Exposition: beginning of a story that sets forth facts,
ideas, and/or characters, in a detailed explanation.
Expressionism: movement
in art, literature, and music consisting of unrealistic representation of an
inner idea or feeling(s).
Fable: a short,
simple story, usually with animals as characters, designed to teach a moral
truth.
Fallacy: from Latin
word “to deceive”, a false or misleading notion, belief, or argument; any kind
of erroneous reasoning that makes arguments unsound.
falling action: part
of the narrative or drama after the climax
farce: a boisterous
comedy involving ludicrous action and dialogue.
figurative language: apt
and imaginative language characterized by figures of speech ex. metaphor
flashback: literary
device when novel flashes back to previous events
foil: a person or
thing that, by contrast, makes another seem better or more prominent.
folk tale: story
passed on by word of mouth.
foreshadowing: in
fiction and drama, a device to prepare the reader for the outcome of the
action; “planning” to make the outcome convincing, though not to give it away.
free verse: verse
without conventional metrical pattern, with irregular pattern or no rhyme.
genre: a category or
class of artistic endeavor having a particular form, technique, or content.
gothic tale: a style
in literature characterized by gloomy settings, violent or grotesque action,
and a mood of decay, degeneration, and decadence.
hyperbole: an
exaggerated statement often used as a figure of speech or to prove a point.
imagery: figures of
speech or vivid description, conveying images through any of the senses.
implication: a meaning
or understanding that is to be arrive at by the reader but that is not fully
and explicitly stated by the author.
incongruity: the
deliberate joining of opposites or of elements that are not appropriate to each
other.
inference: a judgment
or conclusion based on evidence presented; the forming of an opinion which
possesses some degree of probability according to facts already available.
irony: a contrast or
incongruity between what is said and what is meant, or what is expected to
happen and what actually happens, or what is thought to be happening and what
is actually happening.
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