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57727940454 major themesHuman nature, nature of soceity, human freedom,and ethics0
5772794046MetaphysicsThe study of existence1
5772794047EpistemologyHow we know about the world2
5772794048EthicsHow you should act3
5772794049PoliticsHow a group of people should act4
5772794050AestheticsWhat is beauty?5
5772794051The human conditionThe state of being6
5772794052Dialectical clashThesis-antithesis-synthesis7
5772794053DualismThe belief that a person is made up of two things, spiritual/physical8
5772794054Platonism9
5772794055Paradigm10
5772794056ExientialismThe stress on concrete individual existence and consequently, on subjectivity, individual freedom, and choice -moral individualism -subjectivity -choice and commitment -dread and anxiety11
5772794057IdPleasure principle,basic desires, no good or evil12
5772794058EgoReality principle controls your id in society13
5772794059SuperegoThe morality principle14
5772794060JungThe hero cycle (monomyth)15
5772794061ZeitgeistThe general cultural, religious, artistic, and philosophic climate of an era16
5772794062MetonymWhen you replace one thing for another through association17
5772794063SynecdocheA part is represented as a whole18
5772794064SynesthesiaOne sense is described with terms of another19
5772794065Metaphysical conceitAn original and usually complex comparison between two highly dissimilar things20
5772794066Situational ironyWhat happens is not expected21
5772794067Dramatic ironyWhen the audience knows something the characters don't.22
5772794068Verbal ironyWhen you say something but mean the opposite(sarcasm)23
5772794069Structural ironyWhen there is an unreliable narrator24
5772794070Narrative poemTells a story in verse, ballad and epic25
5772794071BalladSong like poem that tells an story26
5772794072Epic poemHero of the poem embodies the values and aspirations of the poets culture27
5772794073Dramatic poemMakes use of the conventions of drama28
5772794074Lyric poemA melodic poem that expresses the observations and the feelings at a single speaker29
5772794075ElegyA reflective poem that laments the loss of someone or something30
5772794076OdeLong formal usually meditative poem that treats a noble or otherwise elevated subject in a dignified manner31
5772794077SonnetA lyric poem that consists of 14 lines and that follows one of several traditional rhyme schemes32
5772794078RefrainExact wording repeated33
5772794079FootA serious of unstressed and stressed syllables34
5772794080DenoucementFinal outcome of a story35
5772794081Deus ex machinaSloppy writing to change or fix a problem (pirates)36
5772794082EpistolaryA novel written in a serious of letters37
5772794083AllegoryA story in which elements are symbolic38
5772794084Sensuous worldThe description of the physical place through any of the five senses39
5772794085Time and chronologyTime period, time of narrative. Chronological arrangement40
5772794086The social environmentThe manners customs, culture, and moral values that govern the historical time41
5772794087Emotional environmentAtmosphere, mood-tone42

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