Any literary work meant to be read, viewed, or otherwise experienced by an audience (includes...
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Text Any literary work meant to be read, viewed, or otherwise experienced by an audience (includes stories, plays, films, music, articles, television shows, speeches, and others).
Any literary work meant to be read, viewed, or otherwise experienced by an audience (includes stories, plays, films, music, articles, television shows,
Any literary work meant to be read, viewed, or otherwise
experienced by an audience (includes stories, plays, films, music,
articles, television shows, speeches, and others).
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The central message or idea of a text. Theme should Always be a
statement (revenge, love, etc. are NOT themes)
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Any situation which creates tension, doubt, apprehension or
dread within the reader or audience.
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The sequence of events within a text. (Theme is not plot!)
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The location or backdrop in which a text takes place; setting
will include both the time and place at which a story takes
place.
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Events, dialogue, or descriptions (overt or implied) which help
to further our understandings of a character.
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The hero or central character within a text; the character
whose story is told by the author.
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The villain or major obstructing force which works against the
protagonist on his journey.
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The perspective from which a story is told or an event is
experienced.
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A symbol, characteristic, or other idea which a text presents
over and over again.
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A situation or statement which differs from what is
expected.
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Descriptive or dramatic language which refers to the senses
(all senses, not simply vision)
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Overstatement of a situation or description, usually for
dramatic effect.
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A classification of texts which share certain characteristics
in general.
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Events, dialogue, or description which seems to suggest or hint
at events which may arise later in the text.
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Poetic language used to artfully represent an idea for the
reader. Usually, Figurative Language describes language which is
not meant to be taken literally.
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Words spoken between characters within a text, usually (but not
always) delineated with quotation marks.
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Problems which arise within a text, usually describing
obstacles on the Protagonists journey.
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Repetition of the sounds which begin words within a sentence or
passage.
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In academic writing, an authors central point and plan of
attack for proving that point.
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A statement or situation which seems to contradict itself or
which should be impossible.
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A reference to another text, best when the text referred to is
well- known by an audience.
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An overt comparison between two different concepts, usually
using the words like or so.
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An implied comparison between two different concepts, often
using the verb to be (but not always).
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The authors specific word choice & vocabulary within a
text
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The authors vehicle for telling a story; the voice which tells
a story. Not necessarily the same as the author himself (especially
when used for ironic purposes).
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Specific and usually repeating patterns of rhyme within stanzas
or an entire work, not necessarily limited to poetry.
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The authors feeling toward his subject, usually communicated
through the authors diction.
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An object, person or setting which takes on added significance
due to the way it is presented or positioned within a text. Often,
symbols are representative of bigger ideas, and/or are tied to the
theme.
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A situation in which two or more ideas or objects are presented
in conjunction with one another, often for dramatic or ironic
effect.