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English
Undergraduate 2
03/01/2012

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donee
Definition
"ground rules" of a story, plot
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exposition
Definition
introduces characters, situation, some hint of the conflict
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rising action
Definition
what leads up to the conflict or gets the conflict moving
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climax
Definition
turning point, important revaluation of truth
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falling action
Definition
release of emotional attention, moves us towards conclusion
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conclusion
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results in a new, stabilized situation or understanding
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dramatic irony
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when a reader knows something that the character doesn't
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point of view
Definition
1st, 2nd, and 3rd person
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narrator
Definition
voice that tells the story (NOT THE AUTHOR)
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voice
Definition
not the character, but the recognizable author voice/ sense that a story is intelligent and ordered
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tone
Definition
the way a character speaks his/her attitude towards a subject
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character
Definition
persons represented in a literary work interpreted by the readers having moral, intellectual, and emotional qualities
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flat character
Definition
built on a single idea, not much detail
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round character
Definition
complex, subtle, as hard to describe as a real person, ability to change
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protangonist
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main character, plot follows him or her
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antagonist
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character opposes the protagonist
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symbol
Definition
something that signifies something, all words are symbols; can be word phrase or image
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theme
Definition
the general idea that a work converys
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pathetic fallery
Definition
any representation of inanimate nature depicts that ascribes them human capabilities
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stanza
Definition
italian for "little room"; paragraph in a poem
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couplet
Definition
two line stanza
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tercet
Definition
three line stanza
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quatrain
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four line stanza
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sestet
Definition
five line stanza
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sextet
Definition
six line stanza
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septet
Definition
seven line stanza
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octave
Definition
eight line stanza
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free verse
Definition
petty without an obvious structure or pattern
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persona
Definition
greek for "mask" ; the first person speaker in a poem, a fictional character, not the author
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speaker
Definition
the voice we hear when reading the poem
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lyric
Definition
a poem uttered by a single expressing a state of mind, perception, thought, or feeling
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narrative
Definition
a peom that tells a story
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figurative language
Definition
a way of saying something using figures of speech, words mean something different from the original meaning
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imagery
Definition
figurative language that create a mental images
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simile
Definition
a comparison things using "like" or "as"
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metaphor
Definition
an implicit comparison between unlikely things
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personification
Definition
a thing that is treated with uman qualities
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enjambment
Definition
when a line break creates two different sets of meaning
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end-stop
Definition
when a line of poetry ends with a period, comma, or any other thing
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rhyme
Definition
repetition of sounds
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end
Definition
rhyme at end of line
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denotation
Definition
literal meaning
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connotation
Definition
other meaning
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syntax
Definition
sentence structure
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diction
Definition
word choice
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allusion
Definition
referencing a literary work without outwardly referencing it
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