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Friday, January 24, 2014

Lit. Terms: List #3

exposition: the act of expounding, setting forth; writing or speech primarily intended to convey information

expressionism: fine arts a manner of painting, drawing, sculpting, etc. in which forms derived from nature are distorted or exaggerated & colors are intensified for emotive or expressive purposes; literature a technique of distorting objects & events in order to represent them as they are perceive by a character in a literary work

fable: a short tale to tell a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters

fallacy: a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.

falling action: the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached & the conflict has been resolved

farce: a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of a character

figurative language: language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors

flashback: a device in a narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc. by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work

foil: to prevent the success of; frustrate

folk tale: a tale or legend originating & traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people

foreshadowing: to show or indicate beforehand

free verse: verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern

genre: a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique or the like

gothic tale:

hyperbole: obvious & intentional exaggeration

imagery: the formation of mental images, figures or likeness of things, or of such images collectively

implication:something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood

incongruity: the quality or condition of being inconsistent

inference: the act or process of inferring; interpretation

irony: the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning



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