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| Paradigm (model of thought) |
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| Is a model of thought, a way of understanding the world, a major idea or set configuration that facilitates understanding. For example, the idea that the world was flat was a much-believed idea until it was revised (and the paradigm shifted). |
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| Figurative Speech (writing interrupts) |
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| Speech or writing in which the author temporarily interrupts the order, construction, or meaning of the writing for a particular effect. This interruption takes the form of one or more figures of speech such as hyperbole, irony, or simile. |
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| Type of extended metaphor. |
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| Interdisciplinary (difference in fields of study) |
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| Is the combination of two or more academic disciplines or fields of study that use different approaches and modify them so that they are better suited to the problem at hand. |
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| dictionary definition of a word |
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| A Bildungsroman (troubled quest of identity) |
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| Is a novel that follows the development of the hero or heroine from childhood or adolescence into adulthood, through a troubled quest for identity. |
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| Connotation (diff meaning or suggestion) |
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| The opposite of denotation. A different meaning or suggestion that differs from the literal defininition. |
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| Metonymy ("Bottle" for "Alcoholic Drink" |
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| Figure of speech that replaces the name of one thing with a name that is closely associated with it. "Bottle" for "Alcoholic Drink" |
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| Didactic adj. (moral or lesson) |
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| An adjective that provides information usually some sort of moral or lesson. (Biblical sermons are didactic speeches) |
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| Epigraph (quotation or motto) |
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| Is a quotation or motto placed at the beginning of a book, chapter, or poem as an indication of its theme. |
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| An exaggeration for the sake of emphasis and often humor in a figure of speech. |
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| a subtly humorous perception of inconsistency, in which an apparently straightforward statement or event is undermined by its context so as to give it a very different significance. (Verbal, situational, dramatic) |
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| Is the art of persuasive speaking or writing |
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| Are recurring themes or structures found within the text. |
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| A literary mask created by the author in order to inject his or her own opinion into the text or affiliation with one or more characters. |
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| Hegemony (leadership or dominance) |
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| The leadership or dominance of one nation or social group over others. As discussed in class, this term often carries a negative connotation. |
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| Novel focusing on development of artist. |
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| Is a fourteen-lined poem in iambic pentameter that also has a particular rhyme scheme. |
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| Is a narrative poem meant to be sung. Oftentimes, the content of ballads focuses on love, death, or other meaningful aspects of life. |
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| A type of literature defined as a song or poem written to express sorrow or grief for an individual’s death. |
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| Long poem usually referring to before a heroic battle which discusses the future of a race or species. |
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| Castigans ridendo (phrase that satires...) |
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| The phrase is merely a way of stating that satires are serious but also funny; humor is the medium that results in social amelioration (improvement) and the desired change. |
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| An apostrophe (address...inanimate) |
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| An address to either an absent person or an inanimate or inhuman object that is not capable of understanding. |
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| Chiasmus ("man was made a slave...") |
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| “You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.” Reversing the order to make a larger point. |
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| Is using words or phrases that are deemed more pleasant or, in today’s world, more “politically correct” than the simple term itself. |
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| Synecdoche (part is made to represent whole) |
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| A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs (meaning “Cleveland's baseball team”). |
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| Assonance (poetic tool, repeats vowels) |
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| A poetic tool that repeats vowel sounds within consecutive words in order to stress their importance in a line. |
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| Lines do not rhyme but have the appropriate ten syllables for iambic pentameter. When reading them out loud, it is much a much more natural pattern of speech than that of a rhyming verse. |
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| Heroic Couplet (opp. of black verse) |
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| Rhyming pair of lines written in iambic pentameter. |
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| Is a measure of the rhythmical structure of a line of poetry |
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| Occurs when a term has two or more potential meanings and the intended usage of the word is not clear. |
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| Ambivalence (two or more attitudes...) |
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| Is the presence of two or more opposing ideas, attitudes, or emotions at the same time. |
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| Is the typical ideal, model, or classic example (prototype) presented in a literary work. |
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