Literary+Terms


 * Literary Terms:**

The background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work of literature. //Arthur Miller introduces his play// The Crucible //with several pages of exposition that gives background information about 17th century Salem.//
 * 1) Exposition:**

Due Thursday, 10/6. Our three volunteers should define these 9 literary terms and then should give examples to increase the class's familiarity/knowledge of that word.

GIVE EXAMPLES: - show how it has appeared in another piece of literature you have read. - show how it has appears in //The Things They Carried.// - show how it appears in real life. //-// noun. doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention It is shown in The Things They Carried by O'Brien giving examples of right and wrong, the killings of innocent people on both sides. It appears in real life for example, we had ambiguity of our safety after 9/11.
 * 2. Ambiguity **

noun. a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparsion may be based. An example of an analogy would be the affect of the power that they war had on the soldiers that played the game of checkers. This appears in real life when a teacher refers to a student as a worldwind.
 * 3. Analogy **

noun. a symbolical narrative This appears in real life by looking at a cross on someones chain. n. a brief sentence or phrase that expresses an opinion or a statement. ex.) "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" is a famous aphorism said by Frankilin Roosevelt. n. placing an event, person, item or verbal expression in the wrong historical period.  ex.) If Martin Luther King mentioned ipods in his "i have a dream" speech that would be an example of anachronism. Shakespeare uses anarchronism in his work //Julius Caesar// when he wrote "the clock has stricken three" when mechanical clocks weren't even invented yet. n. 1.An ancient Celtic poet, singer and harpist who recited heroic poems by memory 2.(modern usage) any poet, especially one who writes lyric or heroic verse or is of national importance. ex.)William Shakespeare is an example of a bard. 8. Archetype  9. Bombast  10. Adage
 * 4. Allegory **
 * 5. Aphorisms: **
 * 6. Anachronism/ Anachronistic: **
 * 7. Bard: **