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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Saturday, February 23, 2013
FIRST QUARTER REVIEW
I think that I have worked very hard this first quarter to maintain a good grade in this class. I have done all my blog post and my blog is by far one of the best in my period. I have only thought about what I should do for my senior project but I havn't actually done anything for it. I hope that next quarter I wont start getting lazy because graduation is getting closer and closer. I feel that if I don't procrastinate I will be able to end the year strong. I hope that next quarter we can have more class discussions because I always enjoy those.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Lit Terms 101-136
101. Realism: writing about the ordinary aspects of life in a
straightfoward manner to reflect life as it actually is.
136. Zeitgeist: the feeling of a particular era in
history
102. Refrain: a phrase or verse recurring
at intervals in a poem or song; chorus.
103. Requiem: any chant, dirge, hymn, or
musical service for the dead.
104. Resolution: point in a literary work at which the
chief dramatic complication is worked out; denouement.
105. Restatement: idea repeated for
emphasis.
106. Rhetoric: use of language, both written and verbal
in order to persuade.
107. Rhetorical Question: question suggesting its own
answer or not requiring an answer; used in argument or
persuasion.
108. Rising Action: plot build up, caused by conflict
and complications, advancement towards climax.
109. Romanticism: movement in western
culture beginning in the eighteenth and peaking in the nineteenth century as a
revolt against Classicism; imagination was valued over reason and
fact.
110. Satire: ridicules or condemns the
weakness and wrong doings of individuals, groups, institutions, or humanity in
general.
111. Scansion: the analysis of verse in terms of
meter.
112. Setting: the time and place in which events in a
short story, novel, play, or narrative poem occur.
113. Simile: a figure of speech comparing
two essentially unlike things through the use of a specific word of
comparison.
114. Soliloquy: an extended speech, usually in a drama,
delivered by a character alone on stage.
115. Spiritual: a folk song, usually on a religious
theme.
116. Speaker: a narrator, the one
speaking.
117. Stereotype: cliché; a simplified, standardized
conception with a special meaning and appeal for members of a group; a formula
story.
118. Stream of Consciousness: the style of writing that
attempts to imitate the natural flow of a character’s thoughts, feelings,
reflections, memories, and mental images, as the character experiences
them.
119. Structure: the planned framework of a literary
selection; its apparent organization.
120. Style: the manner of putting
thoughts into words; a characteristic way of writing or
speaking.
121. Subordination: the couching of less important
ideas in less important structures of
language.
122. Surrealism: a style in literature and painting
that stresses the subconscious or the nonrational aspects of man’s existence
characterized by the juxtaposition of the bizarre and the
banal.
123. Suspension of Disbelief: suspend not believing in
order to enjoy it.
124. Symbol: something which stands for something else,
yet has a meaning of its own.
125. Synesthesia: the use of one sense to convey the
experience of another sense.
126. Synecdoche: another form of name changing, in
which a part stands for the whole.
127. Syntax: the arrangement and grammatical relations
of words in a sentence.
128. Theme: main idea of the story; its
message(s).
129. Thesis: a proposition for consideration,
especially one to be discussed and proved
or disproved; the main idea.
130. Tone: the devices used to create the mood and
atmosphere of a literary work; the
author’s perceived point of view.
131. Tongue in Cheek: a type of humor in which the
speaker feigns seriousness; a.k.a. “dry” or “dead pan”
132. Tragedy: in literature: any composition with a
somber theme carried to a disastrous conclusion; a fatal event; protagonist
usually is heroic but tragically (fatally) flawed
133. Understatement: opposite of hyperbole; saying less
than you mean for emphasis
134. Vernacular: everyday speech
135. Voice: The textual features, such as
diction and sentence structures, that convey a writer’s or speaker’s
pesona.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
I AM HERE
I feel like there is so much going on right now. Basketball is finally over, but now I am working a lot more. I don't have a lot of time to spare but I always make time to continue reaching my smart goal. I haven't done much for my senior project but I have been thinking about it. I am very busy all the time, but I make sure I stay on track of everything.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Lit Terms 82-100
82.Omniscient Point of
View: knowing all things, usually the third person
83. Onomatopoeia: use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its
83. Onomatopoeia: use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its
meaning
84. Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which two contradicting words or phrases are combined to produce a rhetorical effect by means of a concise paradox.
84. Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which two contradicting words or phrases are combined to produce a rhetorical effect by means of a concise paradox.
85. Pacing: rate of
movement; tempo
86. Parable: a story designed to convey some religious principle, moral lesson, or general truth
87. Paradox: a statement apparently self-contradictory or absurd but really containing a possible truth; an opinion contrary to generally accepted ideas.
88. Parallelism: the principle in sentence structure that states elements of equal function should have equal form
89. Parody: an imitation of mimicking of a composition or of the style of a well-known artist.
90. Pathos: the ability in literature to call forth feelings of pity, compassion, and/or sadness.
91. Pedantry: a display of learning for its own sake.
92. Personification: a figure of speech attributing human qualities to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.
93. Plot: a plan or scheme to accomplish a purpose.
94. Poignant: eliciting sorrow or sentiment
95. Point of View: the attitude unifying any oral or written argumentation; in description, the physical point from which the observer views what he is describing.
96. Postmodernism: literature characterized by experimentation, irony, nontraditional forms, multiple meanings, playfulness and a blurred boundary between real and imaginary.
97. Prose: the ordinary form of spoken and written language; language that does not have a regular rhyme pattern
98. Protagonist: the central character in a work of fiction; opposes antagonist.
99. Pun: play on words; the humorous use of a word emphasizing different meanings or applications
100. Purpose: the intended result wished by an author
86. Parable: a story designed to convey some religious principle, moral lesson, or general truth
87. Paradox: a statement apparently self-contradictory or absurd but really containing a possible truth; an opinion contrary to generally accepted ideas.
88. Parallelism: the principle in sentence structure that states elements of equal function should have equal form
89. Parody: an imitation of mimicking of a composition or of the style of a well-known artist.
90. Pathos: the ability in literature to call forth feelings of pity, compassion, and/or sadness.
91. Pedantry: a display of learning for its own sake.
92. Personification: a figure of speech attributing human qualities to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.
93. Plot: a plan or scheme to accomplish a purpose.
94. Poignant: eliciting sorrow or sentiment
95. Point of View: the attitude unifying any oral or written argumentation; in description, the physical point from which the observer views what he is describing.
96. Postmodernism: literature characterized by experimentation, irony, nontraditional forms, multiple meanings, playfulness and a blurred boundary between real and imaginary.
97. Prose: the ordinary form of spoken and written language; language that does not have a regular rhyme pattern
98. Protagonist: the central character in a work of fiction; opposes antagonist.
99. Pun: play on words; the humorous use of a word emphasizing different meanings or applications
100. Purpose: the intended result wished by an author
Monday, February 11, 2013
Lit Terms 57-81
57. Gothic tale: a style in literature characterized by gloomy settings, violent
or grotesque action, and a mood of decay, degeneration, and decadence
58. Hyperbole: an exaggerate statement often used as a figure of speech or to prove a point
59. Imagery: figures of speech or vivid description, conveying images through any of the senses
60. Implication: a meaning or understanding that is to be arrive at by the reader but that is not fully and explicitly stated by the author
61. Incongruity: the deliberate joining if opposites or of elements that are not appropriate to each other
62. Inference: a judgement or conclusion based on evidence presented; the forming of an opinion which possesses some degree of probability according to facts already available
63. Irony: a contrast or incongruity between what is said and what is meant, or what is expected to happen and what actually happens, or what is thought to be happening and what is actually happening
64. Interior Monologue: a form of writing which represents the inner thoughts of a character; the recording if the internal, emotional experience (s) of an individual; generally the reader is given the impression of overhearing the interior monologue
65. Inversion: words out of order for emphasis
66. Juxtaposition: the intentional placement of a word, phrase, sentences of a paragraph to contrast with another nearby
67. Lyric: a poem having musical form and quality; a short outburst of the author's innermost thoughts and feelings
68. Magic(al) realism: a genre developed in Latin America which juxtaposes the everyday with marvelous or magical
69. Metaphor (extended, controlling, and mixed): an analogy that compares two different things imaginatively
--> Extended: a metaphor that is extended or developed as far as the writer wants to take it
--> Controlling: a metaphor that runs throughout the piece if work
--> Mixed: a metaphor that ineffective blends two or more analogies
70. Metonymy: literally "name changing" a device of figurative language in which the name of an attribute or associated thing is substituted for the usual name of a thing
71. Mode of Discourse: argument (persuasion), narration, description, and exposition
72. Modernism: literary movement characterized by stylistic experimentation, rejection of tradition, interest in symbolism and psychology
73. Monologue: an extended speech by a character in a play, short story, novel, or narrative poem
74. Mood: the predominating atmosphere evoked by a literary piece
75. Motif: a real curing feature (name, image or phrase) in a piece of literature
76. Myth: a story, often about immortals, and sometimes connects with religious rituals, that attempts to give meaning to the mysteries of the world
77. Narrative: a story or description of events
78. Narrator: one who narrates, or tells, a story
79. Naturalism: extreme form of realism
80. Novelette/Novella: short story; short prose narrative, often satirical
81. Omniscient Point of View: knowing all things, usually the third person
58. Hyperbole: an exaggerate statement often used as a figure of speech or to prove a point
59. Imagery: figures of speech or vivid description, conveying images through any of the senses
60. Implication: a meaning or understanding that is to be arrive at by the reader but that is not fully and explicitly stated by the author
61. Incongruity: the deliberate joining if opposites or of elements that are not appropriate to each other
62. Inference: a judgement or conclusion based on evidence presented; the forming of an opinion which possesses some degree of probability according to facts already available
63. Irony: a contrast or incongruity between what is said and what is meant, or what is expected to happen and what actually happens, or what is thought to be happening and what is actually happening
64. Interior Monologue: a form of writing which represents the inner thoughts of a character; the recording if the internal, emotional experience (s) of an individual; generally the reader is given the impression of overhearing the interior monologue
65. Inversion: words out of order for emphasis
66. Juxtaposition: the intentional placement of a word, phrase, sentences of a paragraph to contrast with another nearby
67. Lyric: a poem having musical form and quality; a short outburst of the author's innermost thoughts and feelings
68. Magic(al) realism: a genre developed in Latin America which juxtaposes the everyday with marvelous or magical
69. Metaphor (extended, controlling, and mixed): an analogy that compares two different things imaginatively
--> Extended: a metaphor that is extended or developed as far as the writer wants to take it
--> Controlling: a metaphor that runs throughout the piece if work
--> Mixed: a metaphor that ineffective blends two or more analogies
70. Metonymy: literally "name changing" a device of figurative language in which the name of an attribute or associated thing is substituted for the usual name of a thing
71. Mode of Discourse: argument (persuasion), narration, description, and exposition
72. Modernism: literary movement characterized by stylistic experimentation, rejection of tradition, interest in symbolism and psychology
73. Monologue: an extended speech by a character in a play, short story, novel, or narrative poem
74. Mood: the predominating atmosphere evoked by a literary piece
75. Motif: a real curing feature (name, image or phrase) in a piece of literature
76. Myth: a story, often about immortals, and sometimes connects with religious rituals, that attempts to give meaning to the mysteries of the world
77. Narrative: a story or description of events
78. Narrator: one who narrates, or tells, a story
79. Naturalism: extreme form of realism
80. Novelette/Novella: short story; short prose narrative, often satirical
81. Omniscient Point of View: knowing all things, usually the third person
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