1. UNIT 1 Literary Terms and Movements

2. Note-Taking DIRECTIONS Take the lit. notes in your notebook Set up the right page in Cornell/CAT Notes style Left page is for creating a mnemonic device OR example for each term

3. Definition A movement in the late 18 th century, which emphasizes emotion, imagination, intuition, freedom, personal experience, the beauty of nature, the exotic, and even the grotesque. The romantic movement rejects civilized corruption and projects a desire to return to a natural and primitive state away from an urban life. Romanticism Casper David Friedrich

4. Definition The writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject. A writer can be formal or informal, sarcastic or bitter or playful. Tone

5. Definition Mood is a feeling that is conveyed to the reader in a literary work. It is also the same as the atmosphere created in the literary piece. The writer can develop mood through word choice, dialogue, sensory details, description, and plot complications. Mood

6. Definition The author’s choice of word. Diction

7. Definition Refers to the ordering and structuring of words in sentences. It’s the difference between:  I ate the pizza greedily.  AND  Greedily, I ate the pizza. Syntax

8. Definition Leaving out conjunctions in a sentence where they would normally be used. Asyndeton

9. Definition A rhetorical device used to accentuate or emphasize ideas or images by using grammatically similar constructions. Words, phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and even larger structural units may be consciously organized into parallel constructions, thereby creating a sense of balance. By using parallelism, authors or speakers implicitly invite their readers to compare and contrast parallel elements. Parallelism

10. Definition The act or instance of placing two things close together or side by side. This is often done in order to compare/contrast the two, to show similarities or differences, etc. In literature, a juxtaposition occurs when two images that are otherwise not commonly brought together appear side by side or structurally close together, thereby forcing the reader to stop and reconsider the meaning of the text through the contrasting images, ideas, motifs, etc. Juxtaposition

11. Definition A situation or statement that seems to contradict itself, but on closer inspection, does not.  Ex: "A single death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic." Joseph Stalin Paradox

12. Definition Ellipsis is a literary device that is used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence or event, which gives the reader a chance to fill the gaps. Ellipsis

13. Definition A figure in speech in which an attribute of something is used to stand for a greater group or idea.  Ex: Using “brass” to stand for “military” Metonymy

14. Definition A figure of speech in which the word for part of something is used to mean the whole.  Ex: “sail” for “boat” Synecdoche

15. Definition A metaphor is a comparison, or analogy that states one thing is another.  Ex: His eyes were burning coals, or In the morning, the lake is covered in liquid gold. Metaphor

16. Definition An analogy is a comparison. Usually analogies involve two or more symbolic parts, and are employed to clarify an action or a relationship.  Ex: Just as the mother eagle shelters her young from the storm by spreading her great wing above their heads, so does the Acme Insurers of America spread an umbrella of coverage to protect its policy-holders from the storms of life. Analogy

17. Definition When an inanimate object takes on human shape.  Ex: The darkness of the forest became the figure of a beautiful, pale-skinned woman in night-black clothes. Personification

18. Definition A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature. Allusions are often indirect or brief references to well- known characters or events Allusion

19. Definition In a tragedy, this is the weakness of character in an otherwise good (or even great) individual that ultimately leads to his demise Tragic Flaw

20. Definition A person or thing that causes a change or sets something in motion Catalyst