English Lit - Useful Terminology
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- Created on: 16-04-17 16:03
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2. 'We ran and jumped and shouted' is an example of what kind of list?
- Polysyndetic list
- Syndetic list
- Asyndetic list
3. A character reveals their true attitudes and emotions in a short speech that is not heard by other characters, often creating dramatic irony is...
- Exposition
- Aside
- Soliloquy
- Foil
4. What is a 'Dead Metaphor'
- A metaphor for Death.
- A metaphor that has lot it imagery because of it's overuse. 'He ran the office' or 'seeds of doubt'
- A metaphor that is sustained or developed over a literary work.
- A metaphor that is no longer used.
5. Bathos is...
- The sense of anti-climax created when a literary work drops from an elevated or serious level to the more absurd or ridiculous.
- where the writer uses techniques that appeal to the reader's audience's emotions, often arousing pity for a character.
- Where a text has a sense of truthfulness and realism. Proper nouns can achieve this. 'AK47's and RPGs were firing none stop.'
- The purification or purging of emotions, especially pity or fear, through art. Some literary forms act as a release for the author or audience of these emotions.
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