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What is the definition of denotation?
Single literal meaning
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What is the definition of connotation?
multiple implied meanings
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Give an example of Connotation.
This my son was dead and is alive again. (The Prodigal Son)
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What are the five "I"s of annotation
- 1. Intense physical description or emotion
- 2. Indications of scope or comparison/contrast
- 3. Important repetition
- 4. Instance of literary devices
- 5. Indications of theme or meaning
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What are some examples of the five "I"s in "The Prodigal Son"?
- 1. Intense emotion- the father's response
- 2. Indicates scope- nobody gave him anything
- 3. Important repetition- father's welcome
- 4. Literary device- symbol=image
- 5. Indicates meaning- father's words to son
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Define image.
An intense description of a sensory experience.
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What is the definition of image?
- Sight- visual description
- sound- auditory description
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What is an example of sight imagery?
- to bend with apples the mossed-covered cottage-trees
- (To Autumn)
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What is a example of sound image?
season of mists and mellow fruitfulness (To Autumn)
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What can not be a symbol?
- A small player
- A person
- A reference to something else in the text
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What is a Symbol?
- A major player
- an object or figure
- an item that makes sense as itself
- an abstract idea that transcends the text
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Define Speaker.
The voice that talks to the reader in the Poem or narrator of a story
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Define Audience.
group the writer is addressing. Tone, style, and purpose is considered when reaching a particular audience.
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What are the four "R"s?
- Right/Wrong
- Respected/Repulsive
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Define theme?
Universal message about life that incorporates truths, honorable behavior, moral standards, ethical principals, emotional standards
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Define Parable.
Short story with a moral or religious lesson.
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Define ambiguity.
multiple ways to understand a story
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Define consonance.
The repetition of consonant sounds within a line of poetry
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Define assonance.
The repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry
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Define flat character.
character about whom little information is provided. Has only one character trait.
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Define round character.
Character that is fully described by the author, multiple character traits.
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Define dynamic character.
Character whom changes throughout the story
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Describe Static Characterization.
A character that stays the same throughout the story
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Define dialogue poem.
A poem in which two or more characters have a conversation or dialog
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Define sonnet.
14 line poem rhymed in iambic pentameter; includes a shift of thought
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Define villanelle.
1st and 3rd lines of the first stanza alternate in subsequent stanzas
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Define antagonist.
A character that cause the protagonist to change through some sort of conflict.
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Define protagonist.
The character in a story the endure some sort of change cause by the antagonist.
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Describe Plot, Theme, and Character -based stories.
Story which is developed by the use of either Plot (The Most Dangerous Game), Theme (Appointment with Love), or Character respectively
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Define iamb/trochee
- Meter that consists of unstressed and stressed syllables
- Meter that consists of stressed and unstressed syllables
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Describe pentameter/hexameter.
- pentameter is five feet per unit
- Hexameter is six feet per unit
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Define asceticism.
Way of life in which one renounces the pleasure of life to achieve a higher spiritual life. (The Priest)
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Define materialism.
Lifestyle in which one takes part in material pleasures. (Tartar)
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What are the elements of a Plot Diagram?
- Crisis
- Rising Action Falling Action
- Intro; Catalyst Climax; Resolution
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Define allusion.
Brief reference to a person, event, or place. Reference to another work of Art. Causal reference to a famous historical or literary event.
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Define tone.
Attitude the writer takes to a subject or character; i.e. humorous, sarcastic, ironic,
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Define Tragedy.
Story that has a sad ending.
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Define Comedy.
Story with a happy ending.
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Define setting.
The time and place in a fiction.
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Define foreshadowing.
The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story.
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Define foil.
A character that contrasts a second character, therefore highlighting the first characters qualities.
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What are the three type of conflicts.
Man vs Man, Man vs Himself, Man vs Society
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Define Genre.
Category that places like works together.
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Define flashback.
Interrupting action that shows an event that happened at an earlier time which is necessary for better understanding.
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Describe The Jungian Shadow
An unconscious or repressed weakness which acts as the shadow; emphasizes instinct, irrationality; the goal is to embrace the shadow as part of yourself
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Define Subplot.
Small story that occurs in a story aside from the main plot.
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Describe hegemony.
Rule by persuasion, agreement.
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Describe direct domination.
rule by force.
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Discuss Hero's Journey.
- miraculous birth
- initiation of hero-child
- withdrawal from family
- trail and quest
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Describe situational ethics.
Situation in which it is okay to break the law or go against was is consider right for the better good
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Describe Hedonism.
The idea that pleasure of the mind, body, and soul is the sole good in life.
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Describe pragmatism.
The idea that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value.
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Describe idealism.
The theory that reality is essentially mental or spiritual.
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Define Dramatic Irony
Irony in which the reader know but the character does not know
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Define Prop.
Specific item used to develop character or scene
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Define Chorus.
Commentary in a play used to highlight key ideas
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Define Set.
Collection of props; stage setup for a play
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