Week 1 Definitions
release of one's emotions regarding plot or characters
Catharsis
sponsor of the classical Athenian play; serves as the leader of the chorus in the play
Choragos
a story set in New York City will have a different style of language compared to a story that takes place in London. They will have different ___?
diction
languages describing qualities that are theoretical (good, nice, neat)
abstract diction
Another modern-day portrayal of an ___ ___ is Peter Parker, also known as Spiderman.
epic hero
narrative poem composed of quatrains
Ballad
a movement in art, literature, and ,music that advocates imitating the principles manifested in the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome; emphasizes reason, clarity, balance and universal themes, directly opposite of Romanticism
Classicism
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, ‘The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point’ (the speaker addresses an internal listener)
dramatic monologue
repetition of the same middle or final consonant sounds in poetry
consonance
"If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible warning." - Catherine the Great.
epigram
terse statement on a serious subject
Aphorism
overused expression; similar to dead metaphors
chiche
"Bitter constraint, and sad occasion dear,/Compels me to disturb your season due:/For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,/Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer."
elegy
turning point; decision made by the protagonist to solve the conflict
crisis (climax)
In the middle of a typical argument with his wife, a man realizes he has been the one causing every single argument, and that in order to keep his marriage, he must stop being such an aggressive person.
epiphany
a situation that happens over and over again in literature, such as a quest, an initiation, or an attempt to overcome evil
detailed study of a poem or passage; designed to explain characters, motivation, similarities, and contrasts of sound, situations, ideas, style organization, word selections, settings, etc.
close reading of literature
"I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I / Did, till we loved?"
enjambment
entrance of a god to unravel the problems in a play; refers to artificial and illogical solution to problems
deus ex machina
the letters of Paul the Apostle
epistle
a very brief story told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something
Anecdote
words that describe exact and particular conditions or qualities, such as cold, sweet ice-cream sundae
concrete diction
Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey
epic
language characteristics particular to regions such as New England or South or to separate nations, such as Britain or Australia
dialect
"So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee." (Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18")
euphony