literary terms notes Nonfiction-literature that is based on fact (facts‚ true) Examples: textbooks‚ biography‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ and autobiography Fiction-literature that comes from the author’s imagination (fake‚ not true) Examples: short story‚ novels Types of Fiction: Short story-a piece of fiction short enough to be read in a single sitting Novels-book length fiction Plot-the series of causally related events that make up a story Parts of Plot: Exposition-the part
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Literary Devices Alliteration: The repetition of the initial consonant sound in a series o words. It adds rhythm/emphasizes emotion. Example: The menacing moonlight created mystery Allusion: References to events or characters from history‚ myth‚ religion‚ literature‚ pop culture etc. Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words to add a musical effect. Example: We moaned and groaned as the horse bumped homeward. Flashback: A jump back into the past to provide an explanation
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Molding Hand of Oppression: Forming an Identity in Persepolis Every person is unique. However‚ there are many similar parts that go into creating every person’s identity. Of course‚ there is the biology‚ the genetics. Then there are outside forces‚ the nurturing of a person. When trying to form an identity‚ there are numerous outside factors that contribute‚ such as gender‚ culture‚ and environment. For Marji‚ the protagonist of the Persepolis series‚ being an Iranian woman is absolutely a factor
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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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receiving unending praise and adoration. With that many of the people who read of the epic poem now relate to it on many levels‚ my belief is that the Christian elements throughout this poem make it more intriguing to the modern day peruser. The author of the poem is unknown but based on the style of wording used and the Paganistic elements it is believed to have originally been scribed by Christian monks. Beowulf is a ’story’ that has been passed down for generations being used as entertainment by
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Assignment 2 Literary Analysis Essay In- Class Assignment 500+ words 27-28 July 15% Week 4 Literary Analysis Essay • What is it? – Analyzes literary text. How? • By tackling any number of aspects of the content such as the: – – – – Aesthetic Technical Linguistic Thematic (economic‚ political‚ philosophical‚ sociological‚ psychological‚ etc.) • It concentrates and uses the text (not real life) as its base. Literary Analysis Essay • Why do we write them? – To help cement our understanding of
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When someone says rebellion‚ what comes to mind? Do a book or an Arthur comes to mind? We will use resources and techniques we can find to figure out this. Using the resources “Cairo: my city‚ my revolution”‚ “Reading Lolita in Tehran”‚ and “Persepolis 2”. I’m going to inform you on how the authors explain. First‚ how the idea of the rebellion was treated by the Arthur? “the river is a still‚ steely grey‚ a dull pewter” stated in the text from Cairo: my city‚ my revolution. We can draw breath
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After reading the handout about tribal dances and ceremonies‚ I learned a lot of interesting things I never knew before. I guess the fact that I haven’t taken a dance class ever before and wasn’t taught too much about dance in grammar school or high school‚ I was ignorant to how important and how influential ritual dances are within a society. Dancing is an activity that can be dated as far back as the Stone Age‚ when people first existed on this planet. Not only that‚ ritual dances can be
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Cherokee Watkins Professor Landay The Language of Film and TV 18 December 2014 Final Essay The movie Fargo is a great example of a film that accurately uses the language of film in order to communicate what is going on. It is a movie in which you really have to pay attention to keep up with what is going on. There were many things that stuck out to me‚ but a few really stood out from the others; first the dialogue‚ second the camera shots‚ and third the characters. To begin‚ the dialogue in this
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Literary Analysis Stephanie Butler ENG 125 Introduction to Literature 1-12-15 There are many types of prejudice in our world‚ but in the two literary works “Country Lovers” by Nadine Gordimer and “What it’s like to be a black girl” by Patricia Smith‚ racism is the prejudice that the characters are battling with. Unfortunately racism is a global problem‚ but these stories discuss racism in America. These writers have used their ability to write to discuss these problems by short story and
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