Literature Final
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Anguish | ecruciating distress or suffering pain |
| Blithe | carefree; joyus/cheerful |
| Conceited | having an excessive opinion of ones ability appearance etc, self centered |
| Gravity | seriousness or importance |
| Indifference | lack of interest or concern |
| Melodramatic | exaggerated and emotional or sentimental, overdramatic |
| tribulations | grievous trouble; severe suffering |
| Typify | to use as a typical example of something |
| Zealous | active, devoted or dilligent |
| Alliteration | when the initial constanant sound is repeated multiple times throughout a sentance |
| Allusion | an incidental mention of something |
| Antagonist | creates conflict |
| Apostrophe | when the narrator refers to an unseen person thing or idea as if it can respond. |
| archetype | reaccurng themes, characters, plot details throughout different cultured literature |
| Direct Characterization | narrator tells you what a character is like directly |
| Dynamic Character | character who changes |
| Figurative Language | speech that dosnt mean what is really said ex: im so hungry i could eat a horse |
| Hyperbole | obvious or intensional exxaggeration |
| imagery | language that appeals to the senses |
| Indirect Characterization | you have to infer what a character is like based on their actions |
| Irony | when something is meant to mean the opposite of what is actually said |
| Metaphor | comparison using "is" |
| Mood | atmosphere portrayed by the story, the way it makes the audience feel |
| onomatopoeia | a word that imitates a sound es: boom, pow |
| Oymoron | contridiction ex: cruel kindness, jumbo shrimp |
| paradox | when a contridctory statement reveals a deeper truth |
| Personification | giving human characteristics to a nonliving thing |
| Protagonist | character whom the story revolves around |
| Simile | comparrison using like/as |
| Situational irony | opposite of what is expected occurs |
| speaker of a poem | narrator not the author |
| sustained image | an image that is kept in your mind throughout most or all of the story |
| static character | character who stays the same |
| symbolism | when something means more than it may seem, may be deeper |
| theme | central idea of a work of literature |
| tone | The authors attitude towards the subject he/she is writing about ex: sarcastic, negative, nuetral |
| understatement | representing something in a weak way, not fitting to the actual size |
| verbal irony | sarcasm |
| how did greek theature start? | started as a celebration for the God Dionysus |
| Greek Tragedy | a work of dramatic literature that shows the downfall of a person, usually of hgh birthe or noble status. |
| what emotions does a greek tragedy trigger | pity and fear |
| 4 characteristics to a tragic hero | -noble status/high rank -Tragic flaw -realize mistake and regret it -death literal or metephorical |
| tragic flaw of oedipus | hubris |
| hubris | trying to change your fate out of pride, acting like God |
| themes in oedipus | -effects of metephorical blindness -impact of destiny -eyes do not see all |
| catharsis | releasing of extreme emotions |
| realism | type of lit that presents things in a real way modern language social issues adressed dialogue |
| symbolism in "a Dolls house" | mailbox keys=control in the relationship macaroons=lies krogstad's frst letter=the truth taking off costume=character changing to hell and damnation=rebellion |
| themes in "a Dolls House" | A good marriage or relationship is based on honesty, respect, and communication |
| Magical Realism | roooted in realness but has qualties that are too fantastic |
| Symbolism in "the handsomest drowned man" | esteban symbolizes unity, hope for a better future |
| summary of "two friends" | 2 old freinds decide to go fishing and get captured by prussians. the prussians wanted the password into france and then men wouldnt give it to them. |
| what kind of characters were the men in "two friends" | dynamic- at first they thought war was stupid in the end they died for the war |
| sustained image in "pride" | rock and ocean |
| sustained image in "Diameter of a bomb" | rippling destruction af the bomb |
| free verse poem | poem with no rules/structure |
| author of "A dolls house" | Henrik Ibson |
| author of "oedipus" | sophocles |
| what do you include in the intro Paragraph ? | No hook* general plot summary "title" and author thesis- 3 controls |
| grammer rules for paragraphs | NO: past tense, you, i, me, us, one try to avoid "this" may use contractions |
| 3 ways Nora changed | 1. at the beggining of the play she was portrayed as a naiive child, at the end she was mature and independant |
| 3 ways that Oedipus changed throughout the story | 1. went from being high and noble to blind and banished 2.was kind of oblivious to what was really going on, in the end hs eyes were opened to everything 3.went from thinking that he could change his fate to realizing that it couldnt be changed |
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