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- Note that I have separated the 3 genres in my list and streamlined the total six-column list. Criticism and schools of critical theory are under-emphasized in courses for non-majors.
| LITERARY TERMS Dr. Gates TERMSLIT.DOC EH 102 You are responsible for all poetic terms and dramatic terms for the Midterm. Fiction terms will be covered as we do the short stories and will be tested on the final. Topics for Paper 2 will be taken from this list. The important goal is to be able USE the terms, demonstrate their effect in examples from outside sources and created from your own imagination. A substantial component of Papers 1 and 3 and the ESSAY for the Midterm will expect you to show you can use these terms. There will be a retest of these terms as a component of the FINAL EXAM, both in short answers, and in using them to analyze literature in your essays. POETIC TERMS alliteration allusion
analogy (not in anthology, see directions for Paper 4) apostrophe assonance aubade (not listed in index, but see page 846-7 by Wilbur and check other sources for more complete definition: a love poem taking place at dawn, when lovers are parting) ballad blank verse carpe diem connotation consonance couplet
denotation diction (also see informal diction, middle diction, etc.) elegy end rhyme enjambment (and see run-on-line) end-stopped line epic feminine rhyme figure of speech, figurative language fixed form poem (and see villanelle, sonnet, limerick; haiku, sestina) foot free verse hyperbole iambic meter image, imagery internal rhyme irony (also dramatic, situational, tragic, verbal irony) Italian sonnet lyric masculine rhyme metaphor (also extended metaphor) meter
metonymy octave
onomatopoeia oxymoron
paradox pentameter (see under meter and know iambic pentameter) personification Petrarchan sonnet pun (you will need homonym) quatrain
rhythm rhyme
rhyme scheme run-on-line sarcasm scansion
sestina Shakespearean sonnet simile sonnet
stanza stress
synecdoche symbol (also conventional symbol, open symbol) tercet
theme
tone understatement villanelle DRAMATIC TERMS General Terms: aside
climax comedy
dénouement deus ex machina dialogue
diction dramatic convention (see conventions) dramatic irony exposition farce melodrama playwright (note spelling!) plot
realistic drama (and relationship to well-made play); see realism soliloquy Types of dramatic characters confidant (not listed in index) dynamic character (also developing ) flat character (also static) foil character (also consult PowerPoint slide show) static character stock character
catharsis (purgation) chorus exodus
hamartia (trait: weakness, flaw, error, or excess) hubris (pride) parodos prologue
recognition (anagnorsis) reversal (peripeteia) stichomythia (not in text: see slide show and Guth and Rico, page 980) tragedy, especially Aristotle's definition tragic irony unities of time place, action in Greek drama (not in index) TERMS In Study of FICTION climax characterization foreshadowing motivation, motivated action narrator plot
point of view (first-person; objective, omniscient, limited omniscient) see also in index under "editorial omniscience" suspense theme
protagonist stream of consciousness technique setting NOTES ON USING TERMS: Avoid simply identifying terms. Be able to use them to show effective command of figurative language. You will notice that the lists are mainly alphabetical, while the chapters in the book present the terms in a logical order. Use the backcover index in Meyer's Bedford Intro to Literature for locating the textbook discussion of the term. I suggest that you organize your study of the poetic terms by categorizing them as either Sound, Sense, or Pattern. Even though you are mastering the definitions of the terms for short answer quizzing and testing, you should make sure to give appropriate credit to a source or sources for the definitions in your major papers. Remember, even a paraphrase requires a proper citation and signal phrase. Quote exactly when the wording is important. Indirect quotations also require sourcing. If you use on-line sources in defining and showing examples of terms, make sure you follow the criteria announced for documenting the sources in an MLA style bibliography. Note that I have separated the 3 genres in my list and streamlined the total six-column list. Criticism and schools of critical theory are under-emphasized in courses for non-majors. Directory: depart -> english -> gates -> 102 depart -> First Semester Paper I prose and Grammar Code: 08U1LU1 102 -> Notes on the play eh 102, dr. Gates file name is: anitgnew rtf 102 -> Suggested Revisions, Booklet, page suggrevs. Doc suggestions for Revisions in eh 102 102 -> Computer Assisted Sections 102 -> Fall 2009 Computer Assisted Sections 102 -> Gates eh 102 Syllabus, page 1 Syllabus, eh 102 102 -> Your file will be your initials and pap3 as last line of your first page header Download 37.69 Kb. Share with your friends:
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