Literary Techniques
Words that are visually descriptive or figurative.
What is imagery?
One person's interpretation of sensory or conceptual information.
What is perception?
The formal practice of interpreting, evaluating, and explaining the meaning of literary works.
What is literary criticism?
This theory recognizes the importance of the specific time period in literature.
What is Historical Criticism?
To do something without attracting attention.
What is discreetly?
Words or phrases that utilize the five senses.
What is sensory language?
A statement that appears to contain two contradictory points but can reveal a hidden truth to the reader.
What is a paradox?
Scholars often use these systematic, conceptual methods of analyzing texts when they engage in literary criticism.
What are literary theories?
This theory asserts that differing religious beliefs, ethnicities, political beliefs affect how texts are created and interpreted.
What is Cultural Criticism?
The lowest class in medieval society
What is serf?
A consistent pattern throughout a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
Specific techniques that are used in writing to create an effect or enhance the author's message.
What are rhetorical devices?
The author's choice of words.
What is diction?
What is Feminist Criticism?
To share something publicly
What is disseminate?
The repetition of similar vowel sounds in accented syllables, followed by different consonant sounds, in words that are close together.
What is assonance?
To limit someone's participation in mainstream social, cultural, or economic activities.
What is marginalize?
What is a prologue?
This theory asserts that economics provides the foundation for all social, political, and ideological reality.
What is Marxist Criticism?
An adverb meaning clearly and strongly.
What is unequivocally?
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words that are close together.
What is alliteration?
The policy of tending the rule or influence of one country over another country or colonies.
What is imperialism?
This criticism focuses on a reader's active engagement with a text and is a result of their experiences.
What is Reader-Response Criticism?
This theory deals with the similarities of universal symbols across diverse cultures.
What is Archetypal Criticism?
The complete dictatorship by a centralized government.
What is totalitarianism?