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6059794604bildungsromanA coming of age story *Catcher in the Rye *Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man0
6059797160kunstlerromancoming-of-age/ development of an artist *Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man1
6059825475epigrapha short passage, usually from another work. Used to introduce a book/chapter *Portrait/metamorphoses2
6059825476chiasmusrhetorical device consisting of juxtaposed clauses with opposite structures "Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country" - John F. Kennedy "fair is foul and foul is fair" -Macbeth by Shakespeare3
6059825477stream of consciousnessstyle that follows the patterns of a character (or author) sometimes going on tangents4
6059828337free indirect discoursealways 3rd person type of narration that uses third person perspective, but flows into and out of a character's mind and surroundings.5
6059828338anaphorathe repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.6
6059828339non sequitur"it does not follow" conclusion that is not aligned with previous premises or evidence7
6059829495ellipsisthe omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues8
6059829494malapropismusing an incorrect word in place of one that is similar in pronunciation.9
6059829496apostrophean exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) or thing (typically one that is personified)10
6059831441internal rhymeRhyme within a single line of poetry Usually last word & one in the middle11
6059831442end rhymerhyme at end of sentence - masculine vs. feminine (stressed/unstressed) - double vs. triple vs. single (# of syllables that rhyme)12
6059833019pathetic fallacytype of personification that attributes feeling/emotions to nature (specifically weather, seasons, or landscape). Used to mirror emotions/events in a character's experience13
6059834400synecdocheterm for a part of something refers to the whole of something "all hands on deck"14
6060241059syndetonsentence style in which words, phrases, or clauses are joined by conjunctions (usually and).15
6060239642asyndetonstylistic device used in literature and poetry, intentionally eliminates conjunctions between the phrases and in the sentence, yet maintain the grammatical accuracy.16
6060241060aposiopesissuddenly breaking off in speech17
6059835801metonymyreplaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated "crown" for power18
6059845137perfect rhymesounds match exactly (stereotypical)19
6059845138eye rhymewords look like they rhyme; sounds don't match20
6059846476half/off/slant/imperfect rhymeclose to rhyming, but sounds don't match perfectly (love/move, falling/filling, red/rid)21
6059848085end-stopped lineslines come to a full stop, marked by punctuation -emphasize rhyme scheme -slow pace of poem -sounds "choppy" to mirror content22
6059849593enjambed lineslines are connected, or NOT stopped at the end. -de-emphasizes rhyme -speeds pace of the poem23
6059849594caesuraa pause within a line of poetry24
6059921623sestinaa poem w/ 7 stanzas; 6 ending words are organized in a specific structure25
6125545603epistolary (novel)adj. made up of letters26
6125545604epistlen. letter27
6136676396in medias resLatin phrase: "In the middle of things" Story that begins in the midst of action rather than "once upon a time"28
6157952523colloquialismsingle instance (colloquial language is a pattern) Regional, local dialects (cultural/ethnic groups, generational)29
6192178467telegraphic sentenceSentence with 5- words "Perfectly so- I thank you."30
6314897349trope1. from Greek: "a turn" figurative use of language -dependent on a comparison or a transference of qualities (personification, simile, metonymy, pathetic fallacy) 2. contrast between 2 levels of meaning (irony, understatement, paradox, pun, hyperbole)31
6360533120explicate(n. explication) analyze, especially a poem, in detail, *focusing on how the form (rhyme, meter, fiction, fig Lang, etc.) connects to the poem's meaning*32
6378571197hamartiafrom Greek: "fault" or "failure" Misguided *action* or ignorance of the true situation that caused hero's downfall (how they behave)33
6378571198hubrisexcessive pride causes a character's downfall34

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