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== Allegory to Bathos == | == Allegory to Bathos == | ||
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* [[allegory]] | * [[allegory]] | ||
* [[alliteration]] | * [[alliteration]] | ||
* [[allusion]] | * [[allusion]] | ||
* [[anagnorisis]] | * ''[[anagnorisis]]'' | ||
* [[antagonist]] | * [[antagonist]] | ||
* [[anthropomorphism]] | |||
* [[anti-hero]] | * [[anti-hero]] | ||
* [[apostrophe]] | |||
* [[archetype]] | * [[archetype]] | ||
* [[atmosphere]] | * [[atmosphere]] | ||
* [[ballad]] | * [[ballad]] | ||
* | * ''[[bathos]]'' | ||
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== Canon to Convention == | == Canon to Convention == | ||
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* [[canon]] | * [[canon]] | ||
* | * ''[[catharsis]]'' | ||
* [[character]] | * [[character]] | ||
* [[climax]] | * [[climax]] | ||
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* [[conflict]] | * [[conflict]] | ||
* [[convention]] | * [[convention]] | ||
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== Deconstruction to Diatribe == | == Deconstruction to Diatribe == | ||
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* [[deconstruction]] | * [[deconstruction]] | ||
* [[dénouement]] | * [[dénouement]] | ||
* [[description]] | * [[description]] | ||
* | * ''[[deus ex machina]]'' | ||
* [[diatribe]] | * [[diatribe]] | ||
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== Epic Poetry to Exposition == | == Epic Poetry to Exposition == | ||
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* [[Epic Poetry | epic poetry]] | * [[Epic Poetry | epic poetry]] | ||
* [[epigraph]] | * [[epigraph]] | ||
* [[epiphany]] | * [[epiphany]] | ||
* | * ''[[ethos]]'' | ||
* [[exegesis]] | * [[exegesis]] | ||
* [[exposition]] | * [[exposition]] | ||
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== | == Fantasy to Freytag’s Formula == | ||
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* [[fantasy]] | |||
* [[fiction]] | |||
* [[figurative language]] | * [[figurative language]] | ||
* [[flashback]] | * [[flashback]] | ||
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* [[foreshadowing]] | * [[foreshadowing]] | ||
* [[Freytag’s Formula]] | * [[Freytag’s Formula]] | ||
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== Genre to Lyric == | == Genre to Lyric == | ||
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* [[genre]] | * [[genre]] | ||
* | * ''[[hamartia]]'' | ||
* [[hero]] | * [[hero]] | ||
* [[heroic ideal]] | * [[heroic ideal]] | ||
* | * ''[[hubris]]'' | ||
* [[hypertext]] | * [[hypertext]] | ||
* [[hypertext fiction]] | * [[hypertext fiction]] | ||
* [[imagery]] | * [[imagery]] | ||
* [[inciting action]] | * [[inciting action]] | ||
* | * ''[[in medias res]]'' | ||
* [[irony]] | * [[irony]] | ||
* [[literary criticism]] | * [[literary criticism]] | ||
* [[literary theory]] | * [[literary theory]] | ||
* | * ''[[logos]]'' | ||
* [[lyric]] | * [[lyric]] | ||
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== Masculinity to Myth == | == Masculinity to Myth == | ||
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* [[masculinity]] | * [[masculinity]] | ||
* [[melodrama]] | * [[melodrama]] | ||
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* [[metonymy]] | * [[metonymy]] | ||
* [[milieu]] | * [[milieu]] | ||
* | * ''[[mimesis]]'' | ||
* [[monologue]] | * [[monologue]] | ||
* [[motif]] | * [[motif]] | ||
* [[mood]] | * [[mood]] | ||
* [[myth]] | * [[myth]] | ||
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== Narration to Oration == | == Narration to Oration == | ||
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* [[narration]] | * [[narration]] | ||
* [[narrative]] | * [[narrative]] | ||
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* [[onomatopoeia]] | * [[onomatopoeia]] | ||
* [[oration]] | * [[oration]] | ||
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== Pace to Protagonist == | == Pace to Protagonist == | ||
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* [[pace]] | * [[pace]] | ||
* [[paradox]] | * [[paradox]] | ||
* [[parody]] | * [[parody]] | ||
* | * ''[[pathos]]'' | ||
* | * ''[[peripeteia]]'' | ||
* [[personification]] | * [[personification]] | ||
* [[plot]] | * [[plot]] | ||
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* [[protagonist]] | * [[protagonist]] | ||
* [[pun]] | * [[pun]] | ||
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== Resolution to Romance == | == Resolution to Romance == | ||
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* [[resolution]] | * [[resolution]] | ||
* [[reversal]] | * [[reversal]] | ||
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* [[rising action]] | * [[rising action]] | ||
* [[romance]] | * [[romance]] | ||
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== Satire to Syntax == | == Satire to Syntax == | ||
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* [[satire]] | * [[satire]] | ||
* [[science fiction]] | * [[science fiction]] | ||
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* [[surrealism]] | * [[surrealism]] | ||
* [[symbol]] | * [[symbol]] | ||
* [[ | * [[synecdoche]] | ||
* [[synesthesia]] | * [[synesthesia]] | ||
* [[syntax]] | * [[syntax]] | ||
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==Text to Zeugma == | ==Text to Zeugma == | ||
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* ''[[terza rima]]'' | |||
* [[text]] | * [[text]] | ||
* [[theme]] | * [[theme]] | ||
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* [[verisimilitude]] | * [[verisimilitude]] | ||
* [[zeugma]] | * [[zeugma]] | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
* [http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/drama_glossary.html Glossary of Literary Terms] — Cursory definitions to get you on the right track from McGraw Hill’s Online Learning Center. | * [http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/drama_glossary.html Glossary of Literary Terms] — Cursory definitions to get you on the right track from McGraw Hill’s Online Learning Center. | ||
* [http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/terms/1terms.html Literary Terms] — A comprehensive list by the students of Ted Nellen. | * [http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/terms/1terms.html Literary Terms] — A comprehensive list by the students of Ted Nellen. | ||
* [http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html Literary Terms] — Lilia Melani covers many of the basics in detail. | * [http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html Literary Terms] — Lilia Melani covers many of the basics in detail. | ||
* [http://www.virtualsalt.com/ | * [http://www.virtualsalt.com/a-handbook-of-rhetorical-devices/ A handbook of rhetorical devices] by Robert A. Harris. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:36, 13 August 2021
Every discipline has its own technical vocabulary; the study of literature is no different. In order to discuss fiction in an intelligent and competent manner, a familiarity (or literacy) with this vocabulary is crucial. Define each of the following words calling from various sources — reference books, lectures, your own reading — making clear your own understanding of the vocabulary. Feel free to define or add your own terms.
Allegory to Bathos
Canon to Convention
Deconstruction to Diatribe
Epic Poetry to Exposition
Fantasy to Freytag’s Formula
Genre to Lyric
Masculinity to Myth
Narration to Oration
Pace to Protagonist
Resolution to Romance
Satire to Syntax
Text to Zeugma
External Links
- Glossary of Literary Terms — Cursory definitions to get you on the right track from McGraw Hill’s Online Learning Center.
- Literary Terms — A comprehensive list by the students of Ted Nellen.
- Literary Terms — Lilia Melani covers many of the basics in detail.
- A handbook of rhetorical devices by Robert A. Harris.