Allegory
A story in which the events and characters symbolize an idea, trait, historical event, or historical figure
Alliteration
Repetition of (initial) consonant sounds in order to
- create melody
- establish mood/atmosphere
- call attention to
- similar words or images
- different words or images
- important words or details
For the anal and interested
Consonance (also called partial consonance)
Repetition of internal consonant sounds - TrouBLed by douBLing your efforts
Full Consonance
Repetition of initial and final consonant sounds - without rhyming - RooT, RighT, Rat, RaTe
Terminal Consonance
Repetition of final consonant sounds - falleN, opeN
Diction
Word choice to create a given effect or establish the style, atmosphere, or tone
Exposition
Introductory information that establishes the setting, characters, atmosphere and other information necessary for understanding the plot.
"Information Dump"
see Basil Exposition
Fable
A short story with a moral - often including animals, often allegorical
Imagery
A pattern of images that appeal to the senses in order to suggest importance, establish mood, and develop theme.
Irony - 3 Types
Situational irony
When there is a contrast between what is and what is expected.
--A car crashes into a bus that has an ad on its side depicting a car crashing into a bus and the pitch, "Don't let life's accidents catch you uninsured."
Verbal irony
When one intentially says the opposite of what s/he means
Dramatic irony
When a character's words mean more than that character knows
Parody
Point of View - 3 Kinds
A literary term meaning the 'point of view' from which the narrative (story) is told
First person: I
The tense of the first-person narrative will dictate how insightful and self-aware the narrator is.
When an author chooses to use a first-person narrator, that character's voice and personality will affect not only how the narrattive is told, but what the narrative is.
If the narrator is a child, the author often creates humor and conflict through that child's ignorance.
Some novels have several first-person narrators, switching point of view between chapters.
Second person : you (rare)
Third person: he/she/they - 3 Kinds
Third-person omniscient
All-knowing--can get into the heads of all characters and know their past and fate
Third-person limited-omniscient
can, generally, get into only the protagonist's head and know the protagonist's past and fate
Third-person limited
can get into not character's head, is limited to only what a movie camera can observe
Satire
A humorous attack to expose and critique
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Thesis Statement
An opinion supported by facts
One Sentence
The last sentence of the intro P
- Compelling
- Debatable
- Viable
- Precise (fights vagueness)
- Concise (fights wordiness)
- Literary
Thesis Statement
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