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The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables.
Ex: “on scrolls of silver snowy sentences” |
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A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.
Ex:When a story mentions Eden, we are supposed to know what that means. |
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The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings, such as love and hate, toward a person, object, or idea.
Ex: I hate everything about this man, and yet I adore him. |
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An expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context.Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning.
Ex: The two masons in "The Cask" |
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| Characterization- Antagonist |
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The principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero of a narrative or drama.
Ex: Montresor in "The Cask" |
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| Characterization- Protagonist |
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The main character in a drama or other literary work.
Ex: Fortunato in "The Cask" |
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When two people are opposed of each other.
Ex: Fortunato and Montresor in "The Cask" |
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When a character is dealing with himself; problems that are within him.
Ex: A psycho man. |
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When the character(s) are battling against nature.
Ex: A storm that destroys a ship. |
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| Conflict- Man vs. Society |
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When the character is pressured and hated by all other people.
Ex: When the brother of Doodle doesn't want to be known as the brother of a cripple in TSI. |
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A literary or cinematic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative.
Ex: TSI's whole story is mainly a flashback. |
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The act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand.
Ex: "I shall not die of a cough." |
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A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.
Ex: This book weighs a ton! |
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A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant.
Ex: The two masons in "The Cask" |
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An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected, the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does.
Ex: "I shall not die of a cough." He actually dies from being closed in a wall. |
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| Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. |
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| The use of regional detail in a literary or an artistic work. |
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A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison.
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A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work.
A dominant theme or central idea. |
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| The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. |
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A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined.
Ex: Jumbo Shrimp |
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A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form.
Ex: The flowers fragrence drifted through each room, whispering the names of our dead. |
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| Point of View- 3rd person omniscient |
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Having total knowledge; knowing everything.
Ex: A fairy tale |
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| Point of View- 1st person |
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Where the main character is telling the story.
Ex: The Cask of Amontillado |
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A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
Ex: Moose in Black |
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A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as.
Ex: Rocking back and forth like an empty cradle. |
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Anxiety or apprehension resulting from an uncertain, undecided, or mysterious situation.
Ex: Poe uses suspense in "The Cask" to get us to keep reading in order for us to find out what happens to Fortunato. |
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Restraint or lack of emphasis in expression, as for rhetorical effect.
Ex: "Everything's gonna be okay." |
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A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true.
Ex: Standing may be more tiring than walking. |
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The main character or hero of the story.
Ex: Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird |
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Someone who serves as a contrast or challenge to another character.
Ex: Joe is Pip's foil character in Great Expectations. |
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| Words or phrases a writer selects to create a certain picture in the reader's mind. |
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The feeling a piece of literature arouses in the reader.
Ex: Miss Havisham's house in Great Expectations sets a mood of horror and fear. |
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| The time and place in which the action of a literary work occurs. |
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