Examples of Key Literary Terms ENG 125 Week 1 Discussion 2 Farce – A comedy; a short play‚ in which both subtle humor and hilarity are developed through impossible situations‚ exaggeration and (often) ridiculous antics. Example: Shakespeare used this structure in most of his comedies‚ sometimes introducing miraculous or supernatural incidents to order to end the play harmoniously in marriage festivities. Genre – A genre can be broken down in many categories of literature-prose‚ poetry‚ and drama-and
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Farce: A comedy; a short play‚ in which both subtle humor and hilarity are developed through improbable situations‚ exaggeration and (often) ridiculous antics. The example in our text was: I’m going! A comedy in one act‚ there was never a doubt that Henri was going to the races from the very start‚ no matter what Jeanne (Henri’s wife) had to say. The comedy behind this was Henri and Jeanne arguing back and forth about Henri going to the races without Jeanne‚ then a sudden twist when Jeanne finally
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Review the key literary terms and concepts presented throughout Chapters 1 and 2. (See the end of each chapter for a glossary of terms.) Choose at least four of these terms to discuss in your post. Then‚ find examples of these concepts in the readings from this week. Explain how these examples demonstrate each literary concept as well as the effect which the given technique or form has on a reading of the respective text. Your initial post should be at least 150 words in length. Support your claims
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Literary Term Examples Allegory 1. The movie O Brother Where Art Thou is full of small allegories. Different characters represent different groups and things in the real world‚ for example‚ the character Big Dan Teague can be seen as an allegory for the educational system. 2. The novel Lord of the Flies is an allegory where the children trapped on the island represent the different types of government of the world and how they interact. Anachronism 1. In the movie Goodfellas when they go to the
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II 10th Grade Literary Terms to Know CA 9/10 Content Standards: Reading/Literary Response and Analysis 3.3 – students apply their understanding of content-area terminology during narrative analyses of grade-level literary texts ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This sheet includes the most common literary terms used to support the discussion of literature at the sophomore level. These terms appear in writing
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I have chosen the following four literary term; farce‚ genre‚ metaphor and image. Farce: A comedy; a short play‚ in which both subtle humor and hilarity are developed through improbable situations‚ exaggeration and (often) ridiculous antics. Example: “I’m Going! A Comedy in One Act” by Tristan Bernard (1915) In this play‚ Henri wants to go the races; however his wife‚ Jeanne does not want him to go. Henri is trying to convince her on why she should not go‚ he says it cost more money‚ she does
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1. Allegory (寓言)– The word derives from the Greek allegoria ( “speaking other-wise” ). It loosely describes any writing in verse or prose that has a double meaning. This fictional literary narrative acts as an extended metaphor in which persons‚ abstract ideas‚ or events represent not only themselves on the literal level‚ but also stand for something else on the symbolic level. An allegorical reading usually involves moral or spiritual concepts that may be more significant than the actual‚ literal
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Agatha Christie writes her novels using many different literary terms. In doing so‚ her stories seem more complex and developed. She also uses multiple literary terms to entice the reader. Three of these are conflict‚ flashback‚ and setting. A setting is where a book takes place. Agatha Christie wrote And Then There Were None taking place on Turtle Island. Throughout the book it has different locations on the island‚ such as the beach or the house. In the book it also explains that the setting
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APUSH Key Terms Ch. 25 1. Jane Addams the founder of Hull House‚ which provided English lessons for immigrants‚ daycares‚ and child care classes 2. Florence Kelley reformer who worked to prohibit child labor and to improve conditions for female workers 3. Mary Baker Eddy founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910) 4. Walter Rauschenbusch New York clergyman who preached the social gospel‚ worked to alleviate poverty‚ and worked to make peace between employers and labor unions. 5
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