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Question		Answer
hermeneutics start learning		the teory and methodology of interpretation, especially of scriptural text
rhetoric start learning		the study of using language effectively and persuasively
philology start learning		the study of literature in general
textual criticism start learning		focuses on close reading and detailed analysis of a text
canon start learning		a group of literary works that are consider to be the most important of a particular time or place
content start learning		topics, ideas, statements that are said in a literary work
form start learning		framework of a literary work
theme start learning		the story's idea or point
motif start learning		reocurring object, concept or structure in a work of literature
setting start learning		time and place of a story
style start learning		the way author choses and arranges words
sound patterns start learning		alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia
alliteration start learning		repetition of identical initial sounds in neighbouring words or syllables
assonance start learning		repetition of similar wovels in neighbouring words or syllables
consonance start learning		repetition of similar consonants in neighbouring words or syllables
onomatopoeia + example start learning		words that imitate the sounds of objects or actions they refer to, knoc knock
imagery, image start learning		words that appeal to one or more of five senses
simile start learning		a comparison of two things, usually with 'like' or 'as'
metaphore start learning		describe the subject of asserting that it is, in some poin of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object
tenor start learning		an underlaying idea or subject that is the meaning of a metaphor
vehicle start learning		illuminates tenor
implicit metaphor + example start learning		a ful subject is not explane but it is implied from the context of a sentence, we are drinking the white
dead metaphor + example start learning		has lost its original imagery due to the popular usage, a leg of a table
metonomy + example start learning		one word is substituted for another with which is closely associated, crown - royalty
synecdoche + example start learning		a term of a part of something is used to refer to a whole of something i vice versa, wheels - a vehicle
anaphora start learning		repetition of a word or phrase at the beggining of succesive clauses or verses
antithesis start learning		opposing or contrasting ideas
apostrophe start learning		addresing to inanimated object or place as if it was alive
ellipsis start learning		omission of a word or phrase that is necessary for a grammatical structure but not necessary fo understanding
hyperbole start learning		an exaggeration used for emphasis or effect
litotes + example start learning		consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite, she was not a little upset - she was extramely upset
parallelism + example start learning		The balance between two or more similar words, phrases or clauses, she likes music, movies and books
rhetorical question + example start learning		a question for which we don't expect an answer, to be or not to be?
zeugma + example start learning		one word or phrase is understood to be related to two or more other words or phrases while being grammaticlly consistent with only one of them, She opened her door and her heart to the orphan
lyric poetry start learning		expresses feelings
epic poetry start learning		tells a story
soliloquy + example start learning		a dramatic monologue that represents of unspoken reflections, to be or not to be
persona start learning		voice that is heard in a poem
elegy start learning		a song or a poem expressing sorrow or lamentation for someone who is dead, Elegy for N. N Czesław Miłosz
hymn start learning		a song or praise or joy
ode start learning		lyric poem usually of a serious matter or meditative nature, having elevated style and formal stanzaic structure
ballad start learning		a simple narrative poem of folk orgin
exposition start learning		background informations we need to make sense of an action like describtion of a setting or introduction of major characters
description start learning		careful detailing of a person, place, thing or event
masculine rhyme + example start learning		rhyme that ends with a stressed syllable, today sashay
feminine rhyme + example start learning		a rhyme of two syllables, one stressed and one unstressed, waken forsaken
ful (true, perfect) rhyme + example start learning		the stressed wovels and all following consonants are identical, chain brain
slant (imperfect, partial) rhyme + example start learning		either the wovel or the consonants of stressed syllable are identical, roaming coming
eye-rhyme + example start learning		words look like they should rhyme but they do not, sone none
end rhyme start learning		when words at the end of lines rhyme
internal rhyme start learning		when words rhyme within lines
prosody start learning		science of poetry's structure
rhythm start learning		combination of stressed and unstressed syllables
ceasura start learning		a pause within a line of poetry
end-stopped line start learning		a line that has a natural speech pause at the end
run-on line start learning		enjambment, a line that has no natural speech pause
rising meter start learning		metrical feet which move from unstressed to stressed sounds
falling meter start learning		metrical feet which move from stressed to unstressed sounds
iamb start learning		feet consists of an unstressed syllable and stressed syllable
trochee start learning		feet consists of a stressed syllable and an unstressed syllable
anapest start learning		feet consist of 2 unstressed syllables and one stressed syllable
dactyl start learning		feet consists of one stressed syllable and two unstressed syllables
amphibrach start learning		feet consists of an unstressed syllable, a stressed syllable and an unstressed syllable
peon start learning		feet consists of 2 unstressed syllables, one stressed syllable and one unstressed syllable
catalectic line start learning		metrically incomplite line of verse, lacking syllable at the end
spondee start learning		a metrical feet consisting of two short or two stressed syllables
pyrhic start learning		a metrical feet consisting of two short or anstressed syllables
tropes + example start learning		figures of thought, metaphor
rhetorical figures + example start learning		figures of speech, zeugma
conotations start learning		meanings associated with the word beyond its dictionary meaning
denotation start learning		a dictionary meaning of a word
irony start learning		a technique of indicating something by using words of opposit meanings
naive hero start learning		a protagonist, usually a narrator, who misinterprates events for ironic sometimes humorous purposes
symbolism, symbol start learning		something that beyond its dictionary suggests something else, represents abstract idea
conventional symbol start learning		symbol that is widely recognize and understood
allegory + example start learning		a story with literal and symbolic meaning, Animal Farm
fable start learning		a brief story that points to a moral, hilights human's fails, satyrical in tone
beast fable start learning		a fable with animals as characters
epigram + example start learning		a short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation, speech is silver but silence is gold
parable + example start learning		a short allegorical story that ilustrates or teaches some truth, religious principle or moral lesson, in bible
exemplum + example start learning		a short tale used as an example to ilustrate a moral poit, The Pardoner's Tale
tale start learning		a story that narrates strange happenings in direct manner
plot start learning		events that make up a story
climax start learning		moment of greatest action
structure start learning		designe or form of the completed action
major character start learning		an important figure at the center of a story's action or theme
dynamic character start learning		a character that exhibits some kind of change
static character start learning		a character that is unchanging
omniscient narrator start learning		all knowing narrator
limited omniscient point of view start learning		a narrator's knowledge is limited to only one character
monologue start learning		a speech by one character adrresd to a silent or absent listiner
round character start learning		shows many different faces, presented with depth and detales
flat character start learning		a character that has one outstanding set of features
protagonist start learning		major character with whom we sympathize
antagonist start learning		a character that is in conflict with protagonist
reliable narrator start learning		convinces readers that he reporting events, actions etc accurately and without prejudice
unreliable narrator start learning		raises suspicions that he or she reporting events, actions etc inacuratelly
objective narrator start learning		like camera, can't look into character's minds
tone start learning		author's attitude towards the characters or story
open form start learning		form used in poems that don't follow established patters for lines, stanzas or rhymes
couplet start learning		to rhyming lines of poetry
oxymoron start learning		a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms
iambic pentameter start learning		an unstressed syllable followed by stressed syllable, has five foot
english sonnet start learning		14 lines divided into 3 quatrains and a couplet at the end
italian sonnet start learning		14 lines divided into octave (8lines) and a sestes (6 lines)
foil start learning		a character that contrasts to another character in order to higlights some features
literature start learning		writings kept alive by their beauty, style or thoughts
genre start learning		a type of writing of literature
types of literature start learning		prose, poetry, drama
extended metaphor start learning		a long, extended comparison of two things, homeric comparison
blank verse start learning		unrhymed iambic pentameter
mimesis start learning		shows story
digesis start learning		tells story

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