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Praxis II Literary Terms d

Lit Terms

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Open form of poetry not following meter/rhyme/pattern. Does follow regular speech.

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Free Verse

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A rhetorical device where repetition are reg. intervals/same word/phrase to create an effect.

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Anaphora

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Poems written/read like letters.

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Epistolary Poems

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An artist critique/sometimes heated on some aspect of human immorality/absuridity/played off as funny but making a point.

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Satire

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The literal dictionary definition of a word.

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Denotation

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Ordinary grammatical structure w/no rhythmic pattern/does have natural flow of speech.

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Prose

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Giving two or more parts of sentence similar form in order to give a definite pattern/often repeating words/phrases.

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Parallelism/Rhetoric

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A complete pause in a line of poetry/music.

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Caesura

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Figure of speech using the name of one thing to represent something else. (Hollywood is really the flm industry.)

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Metonymy

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Early poems w/music/dance expressing strong feelings/contemplative thoughts.

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Odes

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A long work of fiction/the plot explores characters in conflict. May have more than one subplots/minor stories/themes.

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Novel

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Stanza with nine lines/first eight in Iambic Pentameter ababbcbcc. (Poet Spenser)

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Spenserian Stanza

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Characters start at a sad beginning and move toward a happy ending. (Shakespeare's often end in marriage.)

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Comedy

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Unstressed syllables in poetry.

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Tochee

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Stanza consisting of seven lines/Iambic Pentameter ababbcc

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Rhyme Royal

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A section of the book/play that concludes the story further/comments on the story.

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Epilogue

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Literary/rhetoric device meaning one thing by using words that have the opposite meaning/sarcasm.

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Irony

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An event causing widespread harm/destruction.

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Catastrophe

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Figure of speech in which a word applies to two different sensesex. (John and his license expired last week.)

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Zeugma

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In film/plays a single person expresses their thoughts/feelings aloud directing these to another character.

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Monologue

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Used in literary works to chg the meaning of words.

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Figures of Speech

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Stressed syllables in poetry.

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Iamb

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A strategy using a grid to help explore how items are related to one another; thereby, enhancing comprehension/vocab skills.

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Systematic Analysis

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PofV in storytelling where the narrator know only the thoughts/feelings of a single character.

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3rd Person Limited

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Story telling in which the narrator knows the thoughts/feeling of all the characters.

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Praxis II Literary Terms d

Lit Terms

Open form of poetry not following meter/rhyme/pattern. Does follow regular speech.

Free Verse

A rhetorical device where repetition are reg. intervals/same word/phrase to create an effect.

Anaphora

Poems written/read like letters.

Epistolary Poems

An artist critique/sometimes heated on some aspect of human immorality/absuridity/played off as funny but making a point.

Satire

The literal dictionary definition of a word.

Denotation

Lit Terms

Ordinary grammatical structure w/no rhythmic pattern/does have natural flow of speech.

Prose

Giving two or more parts of sentence similar form in order to give a definite pattern/often repeating words/phrases.

Parallelism/Rhetoric

A complete pause in a line of poetry/music.

Caesura

Figure of speech using the name of one thing to represent something else. (Hollywood is really the flm industry.)

Metonymy

Early poems w/music/dance expressing strong feelings/contemplative thoughts.

Odes

Lit Terms

A long work of fiction/the plot explores characters in conflict. May have more than one subplots/minor stories/themes.

Novel

Stanza with nine lines/first eight in Iambic Pentameter ababbcbcc. (Poet Spenser)

Spenserian Stanza

Characters start at a sad beginning and move toward a happy ending. (Shakespeare's often end in marriage.)

Comedy

Unstressed syllables in poetry.

Tochee

Stanza consisting of seven lines/Iambic Pentameter ababbcc

Rhyme Royal

Lit Terms

A section of the book/play that concludes the story further/comments on the story.

Epilogue

Literary/rhetoric device meaning one thing by using words that have the opposite meaning/sarcasm.

Irony

An event causing widespread harm/destruction.

Catastrophe

Figure of speech in which a word applies to two different sensesex. (John and his license expired last week.)

Zeugma

In film/plays a single person expresses their thoughts/feelings aloud directing these to another character.

Monologue

Lit Terms

Used in literary works to chg the meaning of words.

Figures of Speech

Stressed syllables in poetry.

Iamb

A strategy using a grid to help explore how items are related to one another; thereby, enhancing comprehension/vocab skills.

Systematic Analysis

PofV in storytelling where the narrator know only the thoughts/feelings of a single character.

3rd Person Limited

Story telling in which the narrator knows the thoughts/feeling of all the characters.

3rd Person Omniscient