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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]]
* <i>[[bathos]]</i>
* ''[[bathos]]''
 
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== Canon to Convention ==
== Canon to Convention ==
 
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* [[canon]]
* [[canon]]
* <i>[[catharsis]]</i>
* ''[[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]]
* <i>[[deus ex machina]]</i>
* ''[[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]]
* <i>[[ethos]]</i>
* ''[[ethos]]''
* [[exegesis]]
* [[exegesis]]
* [[exposition]]
* [[exposition]]
 
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== Flashback to Freytag’s Formula ==
== 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]]
* <i>[[hamartia]]</i>
* ''[[hamartia]]''
* [[hero]]
* [[hero]]
* [[heroic ideal]]
* [[heroic ideal]]
* <i>[[hubris]]</i>
* ''[[hubris]]''
* [[hypertext]]
* [[hypertext]]
* [[hypertext fiction]]
* [[hypertext fiction]]
* [[imagery]]
* [[imagery]]
* [[inciting action]]
* [[inciting action]]
* <i>[[in medias res]]</i>
* ''[[in medias res]]''
* [[irony]]
* [[irony]]
* [[literary criticism]]
* [[literary criticism]]
* [[literary theory]]
* [[literary theory]]
* <i>[[logos]]</i>
* ''[[logos]]''
* [[lyric]]
* [[lyric]]
 
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== Masculine to Myth ==
== Masculinity to Myth ==
* [[masculine]]
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* [[masculinity]]
* [[melodrama]]
* [[melodrama]]
* [[metaphor]]
* [[metaphor]]
* [[metonymy]]
* [[metonymy]]
* [[milieu]]
* [[milieu]]
* <i>[[mimesis]]</i>
* ''[[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]]
* <i>[[pathos]]</i>
* ''[[pathos]]''
* <i>[[peripeteia]]</i>
* ''[[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://web.cocc.edu/lisal/literaryterms/elements_of_literature.htm Elements of Literature] — Lisa R. Lazarescu begins by defining literature, then discusses various key aspects of the study.
* [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.bedfordstmartins.com/literature/bedlit/glossary_a.htm Glossary of Literary Terms] — from Bedford / St. Martin’s press.
* [http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/rhetoric.html A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples] — by Ross Scaife at the University of Kentucky.
* [http://www.northern.edu/benkertl/dictionary.html Literary Dictionary] — covering poetry, drama, short fiction, the novel, and literary criticism, by the students of Lysbeth Em Benkert-Rasmussen.
* [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/rhetoric.htm Virtual Salt] — A handbook of rhetorical devices by Robert A. Harris.
* [http://www.virtualsalt.com/a-handbook-of-rhetorical-devices/ A handbook of rhetorical devices] by Robert A. Harris.
* [http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/critical/links.html Words of Art] — A list of terms for the study of art by Robert J. Belton at Okanagan University College.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 15:36, 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

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