narrator-unreliable: a narrator who provides inaccurate, misleading, or conflicting information to the reader.
parallelism: when two or more lines proceed at the same angle but in different places on a single plane OR; is the repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect.
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exact rhyme: a perfect rhyme; when the later part of the word or phrase is identical sounding to another
Ex-red and bread
eye rhyme: an imperfect rhyme
Ex-love and move
Parody: make a spoof of or make fun of;
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Pulp Fiction: fiction dealing with lurid or sensational subjects, often printed on rough, low-quality paper manufactured from wood pulp
Is that the right Mrs. Moon? It sounds weird
Narrator-Editorial: an editorial narrator reports what can be seen or heard and expresses his/her opinion about the events or characters; this narrative mode is judgmental.
Narrator-Naive: a narrator who is unreliable because they are inexperienced or innocent, and do not understand the implications of their story.
masculine rhyme- a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain
feminine rhyme- a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme), as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme), as in fortunate, importunate.
REVENGE TRAGEDY : A dramatic form popular during the Elizabethan Age, in which the protagonist, inflicts retaliation upon a powerful villain. Notable features of the revenge tragedy include violence, bizarre criminal acts, intrigue, insanity, a hesitant protagonist, and the use of soliloquy; the protagonist suffers from an inner turmoil.
END RHYME : in poetry, a rhyme that occurs in the last syllables of verses, as in stanza one of Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”:
"Whose woods these are I think I know,
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow."
End rhyme is the most common type of rhyme in English poetry.
Metonomy: in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept. EXAMPLE: "Lend me your hand"
MOTIFS: are recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the piece’s major themes
Stream of consciousness: narrative technique in which the writer renders a flow of associated thoughts and feelings to give the impression of visual, auditory, and physical sensations.
Synecdoche: understanding one thing with another; the use of a part for the whole, or the whole for the part. (A form of metonymy.)
Example of synecdoche: The U.S. won three gold medals. (Instead of, The members of the U.S. boxing team won three gold medals.)
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