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Define didactic
to teach a lesson
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define theory
an explination of facts
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define Genre
type, category or style
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define fable
story with explicit morals
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define parable
story with no explicit morals
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define epics
stories of entire people; ballids
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signs
all animals use language of signs
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symbols
Human language; makes meaning
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define Oedipus complex
sexual attraction of child to parent of opposite sex
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I.D. of freuds ego, superego and ID
pleasure principle; seeks pleasure and avoids pain
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Superego of freuds ego, superego, and ID
oposite of ID, rule giver/gatherer- part of psyche that says "no"
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Ego of freuds ego, superego, and ID
reality principle; negotiates between ID and superego
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what is a picture continuium
way of describing relationship between word and picture books
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Language allows us (humans) to have what?
culture
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Suzanne Langer catagorizes human activity into what three groups?
labor, work, action
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what is a scroll book?
information of importance
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what is a codex book?
a book with pages
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what is a horn book?
no pages, used for learning. covered to protect
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what is a chapbook?
chap or salesman sold on street corners; inexpensive
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what is a concrete poem?
a poem that takes shape the object it describes
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what is a visual/concrete poem?
a poem that makes pictures with words on page
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a poem that has 2 stanzas is called what?
couplet
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a poem that has 4 stanzas is called what?
quatrain
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blank verse
no rhyme with regular lines
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free verse
no rhyme with mix of long and short lines
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define bowdlerize
to edit, or take out
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define metafiction
writing that is a contradiction of itself
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symmetrical picturebook
words and pictures have equal amount of space on a page
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complementary picturebook
the words and pictures need each other to tell the story
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counterpoint picturebook
distinct difference between the words and pictures ex: pictures happy, words serious
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redundant picturebook
pictures do more than words say
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infanticidal mode of child rearing
unwanted children killed or left to die
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abandonment mode of child rearing
unwanted children sent to convents, wetnurses, montasteries; believed children have souls
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helping mode of child rearing
child knows whats best for them, parents help and encourage
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caldecott medal
best picturebook/illustrations
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newbery medal
best chapter book
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what is a picturebook?
a book with at least 1 picture for every spread of pages
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define archetypal
ancient symbol used across the world
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Bruno Bettelheim is the author of?
The uses of enchantment
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lewis Carrol is the author of?
Alice in wonderland
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Lois Lowry is the author of?
number the stars
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E.B. white wrote?
charlottes web
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Lemony Snicket wrote?
series of unfortunate events
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Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote
the little house in the big woods
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A.A. Milne is the author of
Winnie-the-pooh
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Margaret wise brown is the author of
Goodnight moon
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Sigmund freud
neurologist famous for concept of ID ego and superego and his theory of oedipus complex
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charles dodgson is the real name of which author?
Lewis Carroll
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define etiology
stories of how things began
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define hyperbole
an exageration
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define diction
style of speaking or writing depeding upon choice of words
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define alliteration
dazed donkies danced
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what is lyric poetry
poetry that expresses the poets feelings or thoughts
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what is narrative poetry
a poem that tells a story
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define allusion
indirect reference
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define illusion
misleading representation of reality; to be decieved
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define delusion
false belief or opinion regardless of invalidating evidence
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dramatic poetry
poetry where one or more characters speaks within a poem
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define irony
words used to convey the opposite of their literal meaning
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define trope
a figure of speech
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define verbal irony
a figure of speach in which what is said is opposite of what is meant
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Onomatopoeia
a word that sounds like the word is it; any action word used in the 1960's batman and robin tv show
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define oxymoron
contradictory terms are combined; microsoft works
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define prose
ordinary form of written or spoken language
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define stanza
one division of a poem usually with 2 or more lines consisting of some form of rhyme or pattern
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define epiphany
sudden insight
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define myth
human beings behaving in supernatural ways
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define fairy tale
ordinary people with happy endings, a folk tale created for children
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antagonist
a person or group of people who oppose the main character
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protagonist
the main character of a literary
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the reality principle
the ego, defers instant gratification
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the pleasure principle
the ID, seeks pleasure and avoids pain
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define exposition
explanation of a specific topic
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