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Question: (11/1/2009)
what are the common literary devices
Answer: (11/13/2009)
monk epic




Question: (10/11/2009)
What are the five types of conflict
Answer: (11/1/2009)
man vs. society, man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. fate, man vs. self



Question: (10/7/2009)
what is the literary definition of attitude?


Question: (10/7/2009)
What is it when a the end of a sentence is the same as the beginning of the next sentence. For example: My name is Alex. Alex is a person.
Answer: (11/1/2009)
flat character




Question: (10/1/2009)
what is the definition of concrete images
Answer: (10/10/2009)
Images that are real, the opposite of ideas.



Question: (10/1/2009)
what is pun
Answer: (10/7/2009)
a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"



Question: (9/30/2009)
what is imagery
Answer: (10/7/2009)
devices which appeal to the senses: visual, tactile, auditory, olfactory, kinetic.



Question: (9/24/2009)
What is the literary term for an object from the future appearing in the past?
Answer: (10/10/2009)
foreshadow

Answer: (10/1/2009)
foreshadaow

Answer: (9/30/2009)
Flashback



Question: (9/23/2009)
whats a pamphlet?
Answer: (9/24/2009)
It is an informative piece of literature about a specific topic.



Question: (9/16/2009)
prediciton
Answer: (10/1/2009)
to tell something about to happen



Question: (9/9/2009)
what is a cliche?
Answer: (10/1/2009)
a criticism group or opinion



Question: (9/7/2009)
what is inciting incident?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
An event that really triggers the conflicts. Also known as the Narrative Hook.

Answer: (9/27/2009)
It's the point in the story where something happens to begin the rising action of the story.




Question: (8/27/2009)
man vs fate?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
Conflict

Answer: (9/15/2009)
conflict



Question: (8/21/2009)
what is selective recollection?


Question: (8/13/2009)
What are literary terms used in Pudd'nhead Wilson?


Question: (7/7/2009)
what is a dramatic monologue?


Question: (6/20/2009)
incongruity
Answer: (7/6/2009)
some thing that does not add up




Question: (6/20/2009)
narrative structure


Question: (6/15/2009)
what is a proverb


Question: (6/11/2009)
WHATS TRANCENDENTILISM?
Answer: (9/24/2009)
It is a return to nature both in inspiration for written works, as well as a way of life. First started by Henry David Thoreau and adopted by Ralph Waldo Emerson.



Question: (6/10/2009)
what is a juxtaposition?
Answer: (6/16/2009)
A comparison of two things placing them side by side



Question: (6/8/2009)
what is foreshadowing?
Answer: (6/11/2009)
when the writer of a novel gives a hint to what may happen in future chapters or novels.

Answer: (6/10/2009)
when the author tells the hints to the future in a story

Answer: (6/10/2009)
juxtaposition


Answer: (6/9/2009)
Forshadowing is when the author or character hints to up coming events e.g. the boy smiled in excitement at the sight of his plan coming together



Question: (6/7/2009)
what is a quatrain?
Answer: (6/10/2009)
four lines that have rhythm

Answer: (6/9/2009)
To contain a noun because illnesses or evidence purposes and to separate and hold nouns

Answer: (6/8/2009)
foreshadowing




Question: (6/7/2009)
Other leterary architypes?:
duality
golden age
flodd cycle (life cycle)
matamorphisis
survival
regaining innocence
the fall
oppression
rites of passage
learning from teachers
symbolism
theme
folklore
???
Answer: (9/27/2009)
You cannot spell my friend.


Answer: (6/17/2009)
Symbolism is when an object has a purposeful meaning. Showing "symbolism". (Wedding Ring)



Question: (5/31/2009)
what is anadiplosis?
Answer: (6/17/2009)
Rhetorical repetition at the beginning of a phrase of the word or words with which the previous phrase ended; for example, He is a man of loyalty—loyalty always firm.




Question: (5/31/2009)
what is iambic pentameter?
Answer: (6/7/2009)
its a line that has 10 or 5 beats. 2 words together usually counts as one beat.



Question: (5/31/2009)
What is breaking up a serious scene called?


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