TC Lit Term
Tone
- The author’s attitude toward their subject matter.
Foreshadowing
when author leaves hints or clues to hint at a future event
Irony
- The opposite of what one expects.
Impeccable
with out sin being completely truthful
In Media Res
when novel starts in the middle of things
Allusion
- Reference to history, mythology, the Bible or popular culture.
Pilgrim
Someone on a spiritual journey.
Verbal irony
: saying one thing but meaning another.
Agreement
any human construct, money school,
Double entendre
pun with a sexual connotation
- two items placed side by side to show similarities and differences.
Juxtapositions
- Two items placed together to create a contrasting effect.
Dramatic Irony
- the audience knows something a character does not.
4 Agreements
Be Impeccable with your word, Dont take it personal, try your best,dont assume
Motif
a reoccuring thematic element which has symbolic significance in the story
Auspicious
- favorable, conducive to good luck.
Post Modernism
- is a form of literature that is characterized by the use of metafiction, unreliable narration, self-reflexivity, intertextuality, and which often thematizes both historical and political issues.
Situational Irony
- A discrepancy between the expected and the actual.
Domestication
tamed gentled to follow fules
Symbolism
a charachter or image that stands in place of something that is often abstract or intangablie
Ubiquitous
Omnipresent, found everywhere.
Satire
- Use of sarcasm and humor in an exaggerated way to expose flaws or to criticize the ignorance of people in order to bring about change.
Cosmic irony
occurs when a higher power (e.g., God, fate, the Universe) intervenes to create an ironic situation.
Mitote
all the many confusing and competing things in our brain fighting for attention
Archtype
a plot a character or image that follows a certain expected or universally understood pattern