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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 Atmosphere ==
== 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 Logos ==
== 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 ==


* [[Reader Response Criticism]]
* [[resolution]]
* [[resolution]]
* [[reversal]]
* [[reversal]]