MHS - Stewart - English II PreAP - Lit Terms(4)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ambiguity | multiple meanings |
| antagonist | The force in conflict with the protagonist, may be society, nature, fate, self, or another person |
| archetype | a theme, motif, symbol, or stock character that holds a familiar and fixed place in a culture's consciousness |
| burlesque | a broad parody, one that takes a style or a form, and exaggerates it into ridiculousness |
| climax | the moment of highest tension, at which the conflict comes to a head |
| deus ex machina | Literally "god from the machine." This is a plot device in which a person or thing appears "out of the blue" to help a character to overcome a seemingly insolvable difficulty. |
| elegy | poem meditating on death or mortality seriously |
| exposition | introduces the setting, characters, and basic situation |
| flat character | Not fully developed, we only know one side of the character |
| hubris | pride--the most common character flaw of tragic character |
| irony | difference between what might be expected and what actually happens |
| mixed metaphor | a combination of metaphors that produces a confused or contradictory image ex: "the company's collapse left a mountain of debt in its wake" |
| omniscient narration | the narrator knows all of the actions, feelings, and motivations of all of the characters. |
| parody | a humorous and often satirical imitation of the style or particular work of another author |
| point of view | mental position from which things are viewed |
| rhetorical modes-argumentation | presenting reasoning and argument to convince the reader |
| semantics | study of the history, meanings, and relationships of words |
| stream-of-consciousness narration | the narrator conveys a subject's thoughts, impressions, and perceptions exactly as they occur, often in disjointed fashion and without the logic and grammar of typical speech and writing |
| synecdoche | a form of metonymy in which a part of an entity is used to refer to the whole ex: "my wheels" for "my car" |
| transition | a word or phrase that links different ideas |
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