fairy tales (including satire) and literary terms
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review of fairy tales (with satire) and literary terms for english exam
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 allusion | a reference (either direct or indirect) to a literary work or a historical figure or event. |
| tone | author's attitude toward the topic |
| voice | author's style of writing |
| fairy tales usually include... (just good ideas to remember for exam :) ) | once upon a time-beginning, happily ever after/the end- ending, prince/princess, problem, evil force, someone offers guidance, talking nature, magic- kiss and love, singing, setting-far off land, long ago, transformation, moral/lesson, universal theme, stereotyping |
| tone of the story: frog prince continued | fun, humerous, silly |
| Grimm Brothers | Jacob and Wilhelm- from Germany, lived in 1800's |
| satire | an artistic/literary work that ridicules its subject through the use of techniques such as exaggeration, reversal, incongruity, and/or parody |
| purpose of satire | to make a comment of criticism about topic being ridiculed |
| exaggeration | to enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen |
| incongruity | to present things that are out of place or absurd in relation to its surroundings |
| reversal | to present the opposite of the normal order (ex. the order of events, hierarchical order) |
| parody | to imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing |
| repetition | to emphasize or connect ideas and to direct attention to the variations |
| aliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (ex. sweltering summer in Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech) |
| metaphor | a comparison without using like or as |
| similie | a comparison using like or as |
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