 | |
| 5663060228 | representative character | a flat character with the qualities of all other members of a group Ex: clerks, cowboys | 55 | |
| 5663060229 | stereotype | a character who is so ordinary and unoriginal that he or she seems to have been cast in a mold | 56 | |
| 5663067203 | verisimilitude, probablility, or plausibility | a characteristic whereby the setting, circumstances, characters, dialogue, actions, and outcomes in a work are designed to seem true, lifelike, real, plausible, and probable | 57 | |
| 5663080128 | setting | the natural, manufactured, and cultural environment in which characters live and move, including all their possessions, homes, ways of life, and assumptions | 58 | |
| 5663087194 | framing, enclose setting | the same features of topic or setting used at both the beginning and ending of a work so as to "frame" or "enclose" the work | 59 | |
| 5663094032 | exposition | the stage of dramatic or narrative structure which introduces all things necessary for the development of the plot | 60 | |
| 5663094033 | complication | a stage of narrative and dramatic structure in which the major conflicts are brought out; the rising action of drama | 61 | |
| 5663094034 | crisis | the point of uncertainty and tension in a literary work-the turning point- that results from the conflicts and difficulties brought about through the complications of the plot. The crisis leads to this- that is, to the decision made by the protagonist to resolve the conflict. Sometimes apart of the same stage of plot development as the climax | 62 | |
| 5663096940 | climax | the high point of conflict and tension preceding the resolution or denoument of a story or play; the point of decision, of inevitability and no return. The climax is sometimes equated with the crisis in the consideration of dramatic and narrative structure | 63 | |
| 5663100431 | resolution, denouement | the final stage of plot development, in which mysteries are explained, character find their destinies, lovers are united, sanity is restored, and the work is completed. Usually this is done as speedily as possible, for it occurs after all conflicts are ended, and little that is new can be begun to hold the interest of readers | 64 | |
| 5663104873 | flashback, selective recollection | a method of narration in which past events are introduced into a present action | 65 | |
| 5663114410 | formal or high diction | proper, elevated, elaborate, and often polysyllabic language | 66 | |
| 5663114411 | neutral, middle diction | correct language characterized by directness and simplicity | 67 | |
| 5663114459 | informal, low diction | relaxes, conversational, and familiar language utilizing contractions and elisions, and sometimes employing slang and grammatical mistakes | 68 | |
| 5663118121 | concrete, visual poetry | language describing visible objects and situations | 69 | |
| 5663118122 | abstract | language describing qualities that are rarefied and theoretical Ex: "good" "neat" | 70 | |
| 5663118123 | specific language | words referring to objects or conditions that may e perceived or imagined; distinguished from general language | 71 | |
| 5663121524 | denotation | the standard, minimal meaning of a word, without implications and connotations | 72 | |
| 5663121525 | connotation | the meaning that words suggest; the overtones of words beyond their bare dictionary definitions or denotations, as with "leaving" and "getting away", which both have the same meaning but differs in this | 73 | |
| 5663124150 | understatement | a figure of speech by which details and ideas are deliberately underplayed or undervalued in order to create emphasis- a form of irony | 74 | |
| 5663128191 | hyperbole, overstatement, overreacher | a rhetorical figure of speech in which emphasis is achieved through exaggeration | 75 | |
| 5663128192 | double entendre | "double meaning" deliberate ambiguity, usually humorous, and often sexual | 76 | |
| 5663141665 | symbol, symbolism | a specific word, idea, or object that may stand for ideas, values, persons, or ways of life | 77 | |
| 5663155507 | contextual, private, or authorial symbols | a symbol which is derived not from common historical, cultural, or religious materials, but which is rather developed within the context of an individual work | 78 | |
| 5663162015 | beast fables | a narrative, usually short, attributing human characteristics to animals | 79 | |
| 5663162017 | myth | a story that deals with the relationships of gods to humanity or with battles among heroes in time past. This may also be a set beliefs or assumptions among societies | 80 | |
| 5663166153 | allude | Unacknowledged references and quotations which authors make while assuming that readers will recognize the original sources and relate their meanings to the new context. These are hence compliments that the author pays to readers for their perceptiveness, knowledge, and awareness | 81 | |
| 5663182106 | values | the attachment of worth, significance, and desirability to an idea so that the idea is judged not only for its significance as thought but also for its importance as a goal, ideal, or standard | 82 |
