Vocab Presentation Chloe, Geeta, Caitlin, Catherine, Stephanie, and Briana

Metonymy A figure of speech in which a term naming an object is substituted for another word with which it is closely associated Ex: Crown - in place of a royal person The White House - in place of the President or others who work there

Mock Heroic A type of a satire using an elevated style out of proportion to its trivial subject ex) Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes

Mood The overall atmosphere in a work Ex: serious, cold, passionate, dreary

Motif Recurring image ex) incest and incestous desire in Hamlet

Myth Traditional tale of unknown authorship involving gods and goddesses or other supernatural beings, often explaining some aspect of nature Greek myths: Hercules, the Minotaur, Medusa

Narrative Structure/Techniques Using a chronology of events, plot, conflict, characterization, setting, and/or other elements to convey tone, purpose, of effect ex) non-linear narratives in The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Narrator Person telling the story Ex: ● Lemony Snicket in A Series of Unfortunate Events

Naturalism 19th century literary movement that carried Realism to the extreme by creating characters doomed by heredity and/or environment authors W. D. Howells ( ), Frank Norris ( ), and Theodore Dreiser ( )W. D. Howells Frank Norris Theodore Dreiser works contain elements of Naturalism: Upton Sinclair ( ) and John Steinbeck ( )Upton Sinclair John Steinbeck

Non Sequitur An inference or conclusion that does not follow from an established premise or evidence "In a museum in Havana there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, one when he was a boy and one when he was a man." - Mark Twain

Novel of Manners Narrative which defines social mores of a specific group, often the upper middle class Ex: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility

Octave An eight line poem OR the first eight lines of an Italian(Petrarchan) sonnet Sonnet 19 by John Milton When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent (Lines 1-8)

Ode A long lyric poem, formal in style and complex in form, often written in commemoration or celebration of a special quality, object, or occasion “Ode to a Nightingale” by John Keats Away! away! for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, But on the viewless wings of Poesy, Though the dull brain perplexes and retards: Already with thee! (lines 31–35)

Onomatopoeia Use of words whose meanings imitate their sounds Ex: splash, drip, click, clang, bang

Organization Arranging evidence to support a thesis Ex: Introduction with Thesis Thesis Support Point #1 Point #2 Point #3 Conclusion

Oxymoron Figure of speech that combines contradictory terms Ex: The same difference Act naturally Sweet agony

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