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| 8467112156 | Allegory | A story in which persons, places and things form a system of clearly labeled equivalents. In a simple allegory characters and events often stand for definite meeting such as love, faith, perseverance. Allegories are usually of a moral, religious or political nature. Example: animal farm. Potential purpose: teach a lesson by humanizing abstract ideas. | 0 | |
| 8467112157 | Alliteration | Repetitve consonant sound starting with words that are either adjacent or near each other. Potential purposes: if harsh consonants together than it could be to establish a cacophony, dissonance and mood of disorder, harshness, tension. Harsh alliteration suggests an authorial tone of disapproval. Soothing alliteration suggests an authorial term of approval. | 1 | |
| 8467112158 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event. Examples: Bible, mythology potential purpose: evoke an atmosphere or emotion, reinforce the theme, moral, or point by comparing something in authors work to an outside event/thing. | 2 | |
| 8467112159 | Ambiguity | The multiple sometimes comtradictiry meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. Purpose: Point out in unresolved issue of human nature, conflict with no easy answer | 3 | |
| 8467112160 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. Purpose:Establishes emphasis for emotional effect | 4 | |
| 8467112161 | Antagonist | A character or force in conflict with the main character purpose: if you id the antagonist that can help id the point | 5 | |
| 8467112162 | Antihero | Protagonist without heroic qualities. Purpose: criticize societal values | 6 | |
| 8467112163 | Apostrophe | Addressing something nonhuman as if it were human Example: Death, be not proud . . . Purpose: could humanize something nonhuman, could emphasize the futility of the speaker situation | 7 | |
| 8467112164 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity Ex: thou hour our. | 8 | |
| 8467112165 | Asyndeton | Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words. Ex: i came i saw i conquered. Purpose: produces a fast-paced, rapid atmosphere. More emotional less reflective. | 9 | |
| 8467112166 | Bildungsroman | A novel or story whose theme is the moral or psychological growth of the young main character. | 10 | |
| 8467112167 | Archetype | a very typical example of a certain person or thing. Ex: Sherlock Holmes as an archetypical detective | 11 | |
| 8568260746 | caricature | A portrait (verbal or otherwise) that exaggerates a facet of personality. PP: parody, criticism, mocking, drawing attention to a human/character flaw/ trait | 12 | |
| 8568260747 | Character | When analyzing character consider four ways -what character says, thinks, does and what others think/ say of character. | 13 | |
| 8568260748 | Chiasmus | A statement or passage consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed Ex: I've got my mind on my money and my money on my mind | 14 | |
| 8568260749 | Colors | Think about what the connotation of each color could be PP: reinforce/ establish theme, character. | 15 | |
| 8568260750 | Comedy | Based on irony. Writer expects you to see the incongruity. Requires a set of established societal norms familiar to the audience. PP: comedy is an intellectual, not an emotional, processes. An author uses comedy when he/ she wants the audience to think about the subject, not emotionally react. | 16 | |
| 8568260751 | Conceit | a startling or unusual metaphor expanded upon over several lines. When the image dominates and shapes the entire work it's called a controlling image. PP: emphasize the point of the metaphor. Similar concept: motif | 17 | |
| 8568260752 | Connotation | Implications suggested by a word. PP: emphasize/ reinforce/ reveal a thematic element or character trait or flaw | 18 | |
| 8568260753 | Denotation | Direct, specific definition of a word. PP: to contrast or create some other meaning of a word | 19 | |
| 8568260754 | Dues ex machina | 20 | ||
| 8568260755 | Dialect | 21 | ||
| 8568260756 | Diction | 22 | ||
| 8568260757 | dramatic irony | 23 | ||
| 8568260758 | dynamic character | 24 | ||
| 8568260759 | Epigram | 25 | ||
| 8568260760 | epistolary novel | 26 | ||
| 8568260761 | euphemism | 27 | ||
| 8568260762 | euphony | 28 | ||
| 8568260763 | figurative language | 29 |
