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Elements of Prose and Poetry
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- 1Mimetic vs. DidacticMimetic: Reflects something in life.
Didactic: Teaches something. - 2Escapist vs. Interpretive LiteratureEscapist: it takes us out of reality
interpretive is the reality of the world - 3ExpositionBeginning of story, characters, setting and a brief introduction to the issue.
- 4Rising ActionThe events leading up to the climax. Between exposition and climax.
- 5ClimaxThe most intense, exciting point of a story.
- 6Falling ActionThe event leading up to the resolution. Between climax and resolution.
- 7ResolutionThe part of the story’s plot line where the conflict in the story is resolved.
End of the story - 8SuspenseThe anticipation, anxiety and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a story.
- 9ForeshadowingA literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story and helps the reader develop expectations about the coming events in a story.
- 10Dramatic IronyIrony in which the audience is aware of something the characters in the story are not aware of.
- 11Situational IronyIrony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.
- 12Verbal IronyIrony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
- 13Point Of ViewFirst Person
Third Person
Third Person Omniscient
Third Person Limited - 14First PersonPoint of view where the story is narrated by one character at a time. This character may be speaking about him or herself or sharing events that he or she is experiencing. ‘I’ and ‘we’ are used.
- 15Third Person OmniscientPoint of view where the narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters. The author may move from character to character.
- 16Third Person LimitedThe narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. All characters are described using pronouns, such as 'they,' 'he,' and 'she.'
- 17Third PersonUses pronouns like he, she, it, or they.
- 18CharacterizationProcess by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.
- 19Direct CharacterizationThe author specifically reveals traits about the character in a direct, straightforward manner.
- 20Indirect CharacterizationWhen the author indirectly portrays characters using dialogue, appearance, actions, relationships, and overall place in the world.
- 21Round vs. Flat CharactersFlat Characters: Two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated.
Round Characters: Complex, and have depth. - 22Static vs. Dynamic CharactersStatic Characters: The personality of that character when he is introduced is the same personality when the story comes to a close.
Dynamic Characters: Undergo development, and change in some way. - 23ThemeGeneral statement about the world.
Be able to distinguish a theme from a topic or a moral; moral: lesson - 24SymbolismSomething is used to represent something else.
- 25MetaphorA comparison without using ‘like’ or ‘as.’
- 26SimileA comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as.’
- 27PersonificationThe attribution of human traits things or living beings which are not human.
- 28Connotations vs. DenotationsConnotation: An idea or feeling which a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Denotation: The literal or primary meaning of a word; the dictionary definition. - 29ImageryVisually descriptive or figurative language.
- 30Epic PoemAn epic poem is extended, narrative in verse form that retells the heroic journey of a single person, or group of people.
- 31Epic SimileAn epic simile is a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length.
- 32Epic HeroAn epic hero is a character who is brave and noble, admired for great achievements or affected by grand events. His or her heroic actions are usually central to his/her culture, race, or nation.
- 33Epic JourneyThe journey of an epic hero consists of a quest for something of great value which is used to prove the hero’s worthiness, usually by the gods, and supernatural obstacles and creatures.
- 34Epic EpithetEpic epithets are characteristic of the style of ancient epic poetry. In literature, an epithet is a literary device that describes a person, place or thing in such a way that it brings out or makes prominent the typical characteristic of the person, place or thing described.
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- This are all the definitions of the elements of poetry and the elements of prose including the Figurative language
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