ex. Hired hand, set sail.
Metonymy - close association represent the whole
ex. speech from the throne
Denotation - literal translation
Connotation - implied meaning and mood
Feign - look alike ( appearance versus reality )
Pedagogy - way of teaching
ex. family/ experiential/ orality
Epistemology - way of knowing
Repatriation - bringing back to a nation/country/place
Antecedent Action - events relating to a work of literature but which occurred before the action begins
Aside - a short speech in a play that is heard only by the audience.
Black Humour - humour derived from topics normally considered decidedly unfunny, usually death
Catharsis - the purification of the emotions by way of release and renewal
Closet Dramas - plays meant to be read rather than performed
Comic Relief - a humorous scene designed to ease the tension in an otherwise serious play
Dramatic Purpose - the precise purpose served by each scene in a play - for instance, to develop plot, to reveal theme, or develop character.
Groundlings - lower class Elizabethan theatre-goers who stood on the group around the stage to watch the play
Allusion - reference to another piece of writing
Serendipitous - making fortunate discoveries by accident
Malapropism - the misuse of a word becoming humorous
Abstract - hard concept to grasp, out side of the box
Alliteration - the use of the same letter in a row
Concrete - constituting an actual thing or instance.
Context - parts of a written or spoken statement that follow a specific word that effect the meaning of the statement
Imagery - the description in literature painting a picture in your mind
Dramatic Irony - when the audience knows but the characters do not understand
Situational Irony - Actions have the opposite effect of what was intended
Verbal Irony - Sarcasm
Line - verse of poetry or actors part in drama
Paradox - a hidden truth behind contradiction
Persona - characters or narrator
Personification - giving inanimate objects living characteristics
Repetition - the act of repeating
Simile - using like or as to describe something
Speaker - a person who formally speaks to a audience
Stanza - an arrangement of a certain number of lines
Symbol - used to represent a deeper meaning
Understatement - a representation in a weak way that does not show the true facts
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