1. Krista Taggart
Sara Pace
Per: 8

2. Satire
• Irony, sarcasm, or • “It's a catastrophic
caustic wit used to success” – Steven
attack or expose Bishop
folly, vice or stupidity.

3. Structure
• framework of a work of
literature; the
organization or over-all
design of a work.

4. Ambiguity
• a statement which has • Example:
two or more possible “Did you see the girl with
meanings; the meaning the telescope?”
is unclear. There are two possible
interpretations here:
A: “did you see the girl
who is holding the
telescope.”
B: “did you see the girl by
using the telescope.”

5. Connotation
• Implied meaning of a • Examples:
word. Honor, duty and
helpfulness are the
connotations of "Boy
Scout”

6. Denotation
• the literal meaning of a • Examples:
word; there are no Stop Signs mean stop.
emotions, values, or (even without
images associated with words, we recognize the
denotative meaning. It meaning from the
is what it is, no shape and color)
underlying meaning
whatsoever.

7. Example of Connotation & denotation
• The word home • But it connotes
Denotes the place comforts, intimacy, and
where a person lives privacy.
with their family.

8. Parable
• a short, simple story
designed to convey
some religious
principle, moral
lesson, or general truth
by comparison with
actual events.

9. Parody
• a humorous, satirical, or
burlesque imitation of a
person, event, or
serious work of
literature designed to
ridicule in nonsensical
fashion or to criticize by
clever duplication.

10. Rhetorical Question
• Asked to make an effect
or to make a
statement, but not
expected to receive an
answer.

11. Epigram
• a witty, ingenious, and • An eye for an eye leaves
pointed saying that is the whole world
tersely expressed. blind.—Mohandas
Gandhi
Mankind must put an end
to war, or war will put an
end to mankind.—John F.
Kennedy

12. Archetype
• The original model or • Often, archetypes
pattern which copies include a symbol, a
are made or something theme, a setting, or a
develops. character that some
critics think have a
common meaning in an
entire culture, or even
the entire human race.

13. Foil
• a secondary character • In Shakespeare's
who contrasts with a Hamlet, Laertes the
major character unthinking man of
action is a foil to the
intelligent but reluctant
In the film Chasing
Hamlet.
Amy, the character
Silent Bob is a foil for
his partner, Jay, who is
loquacious and foul-
mouthed.

14. Caricature
• A description of a
person using
exaggeration of some
characteristics and
oversimplification of
others.

15. Extended Metaphor
• A comparison between • All the world’s a
two unlike things that stage, and all the men
continues throughout a and women merely
series of sentences in a players;
paragraph or lines in a They have their exits
poem. and their entrances;
And one man in his
time plays many parts.”
-Shakespeare’s As You
Like It

16. Juxtaposition
• The arrangement of two • "Forget to remember or
or more remember to forget."
ideas, characters, action • "Kill me, I still won't
s, settings, phrases, or tell!"
words side-by-side or in
similar narrative
moments for the
purpose of
comparison, contrast, r
hetorical
effect, suspense, or
character development

17. Theme
• Frequently recurring • Disney Princess movies
ideas; the overall idea. all have perfect fairy
tale endings the theme
being love and
happiness.

18. Tragedy
• A serious play in which • Romeo and Juliet.
the chief character, by
some peculiarity of
psychology, passes
through a series of
misfortunes leading to a
final, devastating
catastrophe.

19. Epic
• A literary or dramatic • “Once upon a midnight
composition that resembles dreary, while I pondered
an extended narrative poem weak and weary, Over many
celebrating heroic feats. a quaint and curious volume
of forgotten lore, While I
nodded, nearly
napping, suddenly there
came a tapping,/As of some
one gently rapping, rapping
at my chamber door. 'Tis
some visitor,' I
muttered, `tapping at my
chamber door - Only
this, and nothing more.'”
“The Raven” by Edgar Allan
Poe

20. Pastoral
• A poem that portrays
the simple life of
country folk, usually
shepherds, as a timeless
world of
beauty, peace, and
contentment.

21. Fable
• A brief story illustrating • Example:
human tendencies • The Hare and the
through animal Tortoise
characters.

22. Hero’s Journey
• The protagonist is • Through the protagonist's
separated from the ultimate sacrifice of
known and steps into the self, s/he walks in an
unknown. enlightened state.
• By crossing the
threshold, the
protagonist's world is
changed forever. A mental
journey merges with the
physical journey to result
in a spiritual revelation of
purpose and self

23. Series
• A succession of
coordinate elements in
a sentence.

24. Contrast
EXAMPLE:
It's raining, but I am taking an umbrella.
• describes the difference(s)
between two or more • It's raining implies that the
entities. speaker will get wet, while
the second clause ‘I am
taking an umbrella’ implies
that the speaker will not get
wet. Both clauses refer to
related situations, or
themes, yet imply a
• Remember look for but or contradiction.
however.

25. Repetition
• the repeating of a • EXAMPLE:
• We listened to the gun fire
word, within a sentence beyond the walls. We listened to
or a poetical line, with the walls being hit by
no particular placement shrapnel, ricochets, and blind
fire, at least it's what I thought it
of the words, in order could of been. We listened to the
to emphasize. creaking the windows made
when they opened and shut due
to the wind from the outside. We
listened to the cries of our
men, and the prayers they made
to their gods. We listened, but
said nothing.

26. Scene/Chapter
• Acts may be further • A main division of a
divided into scenes in book, typically with a
number or title.
classical theater each
regrouping between
entrances and exits of
actors is a scene.

27. Act/Stanza
• Act are like chapters in • A group of lines forming the
book. Acts only appear basic recurring metrical unit
in a poem; a verse.
in plays, so an act would
be a large section of a
play denoted by the
playwright.

28. Scene
• The place where an • The murder was on the
incident in real life or corner of the street by
fiction occurs or the dumpster.
occurred