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| stimulated by an aspect of the outer scene and turns on the attempt to solve either a personal emotional problem or a universal human one |
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fourteen lines, two possible rhyme schemes
used to address themes of love |
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| statement which seems on its face to be logically contradictory or absurd, yet turns out to be interpretable in a way that makes sense |
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| expresses the meaning or message of a poem or story |
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prominent or repeated aspect
suggests an abstract meaning to the reader in addition to its literal significance |
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| groups of words that suggest another context |
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| persons represented distinguished by their particular qualities, distinctive ways of saying and doing things (dialogue and action), and the way the author and/or other characters describe them |
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| setting (often used to...) |
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general locale, historical time, and social circumstances
often used to set the mood or tone, shape the thoughts and motivations of the characters, and give clues to the story’s theme |
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answers what happens next, and it also suggests why
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion/denouement |
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| Historical (Biographical) Criticism |
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| Only one meaning to a text and that was the meaning intended by the author, relies primarily on biographical research |
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| detailed consideration of only the text itself as an independent entity, meaning is determined by the interactions of words, symbols, and figures of speech |
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| New Historicism or Cultural Criticism |
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| historical and cultural conditions of a text’s production to determine meanings, critical interpretations, and evaluations of the work |
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