CAS 100

someone who is giving an account of a story

a model of thought, a way of understanding the world, a major idea or set configuration that facilitates understanding

speech or writing in which the author temporarily interrupts the order, construction, or meaning of the writing for a particular effect

when an author writes without exaggerating or embellishing the subject matter and without any of the rhetorical tools associated with figurative language

is a group of literary works that are generally accepted as best and most representative of a field, nation, or time period

a type of extended metaphor in structured narrative form

an indirect or passing reference to some event, person, place, or artistic work

the most prominent of the characters who oppose the protagonist or hero in a dramatic or narrative work

a novel that follows the development of the hero or heroine from childhood or adolescence into adulthood, through a troubled quest for identity

figure of speech that replaces the name of one thing with the name of something else closely associated with it

is instructive; it is designed to impart information, advice, or some doctrine of morality or philosophy

a kind of poem in which a single character other than the poet speaks to a silent audience

a quotation or motto placed at the beginning of a book, chapter, or poem as an indication of its theme

is an exaggeration for the sake of emphasis and often humor in a figure of speech

a literary device which offers an implied comparison between two unlike objects or ideas which actually share a common link

recurring themes or structures found within the text

is a supernatural story which explains the formation of the universe, earth, and the presence of humanity

a literary mask

the leadership or dominance of one nation or social group over others

records of personal experience, usually in concentrated form

a literary device which gives inanimate objects or ideas human characteristics and traits

prolonged collections of life-stories intended to present a more unified image of the subject

the main character or chief figure found within the literature

the typical ideal, model, or classic example (prototype) presented in a literary work.

the presence of two or more opposing ideas, attitudes, or emotions at the same time

when a term has two or more potential meanings and the intended usage of the word is not clear

groups of lines in a poem that have been set apart from each other by a space or breakgroups of lines in a poem that have been set apart from each other by a space or break

refers to a word that sounds the same as its own meaning (i.e buzz, hush, zap)

a measure of the rhythmical structure of a line of poetry

a rhyming pair of lines written in iambic pentameter

the form of English verse that has rhythms most similar to those of actual human speech

a poetic tool that repeats vowel sounds within consecutive words in order to stress their importance in a line

sign that has a figurative meaning outside of its own actual significance

a figure of speech that creates an apparently nonsensical idea due to the contrast within the thought or phrase

brings together two seemingly opposite words that would normally contradict each other but are juxtaposed to create a phrase that ultimately makes sense

a part of speech that uses a part of something to represent the entire object or being itself

or phrases that are deemed more pleasant or, in today’s world, more “politically correct” than the simple term itself

one that requires no answer

the figure of speech that relates two clauses by reversing their structures to make a larger point (i.e “You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man”)

an address to either an absent person or an inanimate or inhuman object that is not capable of understanding

usually the protagonist of the play (although there can be more than one in a single drama) whose hamartia (an error in judgement) leads to his/her downfall, most likely death

a group of actors provides commentary on the action in the play

it means to "criticize with humor." Satire, because it can be harsh or gently mocking, seeks to use humor to prompt change in the lampooned subject(s)

short story usually written in prose or verse with a didactic purpose

type of long narrative poem that meditates on the proceedings of a heroic battle or other grand event that usually pertains to the future of a race, a people, a nation, a tribe, or a species

type of literature defined as a song or poem written to express sorrow or grief for an individual’s death

a narrative poem meant to be sung

a fourteen-lined poem in iambic pentameter that also has a particular rhyme scheme

the art of persuasion

a literary device which offers a comparison between two unlike objects or ideas by using either of the words “like” or “as.”

type of novel focuses on the development and coming of age for an artist

the location, time, and circumstances of a text

types of narrators; describe each

opposite of hyperbole as it expresses an idea to a much lesser degree than in reality

make a statement weaker by denying its opposite

3 unities of settings

dictionary definition of a word

a category of composition (situation+form)

the combination of two or more academic disciplines or fields of study that use different approaches and modify them so that they are better suited to the problem at hand

is a figure of speech describing the joining of two or more parts of a sentence with a single common verb or noun

implied ("sick" for nice)

state of knowledge vs. knowledge deficit

3 types of irony

to inform through straight information transfer

Discursive "I" vs Subjective "I"

a set of scholars, thinkers, intellectuals, and observers that flocks around a specific and shared set of values

domain of language use that has the capacity to supersede disciplinary boundaries