Practical Criticism 2.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? EnglishPractical Criticism UniversityNone Created by: AliciaCreated on: 08-05-15 10:58 Allegory When people/actions/objects represent other meanings or ideas. (e.g: pig in Orwell's Animal Farm). 1 of 21 Alliteration Repetition of a consonant sound "faltering forward". 2 of 21 Allusion A reference to a person, place or incidengt outside the text or another literary work 3 of 21 Ambiguity Blurred meanings/possibility of multiple meanings. 4 of 21 Archaism The se of old or out-dated language. 5 of 21 Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds "killed, cold, culled". 6 of 21 Bathos Anti-climax: intentional or unintentional 7 of 21 binary opposition two terms that represent the opposites: light/dark, good/evil. 8 of 21 Burlesque mocks the whole style of writing. 9 of 21 Caesura A pause in a line of poetry. 10 of 21 Catharsis Emotional release that occurs at the end of tragedy. 11 of 21 Conceit An elaborate metaphor which compares two very different things (The Flea by John Donne, comparing himself and his lover to a flea). 12 of 21 Connotation suggest the meaning of... (example: black connotes depression). 13 of 21 Didactic A work that deals with morals, philosophy and religion. 14 of 21 Dramatic Irony Audience knows what the characters do not. 15 of 21 elegy Poem and loss and mourning of a dead person/lost ideal. 16 of 21 Epic A long narrative Poem with heroic subject atter written in an elevated style. 17 of 21 epigram A short, witty saying found in all forms of literature. 18 of 21 Epistle A literary work in the form of letters. 19 of 21 euphony pleasant or melodious language. 20 of 21 Figuaritive language Uses figures of speech 21 of 21
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