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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. | 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 | == 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]] | |||
* ''[[bathos]]'' | |||
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== Canon to Convention == | == Canon to Convention == | ||
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* [[canon]] | * [[canon]] | ||
* [[catharsis]] | * ''[[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]] | * ''[[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]] | * ''[[ethos]]'' | ||
* [[exegesis]] | * [[exegesis]] | ||
* [[exposition]] | * [[exposition]] | ||
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== | == Fantasy to Freytag’s Formula == | ||
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* [[fantasy]] | |||
* [[fiction]] | |||
* [[figurative language]] | |||
* [[flashback]] | * [[flashback]] | ||
* [[foil]] | * [[foil]] | ||
* [[foreshadowing]] | * [[foreshadowing]] | ||
* [[Freytag’s Formula]] | * [[Freytag’s Formula]] | ||
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== Genre to | == Genre to Lyric == | ||
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* [[genre]] | * [[genre]] | ||
* [[hamartia]] | * ''[[hamartia]]'' | ||
* [[hero | * [[hero]] | ||
* [[heroic ideal]] | * [[heroic ideal]] | ||
* [[hubris]] | * ''[[hubris]]'' | ||
* [[hypertext]] | * [[hypertext]] | ||
* [[hypertext fiction]] | |||
* [[imagery]] | * [[imagery]] | ||
* [[inciting action]] | * [[inciting action]] | ||
* [[in medias res]] | * ''[[in medias res]]'' | ||
* [[irony]] | * [[irony]] | ||
* [[literary criticism]] | |||
== | * [[literary theory]] | ||
* ''[[logos]]'' | |||
* [[lyric]] | |||
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== Masculinity to Myth == | |||
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* [[masculinity]] | |||
* [[melodrama]] | * [[melodrama]] | ||
* [[metaphor]] | * [[metaphor]] | ||
* [[metonymy]] | * [[metonymy]] | ||
* [[milieu]] | * [[milieu]] | ||
* [[mimesis]] | * ''[[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]] | ||
* [[narrative verse]] | |||
* [[narrator]] | * [[narrator]] | ||
* [[novel]] | * [[novel]] | ||
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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]] | * ''[[pathos]]'' | ||
* [[peripeteia]] | * ''[[peripeteia]]'' | ||
* [[personification]] | * [[personification]] | ||
* [[plot]] | * [[plot]] | ||
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* [[prose]] | * [[prose]] | ||
* [[protagonist]] | * [[protagonist]] | ||
* [[pun]] | |||
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== Resolution to Romance == | |||
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* [[resolution]] | * [[resolution]] | ||
* [[reversal]] | * [[reversal]] | ||
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* [[rhyme]] | * [[rhyme]] | ||
* [[rising action]] | * [[rising action]] | ||
* [[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]] | |||
* [[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] | * [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] | |||
* [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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