PPT-Literary Terms For The AP Literature and Composition Exam

Allegory A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning Allegory often takes the form of a story in which the characters represent moral qualities The most famous example in English is John Bunyans . English novel Engl2349. . Dr. Sami S. . Breem. Plot. . plot/events/actions. . Aristotle’s plot-line/structure/diagram. introduction/exposition. . rising action/development. . climax/turning point. Dr. Maier. Aristotle: . Poetics. First significant work of literary criticism . Authored in 335 B.C. . Pity and Fear (Eleos and Phobos) . Catharsis. Mimesis. A Multiplicity of Approaches. Literary critics are almost never unified in their interpretation of a novel or any literary work. Why do you suppose this is the case? What factors make it virtually impossible for critics to come to a consensus regarding the meaning of a literary work? . Motif . - . A . recurring element, such as a type of incident, a device, . an image, or reference, . which appears frequently . in a work . of literature. .. Symbol. - . a word, place, character, or object that means something beyond what it is on a literal . Middle English 1066-1500. transitional period between Anglo-Saxon and modern . English. cultural . upheaval that followed the Norman Conquest of England, in . 1066. secular literature:. ballads,. chivalric romance. Vocab, & Grammar: . Practice AP Test #1. Multiple Choice. Do You Know:. PARALLELISM. Rhetorical and Literary Terms. PARALLELISM. is recurrent syntactical similarity. Several parts of a sentence or several sentences are expressed similarly to show that the ideas in the parts or sentences are equal in importance. Parallelism also adds balance and rhythm and, most importantly, clarity to the sentence.. 2011. This is graded as the Semester . Project. Failure to do this project will have . a serious . adverse effect on the final grade in this class.. Assignment Due Date. Monday December . 17, . and. Tuesday . 2011. This is graded as the Semester . Project. Failure to do this project will have . a serious . adverse effect on the final grade in this class.. Assignment Due Date. Monday December . 17, . and. Tuesday . Figurative Language . Describing something by comparing it with something else. Any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to furnish new effects or fresh insights into an idea or a subject.. Connotation. The idea and feeling associated with a word as opposed to its dictionary definition (denotation).. The word “childlike” has . connotations.  of . innocence or immaturity while the . International Baccalaureate. Mr. S. Bradley. Welcome Students!. Language Arts. You took it for three years in middle school. You’ll need to take it for four years in high school.. Why? What is it about the Language Arts class that’s so important? . Motif . - A recurring element, such as a type of incident, a device, an image, or reference, which appears frequently in a work of literature.. Symbol. - a word, place, character, or object that means something beyond what it is on a literal level and represents another, more general idea. Note, however, that symbols function perfectly well in isolation from other symbols. Allegory, however, does not work that way; allegory requires symbols working in conjunction with each other.. Psychoanalytic Criticism . Psychoanalytic.  criticism adopts the methods of "reading" employed by Freud and later theorists to interpret texts. It argues that literary texts, like dreams, express the secret unconscious desires and anxieties of the author, that a literary work is a manifestation of the author's own neuroses. One may psychoanalyze a particular character within a literary work, but it is usually assumed that all such characters are projections of the author's psyche.. Review of literary terms. Return to yesterday’s poem. Friday, September 8, 2017. HW: Continue to read summer reading book. Summer Reading Assessment – 9/15. Literary Terms Quiz – 9/19. Final Exam Skills. The following is an overview of the major periods in British literature we will be studying.. Please take notes on the timeline provided to you.. Your timeline will serve as a frame of reference as we move forward in the course..