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Kite runner literacy terms
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- 1Meaning of Allegory?A story or a situation with two different meanings E.G. Amir leaving Kabul could either symbolise his new life or leaving his sins and regrets
- 2Meaning of Allusion?A passing reference in a work of literature to something outside of the text; myth/ literature E.G. Hosseini's novel was heavily influenced by great expectations as they are both told by a narrator who is recalling events and the events of the childhood has effected his life.
- 3Meaning of Catharsis?The feelings of relief or cleansing
- 4What is a compound sentence?A sentence which contains one or more sub-clauses as well as the main clause.
- 5Meaning of connotation?non-literal meaning to a word E.G. 'dog'-cowardly, lazy but loyal
- 6Meaning of contemporary novel?a novel set in the same time period in which the author wrote.
- 7What is the meaning of dramatic tension?creates a need to find out what happens next
- 8Meaning if imagery?descriptive language which uses image to make actions
- 9Meaning of juxtaposition?placing two or more seemingly unrelated ideas next to each other in a text
- 10Meaning of lyrical?imaginative and beautiful way of expressing thoughts and feelings
- 11Meaning of modernism?a literary movement which moves away from traditional realist forms of writing.
- 12Meaning of motif?a recurring idea in a work, which is used to draw the reader's attention.
- 13Meaning of post-colonialism?a branch of literally theory which examines the texts written by authors from formerly colonised countries
- 14Meaning of post modernism?a literacy movement which, in reaction to modernism, introduces more experimental ways of writing.
- 15Meaning of protagonist?the principal character in a work of literature
- 16Meaning of realism?the principal character on a work of literature
- 17Meaning of stream of consciousness?Writing which presents thoughts as they occur to a character in a constant flow.
- 18Meaning of synecdoche?a language effect where a part of an object represents the character
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- A level English Lit Flashcards on Kite runner literacy terms, created by chloe oconnor on 21/04/2015.
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