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Praxis II Literary Terms c

Lit Terms

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Lit. portraying idealized country life.


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Pastoral



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A detailed description of someone's life.


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Biography



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A phrase not literal in meaning/implies something.


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Figure of Speech



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Practice used to describe rhythimic patterns in a poem separating metrical feet/counting syllables/marking accents, etc.


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Scansion



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Fictional story in prose involving animals/mythical creatures/forces of nature given human qualities teaching a moral lesson.


Answer:

Fable



Lit Terms

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Prose narrative generally describing one event/tight series of events w/a beginning/middle/end.


Answer:

Short Story



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Original pattern/model from which all things of same type are copied/based.


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Archetype



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An exaggration/overstatement/not literal.


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Hyperbole



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Movement of chorus/right to left across stage/division of a poem w/stanzas of varing length.


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Strophe



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Poetry exhibiting high IQ/witty, subtle, fantastic/far fetched metaphors/similies. (Donne, Herbert, Marvell)


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Metaphysical Poetry



Lit Terms

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Traditional story concerning history of early people/civilization explaining some natural phenomenon/supernatural beings/events.


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Myth



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The associated/emotional meaning of words.


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Connotation



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Collection of memories about specific events/moments from the author's life.


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Memoir



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Figure of speech/term for a part of something referring to the whole of something. (Hired hands)


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Synecdoche



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Literature creating an emotional response by word pattern producing a specific effect through rhythm/sound/meaning.


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Poetry



Lit Terms

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A widely told story about the past may/may not have a foundation in fact.


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Legend



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Excessive pride/elaborate metaphor.


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Conceit



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Sequence of events in a literary work Plot=what we see at a time/Story=whole entire thing (Oedipus Rex)


Answer:

Plot



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Story/poem/picture interpreted to reveal hidden meaning/moral/political.


Answer:

Allegory



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Character opposing Protagonist.


Answer:

Antagonist



Lit Terms

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Used to classify poems not clearly narrative/single speaker conveying a thought/emotion/sensory impression/meant to be sung.


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Lyric



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A sudden/striking realization.


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Epiphany



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A statement contradicting itself/is true/invalid logic for critical thinking.


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Paradox



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Letter/poem in the form of an essay/elegant/formal.


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Epistle



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A person/thing directly oppose of another person/thing.


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Antithesis