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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 == | ||
* [[allegory]] | * [[allegory]] | ||
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* [[archetype]] | * [[archetype]] | ||
* [[atmosphere]] | * [[atmosphere]] | ||
* <i>[[bathos]]</i> | |||
== Canon to Convention == | == Canon to Convention == | ||
* [[canon]] | * [[canon]] | ||
* [[catharsis]] | * <i>[[catharsis]]</i> | ||
* [[character]] | * [[character]] | ||
* [[climax]] | * [[climax]] | ||
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* [[dénouement]] | * [[dénouement]] | ||
* [[description]] | * [[description]] | ||
* [[deus ex machina]] | * <i>[[deus ex machina]]</i> | ||
* [[diatribe]] | * [[diatribe]] | ||
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* [[epigraph]] | * [[epigraph]] | ||
* [[epiphany]] | * [[epiphany]] | ||
* [[ethos]] | * <i>[[ethos]]</i> | ||
* [[exegesis]] | * [[exegesis]] | ||
* [[exposition]] | * [[exposition]] | ||
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* [[Freytag’s Formula]] | * [[Freytag’s Formula]] | ||
== Genre to | == Genre to Lyric == | ||
* [[genre]] | * [[genre]] | ||
* [[hamartia]] | * <i>[[hamartia]]</i> | ||
* [[hero]] | * [[hero]] | ||
* [[heroic ideal]] | * [[heroic ideal]] | ||
* [[hubris]] | * <i>[[hubris]]</i> | ||
* [[hypertext]] | * [[hypertext]] | ||
* [[imagery]] | * [[imagery]] | ||
* [[inciting action]] | * [[inciting action]] | ||
* [[in medias res]] | * <i>[[in medias res]]</i> | ||
* [[irony]] | * [[irony]] | ||
* [[logos]] | * [[literary criticism]] | ||
* [[literary theory]] | |||
* <i>[[logos]]</i> | |||
* [[lyric]] | |||
== Melodrama to Myth == | == Melodrama to Myth == | ||
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* [[metonymy]] | * [[metonymy]] | ||
* [[milieu]] | * [[milieu]] | ||
* [[mimesis]] | * <i>[[mimesis]]</i> | ||
* [[monologue]] | * [[monologue]] | ||
* [[motif]] | * [[motif]] | ||
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* [[paradox]] | * [[paradox]] | ||
* [[parody]] | * [[parody]] | ||
* [[pathos]] | * <i>[[pathos]]</i> | ||
* [[peripeteia]] | * <i>[[peripeteia]]</i> | ||
* [[personification]] | * [[personification]] | ||
* [[plot]] | * [[plot]] | ||
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== Reader Response to Rising Action == | == Reader Response to Rising Action == | ||
* [[resolution]] | * [[resolution]] | ||
* [[reversal]] | * [[reversal]] | ||