Sara pace, krista taggart

Krista TaggartSara Pace

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Satire

• Irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack or expose folly, vice or stupidity.

• “It's a catastrophic success” – Steven Bishop

Structure

• framework of a work of literature; the organization or over-all design of a work.

Ambiguity

• a statement which has two or more possible meanings; the meaning is unclear.

• Example:“Did you see the girl with

the telescope?”There are two possible

interpretations here:A: “did you see the girl

who is holding the telescope.”

B: “did you see the girl by using the telescope.”

Connotation

• Implied meaning of a word.

• Examples:Honor, duty and

helpfulness are the connotations of "Boy Scout”

Denotation

• the literal meaning of a word; there are no emotions, values, or images associated with denotative meaning. It is what it is, no underlying meaning whatsoever.

• Examples:Stop Signs mean stop.

(even without words, we recognize the meaning from the shape and color)

Example of Connotation & denotation

• The word home Denotes the place where a person lives with their family.

• But it connotes comforts, intimacy, and privacy.

Parable

• a short, simple story designed to convey some religious principle, moral lesson, or general truth by comparison with actual events.

Parody

• a humorous, satirical, or burlesque imitation of a person, event, or serious work of literature designed to ridicule in nonsensical fashion or to criticize by clever duplication.

Rhetorical Question

• Asked to make an effect or to make a statement, but not expected to receive an answer.

Epigram

• a witty, ingenious, and pointed saying that is tersely expressed.

• An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.—Mohandas Gandhi

Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.—John F. Kennedy

Archetype

• The original model or pattern which copies are made or something develops.

• Often, archetypes include a symbol, a theme, a setting, or a character that some critics think have a common meaning in an entire culture, or even the entire human race.

Foil

• a secondary character who contrasts with a major character

• In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Laertes the unthinking man of action is a foil to the intelligent but reluctant Hamlet.

In the film Chasing Amy, the character Silent Bob is a foil for his partner, Jay, who is loquacious and foul-mouthed.

Caricature

• A description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others.

Extended Metaphor

• A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.

• All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players;They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.”-Shakespeare’s As You Like It

Juxtaposition

• The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development

• "Forget to remember or remember to forget."

• "Kill me, I still won't tell!"

Theme

• Frequently recurring ideas; the overall idea.

• Disney Princess movies all have perfect fairy tale endings the theme being love and happiness.

Tragedy

• A serious play in which the chief character, by some peculiarity of psychology, passes through a series of misfortunes leading to a final, devastating catastrophe.

• Romeo and Juliet.

Epic

• A literary or dramatic composition that resembles an extended narrative poem celebrating heroic feats.

• “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,/As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. 'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door - Only this, and nothing more.'” “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe

Pastoral

• A poem that portrays the simple life of country folk, usually shepherds, as a timeless world of beauty, peace, and contentment.

Fable

• A brief story illustrating human tendencies through animal characters.

• Example:• The Hare and the

Tortoise

Hero’s Journey

• The protagonist is separated from the known and steps into the unknown.

• By crossing the threshold, the protagonist's world is changed forever. A mental journey merges with the physical journey to result in a spiritual revelation of purpose and self

• Through the protagonist's ultimate sacrifice of self, s/he walks in an enlightened state.

Series

• A succession of coordinate elements in a sentence.

Contrast

• describes the difference(s) between two or more entities.

• Remember look for but or however.

• It's raining implies that the speaker will get wet, while the second clause ‘I am taking an umbrella’ implies that the speaker will not get wet. Both clauses refer to related situations, or themes, yet imply a contradiction.

EXAMPLE:It's raining, but I am taking an umbrella.

Repetition

• the repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to emphasize.

• EXAMPLE:• We listened to the gun fire

beyond the walls. We listened to the walls being hit by shrapnel, ricochets, and blind fire, at least it's what I thought it could of been. We listened to the creaking the windows made when they opened and shut due to the wind from the outside. We listened to the cries of our men, and the prayers they made to their gods. We listened, but said nothing.

Scene/Chapter

• Acts may be further divided into scenes in classical theater each regrouping between entrances and exits of actors is a scene.

• A main division of a book, typically with a number or title.

Act/Stanza

• Act are like chapters in book. Acts only appear in plays, so an act would be a large section of a play denoted by the playwright.

• A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

Scene

• The place where an incident in real life or fiction occurs or occurred

• The murder was on the corner of the street by the dumpster.