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| 6204381241 | Genre | the type of art, literature or music characterized by a specific form, content and style. Ex: poetry, fiction, non-fiction | 0 | |
| 6204381242 | Hubris | extreme pride and arrogance shown by a character that ultimately brings about his downfall. A typical flaw in the personality of a character. Ex: Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice nearly loses Elizabeth by having excessive pride in himself and his social status.; In the Greek myth about Narcissus, Narcissus is so prideful of his own beauty, that he sits staring at his reflection until he starves to death. | 1 | |
| 6204383660 | Hyperbole | a figure of speech, which involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. Ex: My grandmother is as old as the hills.; Your suitcase weighs a ton! | 2 | |
| 6204383661 | Imagery | the use of figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. Ex: It was dark and dim in the forest. - The words "dark" and "dim" are visual images.; The girl ran her hands on a soft satin fabric. - The idea of "soft" in this example appeals to our tactile sense. | 3 | |
| 6204387653 | In medias res | Latin for "into the middle of things." It usually describes a narrative that begins, not at the beginning of a story, but somewhere in the middle — usually at some crucial point in the action. Ex: Iliad and the Odyssey | 4 | |
| 6204387654 | Irony | a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that may end up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. Ex: In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the audience/reader knows that Juliet has faked her death, but Romeo does not and he thinks she is really dead.; In Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, Mr. Darcy says of Elizabeth Bennett that she is not "handsome enough to tempt me," but he falls in love with her in spite of himself. | 5 | |
| 6204389532 | Metaphor | a figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics. Ex: "Shall I Compare Thee to a summer's Day"; "It is going to be clear skies from now on." | 6 | |
| 6204392087 | Metonymy | a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated. Ex: from Shakespeare's "Julies Caesar" Act I: "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears." This line is from Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind". "I'm mighty glad Georgia waited till after Christmas before it secedes or it would have ruined the Christmas parties." | 7 | |
| 6204395129 | Motif | an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work. Ex: Martin Luther King, Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech; Barack Obama's "2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address" | 8 | |
| 6204395130 | Narrator | a person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem. Ex: Dr. Suess/How the Grinch Stole Christmas; Lemony Snicket/A Series of Unfortunate Events | 9 | |
| 6204395131 | Paradox | a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth. It is also used to illustrate an opinion or statement contrary to accepted traditional ideas. Ex: "What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young." - George Bernard Shaw; "I can resist anything but temptation." - Oscar Wilde | 10 | |
| 6204398481 | Parody | a work that's created by imitating an existing original work in order to make fun of or comment on an aspect of the original. Ex: Ellen's Lincoln commercial making fun of Matthew McConaughey.; Pride and Prejudice with Zombies | 11 | |
| 6204398482 | Personification | a figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes. Ex: The wind whispered through dry grass.; Time and tide waits for none. | 12 | |
| 6204400711 | Prologue | an opening of a story that establishes the setting and gives background details. Ex: Romeo and Juliet; The Tempest | 13 | |
| 6204407744 | Prose | a form of language that has no formal metrical structure. It applies a natural flow of speech, and ordinary grammatical structure rather than rhythmic structure, such as in the case of traditional poetry. Ex: "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." 1984 - George Orwell; "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy | 14 | |
| 6204410812 | Protagonist | the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. Ex: Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker | 15 |
