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Flashcards by Jameel Ahmad, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| ALLEGORY | EXTENDED METAPHOR |
| ALLITERATION | REPETITION OF SOUND |
| ALLUSION | REFERS TO OTHER TEXT/AUTHOR |
| ANTITHESIS | TWO OPPOSITE IDEAS |
| ASIDE | TO THE AUDIENCE |
| ASSONANCE | REPETITION OF VOWEL SOUNDS |
| BLANK VERSE | UNRHYMED, PRIMARY METRE OF RENAISSANCE DRAMA |
| CAESURA | BREAK IN METRE |
| CHORUS | WHEN CHARACTERS COMMENT ON THE GOINGS-ON TO THE AUDIENCE I.E. ANTONIO AND DELIO, DUCHESS OF MALFI |
| CONTEXT | CIRCUMSTANCES/IDEAS/MOTIVATION |
| COUPLET | PAIR OF RHYMED LINES |
| DENOUEMENT | THE CONCLUSION OF A PLAY |
| DUMB-SHOW | WITHOUT WORDS, CARDINAL WHEN HE BANISHES DUCHESS TO ANCONA |
| EPIPHANY | SUDDEN REALISATION OF TRUTH |
| EXPOSITION | OPENING OF A PLAY, WHEN PLAYERS ARE INTRODUCED |
| FLANEUR/EUSE | TRAVELLER, WITNESS TO THE GOINGS-ON |
| FREE INDIRECT SPEECH | THIRD PARTY NARRATION WHEN WE WITNESS WHAT A CHARACTER DOES, BUT ALSO THEIR INNER THOUGHTS |
| FREE VERSE | POETIC STYLE - UNRHYMED, NO DETECTABLE METRE. |
| GENRE | CATEGORY |
| HYBRID | 2 OR MORE GENRES, WUTHERING HEIGHTS: GOTHIC / REALIST |
| HYPERBOLE | EXAGERATION FOR COMIC EFFECT |
| IMAGERY | PICTURES CREATED IN THE READER'S MIND, EVOKING THEIR IMAGINATION |
| INTERTEXTUALITY | RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER TEXTS, IN TERMS OF COMMON IDEAS/INFLUENCES |
| IRONY | SOMETHING IS IMPLIED, NOT EXPLICITLY WRITTEN. DRAMATIC IRONY - WHEN THE AUDIENCE KNOWS SOMETHING THE CHARACTER(S) DO NOT. |
| LEITMOTIF | RECURRENT THEME / PHRASE |
| LEXICON | VOCABULARY OF WRITER |
| LITERARY CANON | IMPORTANT TEXTS... |
| METAPHOR | LINKS 2 DISSIMILAR THINGS |
| METONYM | METAPHOR: HOLLYWOOD FOR US FILM INDUSTRY |
| METRE | PACE, RHYTHM |
| NOVELLA | LONGER THAN SHORT STORY, SHORTER THAN NOVEL |
| PARODY | MOCKING |
| PASTICHE | PAYS TRIBUTE, DOES NOT MOCK |
| PASTORAL | COUNTRYSIDE |
| PERSONA | THE VOICE ADOPTED BY THE AUTHOR TO TELL THE STORY |
| PUN | PLAY ON WORDS |
| PERSONIFICATION | HUMAN ATTRIBUTES TO INANIMATE OBJECTS / ANIMALS |
| PLOT | EXPLORES THE CAUSE & EFFECT RELATIONSHIP, WHY THINGS HAPPEN - MORE THAN THE STORY |
| REGISTER | LANGUAGE IN ITS CONTEXT |
| RHETORIC | SPEECH USED TO PERSUADE |
| RHYME | SOUND-PATTERNING |
| ROMANCE | MODE OF WRITING, ENGAGES WITH THE READERS' DESIRES AND IMAGINATIONS |
| SATIRE | PIECE OF WORK DESIGNED TO MOCK |
| SIMILE | LIKE, AS |
| SOLILOQUY | LONG SPEECH TO AUDIENCE TO ARTICULATE THOUGHTS / EMOTIONS |
| SONNET | 14-LINE LYRIC POEM IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER |
| SYNTAX | SENTENCE STRUCTURE |
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