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| 10565627625 | Four major themes | - human nature - the nature of society - human freedom - ethics | 0 | |
| 10565634285 | Human Nature | one of the four major themes -are we good? -are we flawed? -is there hope for us? -how? why? | 1 | |
| 10565644643 | The Nature of Society | one of the four major themes - what kind of society is represented? (life enhancing or destroying) -is there conflict with society? -character wants to escape, conform, or reform the society? -causes of this society? | 2 | |
| 10565663668 | Human Freedom | one of the four major themes -are the charaters free? -is there a higher power? -does environment or social class dictate life? -what is freedom? -is life random or is there a grand scheme? | 3 | |
| 10565678562 | Ethics | one of the four major themes -what are the moral conflicts in the story? -are wrong and right defined or subjective? -is one of these conflicts present: Right vs. Wrong, Right vs Right, Wrong vs Right, or Wrong vs Wrong? | 4 | |
| 10565696246 | Sign | an object/picture/word which signifies something other than itself (has no deeper meaning than to represent) | 5 | |
| 10565704293 | Symbol | an object/place/character/event that represents something other than itself -built upon cultural/archetypal associations -meaning supported by context -readers/writers has control associations -some have multiple meanings -must be established in work | 6 | |
| 10565729373 | Symbols can be found in... | -title of work -character names -recurring motifs -objects may carry weight significance -places/events -connotation | 7 | |
| 10565741400 | Archetypes | a symbol that transcends time and culture | 8 | |
| 10565745195 | Collective Unconscious | -hypothesized by Carl Jung -"a reservoir of the experience of our species" -humans have common expirances creating common images -similar to instincts but physiological | 9 | |
| 10565774295 | Archetypes appear in... | -myth/legend/fairy tale -dreams -visual art -literature -religion -movies | 10 | |
| 10565783200 | Archetypes in Literature | -images (tree) -theme (loss of innocence) -symbol (a circle) -characters (wise man/woman) -plot pattern (hero cycle) -setting (eden) | 11 | |
| 10565800351 | Paths | archetypal setting representing journey of life | 12 | |
| 10565804667 | Cross roads | Archetypal setting representing decisions, realizations, or a change on course | 13 | |
| 10565812785 | Oceans/Space | Archetypal setting representing the unknown | 14 | |
| 10565821177 | Maze | Archetypal setting representing uncertainty (may contain a monster representing one's dark side) | 15 | |
| 10565828680 | Threshold | Archetypal setting representing a gateway to a new world or change | 16 | |
| 10565837786 | The Underworld | Archetypal setting representing death, projection of subconscious (ascent from underworld=rebirth/knowledge) | 17 | |
| 10565846569 | Fog | Archetypal setting representing uncertainty | 18 | |
| 10565850650 | Bridge | Archetypal setting representing that if it is crossed there may be no turning back | 19 | |
| 10565856526 | Forest | Archetypal setting representing subconscious fear and hope | 20 | |
| 10585346290 | Tower | Archetypal setting representing isolation from the world | 21 | |
| 10585348856 | Fire | Archetypal object representing creation/destruction | 22 | |
| 10585356825 | Archetypal settings | -paths -crossroads -oceans/space -the maze -threshold -underworld -fog -bridge -forest -tower | 23 | |
| 10585365949 | Ice | archetypal object representing death or lack of emotion | 24 | |
| 10585371273 | Tailsman | archetypal object representing a charm used for protection | 25 | |
| 10585373742 | Water | archetypal object representing birth,rebirth, and baptism | 26 | |
| 10585378928 | Archetypal Characters | -hero -anti hero -gothic hero -outcast -scap goat -unbalanced hero -the other -the mentor -the shadow -damsel in distress | 27 | |
| 10585378929 | Hero | hero cycle | 28 | |
| 10585382920 | anti-hero | opposes norms of society | 29 | |
| 10585384747 | scapgoat | hero that suffers for others | 30 | |
| 10585387964 | gothic hero | hero with a dark side | 31 | |
| 10585389794 | unbalanced hero | mentally unstable hero | 32 | |
| 10585391422 | the other | unable to fit into society | 33 | |
| 10585393257 | the mentor | wiser teacher/animal | 34 | |
| 10585394606 | the shadow | darker opposite of hero | 35 | |
| 10585398573 | the outcast | banished and destined to wander | 36 | |
| 10585400529 | damsel in distress | vulnerable woman who needs to be rescued (somethimes a trap) | 37 | |
| 10585405722 | Archetypal Journey | the quest for... -identity -promise land -vengeance -protection for ones people -love -knowledge the fools errand the grail quest (human perfection) | 38 | |
| 10585504872 | Poetry | literary expression characterized by particular attention to rhythm, sound and the concentrated, concrete, use of language | 39 | |
| 10585513165 | narrative poem | tells a story -Ballad -Epic | 40 | |
| 10585517017 | Ballad | song-like poem that tells a story | 41 | |
| 10585520088 | Epic | poem that tells a story where the hero embodies the values of a culture | 42 | |
| 10585524285 | Dramatic poem | makes use of the conventions of drama -dramatic monologue -dramatic dialogue | 43 | |
| 10585532906 | Dramatic monologue | imaginary characters speaks to listener (soliloquy) | 44 | |
| 10585536795 | Dramatic Dialogue | two speakers converse with each other | 45 | |
| 10585538845 | Lyric Poem | a melodic poem that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker and focuses on a single unified effect -The Elegy -The ode -Sonnet | 46 | |
| 10585549667 | The Ode | -a long, formal lyric poem that treats noble/elevated subject in a dignified manner -often honors people, commemorates events, responds to nature, considers the aspect of human condition | 47 | |
| 10585546279 | The Elegy | a reflective poem that laments the loss of something or someone | 48 | |
| 10585561627 | Sonnet | -"little Song" -14 lines with traditional rhyme schemes -love is most common theme | 49 | |
| 10585586027 | Plot | the pattern that results from the events in the story and the order in which they are presented | 50 | |
| 10585591697 | traditional plot structure | 1. exposition 2. Conflict 3. rising action 4. climax 5. falling action 6. denouement | 51 | |
| 10585597933 | Exposition | -intro to characters/setting -the status quo +the state of things +character relationships +society +conflicts -by the end the status quo is restored or a new one is in place | 52 | |
| 10585616017 | Conflict | -most plots involve conflicts (internal or external) as the characters participate in actions -External: Person v. Person, Person v. Environment, Person v. Society, Person v. Supernatural -Internal: Person v. Themselves | 53 | |
| 10585635560 | Rising action | -may increase tension -may contain complications to initial conflict -introduce minor conflicts | 54 | |
| 10585641868 | Climax/Epiphany | - highest point of tension - protagonist makes decision for better or worse | 55 | |
| 10585645358 | Falling Action | - release of tension -elements become inevitable for better or worse | 56 | |
| 10585649120 | Denouement | -how the story ends -into to new status quo or old one in renewed | 57 | |
| 10588777959 | Characterization | the creation and development of a fictional character. | 58 | |
| 10588780252 | Fictional Characters are Developed through... | -description -thoughts -actions -direct statements from author -speeches -opinions voiced by other characters | 59 | |
| 10588785849 | Two Ways to Characterize | -direct characterization -indirect charaterization | 60 | |
| 10588787018 | direct characterization | the author directly tells the reader about the character | 61 | |
| 10588788482 | indirect characterization | the author shows rather than tells about the character though: -external descriptions (looks) -internal descriptions (thought, speech) -other character opinions | 62 | |
| 10588794401 | Character types | -round -flat -static -dynamic | 63 | |
| 10588799442 | round character | a complex character | 64 | |
| 10588799870 | flat character | a stereotypical character | 65 | |
| 10588800784 | static character | a characters who does not change through the course of the story | 66 | |
| 10588802254 | dynamic character | a character who changes because of events in the story | 67 | |
| 10588805181 | foil | a character in literature who shares similarities with another character but is different in a way that highlights aspects of the other character (always secondary character) | 68 | |
| 10588808638 | Protagonist | main character of narrative who tries to achieve some desire throughout the narrative | 69 | |
| 10588810541 | Antagonist | the character who works against the protagonist in the story | 70 | |
| 10588811240 | Character Arc | change of a character of the course of a story (x= progression of story y= change of character) | 71 | |
| 10588816613 | Motif | A recurring theme, subject or idea in a work of art | 72 | |
| 10588818062 | Stanza | A group of lines in a poem | 73 | |
| 10588818621 | Enjambment | the continuation of the sense and grammatical construction from one line of poetry to the next | 74 | |
| 10588820085 | Poetic Shift | within poetry, a dramatic change in the speaker's thoughts, tone, and/or message | 75 | |
| 10588821139 | concrete poetry | poetry that is visually arranged to represent a topic | 76 | |
| 10635034944 | metaphysical conceit | a complex comparison between two highly dissimilar things (startling comparison) | 77 | |
| 10635071527 | reasons for hero cycle | - historical undertaking - spiritual/religion - emptiness inside - horizon is too narrow | 78 | |
| 10635084496 | how the hero cycle starts | -carrier or destiny -great tree -wise woman/man/animal | 79 | |
| 10635051884 | departure (hero cycle) | when the hero ventures forth from the world of the common day into a region of supernatural wonder | 80 | |
| 10635091763 | Initiation (Hero cycle) | cycle inside cycle 1. challenge 2. flight 3. appearance of helper (leaves after hero is strong) 4. growth/prize | 81 | |
| 10635144078 | return (hero cycle) | the hero comes back from his journey with the power to bestow boons on his/her fellow man | 82 | |
| 10635167178 | end-stopped line | A line that ends with a natural speech pause, usually marked by punctuation | 83 | |
| 10635176528 | Line groupings | couplet-AA tercet-ABA quatrain-ABAB sestet-ABCABC octave-ABCDABCD | 84 | |
| 10635196973 | Scansion | Describing the rhythms of poetry by dividing the lines into feet, marking the locations of stressed and unstressed syllables, and counting the syllables | 85 | |
| 10635205531 | foot | a specific pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables | 86 | |
| 10635209343 | blank verse | un-rhymed iambic pentameter | 87 | |
| 10635213560 | rhythm | Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | 88 | |
| 10635219644 | meter | the number of feet in a line | 89 | |
| 10635230016 | Caesura | A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line | 90 | |
| 10635232754 | unstressed syllable | U | 91 | |
| 10635232755 | stressed syllable | / | 92 | |
| 10635237604 | rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhyme in a poem (letters represent sound) | 93 | |
| 10680943150 | act | a major decision in a play -change in character, setting, time period -can break up play according to plot structure | 94 | |
| 10680954560 | scene | a minor division in a play -not broken up by plot structure | 95 | |
| 10680966623 | Soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage | 96 | |
| 10680966624 | aside | a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play (a glimpse into the characters thoughts) | 97 | |
| 11027703560 | Setting: Sensuous | a description of a physical place by using any of the five senses | 98 | |
| 11027744591 | Setting: Chronology | -timer period (historically) -time of the narrative (historicall) | 99 | |
| 11027744592 | Setting: Societal | the manners, customs, culture, and moral values that govern the historical time | 100 | |
| 11027749992 | Setting: Emotional | Normally created by the sensuous world of the piece of fiction. The emotional reaction the reader and the character have to the setting. | 101 | |
| 11027757074 | Point of View (POV) | the vantage point from which the author chooses to tell the story | 102 | |
| 11027757076 | Setting | The background against which the story takes place. | 103 | |
| 11027875983 | Chronological Arrangement | A= beginning Z=end A-Z Z-A-Y M-Z A-M G-R | 104 | |
| 11051063533 | Human Condition | the characteristics, key events, and situations which compose the essentials of human existence, such as birth, growth, emotionality, aspiration, conflict, and mortality | 105 | |
| 11051091406 | 5 branches of philosophy | -Metaphysics -Epistemology -Ethics -Politics -Aesthetics | 106 | |
| 11051094134 | Metaphysics | study of existence | 107 | |
| 11051098550 | Epistemology | -how do we know about existence? -epistemological crisis: we don't have a valid view of the universe so how can we make decisions? | 108 | |
| 11051118870 | Ethics | -how do we act in existence? -existential crisis: philosophy of hot to act in realist | 109 | |
| 11051132637 | Politics | ethics applied to a group of people | 110 | |
| 11051138151 | Aesthetics | -study of beauty and art -does beauty/art have a specific nature?, does it need to accomplish a goal? | 111 | |
| 11051155217 | Enlightenment vs. Romanticism | Enlightenment: -the mirror -observation -intellect -the world/nature is meant to be studied and known Romanticism: -the lamp -imagination -emotions -the world/nature is meant to be expiranced | 112 | |
| 11051184186 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 113 | |
| 11051184187 | Similie | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 114 | |
| 11051188233 | Metonym | A word that is used to stand for something else that it has attributes of or is associated with. | 115 | |
| 11051188234 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 116 | |
| 11051190635 | Hyperbole | exaggeration | 117 | |
| 11051192919 | Understatment | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 118 | |
| 11051199734 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 119 | |
| 11051199735 | synesthasia | using one sense to describe another, for example "I could taste the color orange"; or "smelling the sound of the ocean waves" | 120 | |
| 11051204161 | Conceit | a fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor (comparison) | 121 | |
| 11051207240 | metaphysical conceit | A type of simile which establishes a striking parallel between startlingly dissimilar things. | 122 | |
| 11090948768 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 123 | |
| 11090948769 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 124 | |
| 11090955094 | iambic pentameter | a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable | 125 | |
| 11090959571 | Rhyme | Repetition of sounds at the end of words | 126 | |
| 11090962319 | deus ex machina | In literature, the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem. | 127 | |
| 11090967864 | Bildungsroman | a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education. | 128 | |
| 11090967865 | Tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character | 129 | |
| 11090970377 | myth | A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society. | 130 | |
| 11090974015 | Literary Atmosphere | The emotional nod 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 it. Frequently it foreshadows events. Perhaps it can create a mood. | 131 |
