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Making Meaning: Introduction to English Literature

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By: Laura Marijke de Boer
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Decks in this class (22)

language: word choice and order
Significance of word choice,
Word choice in stories plays,
Word choice in poems
8  cards
plot
Action,
Plot,
Foreshadowing
20  cards
narration and point of view
Point of view,
Irony,
Third person narration
12  cards
character
Character,
Evidence to consider in analyzing...,
Heroes and villains vs protagonis...
8  cards
setting
Setting,
Temporal setting,
Physical setting
8  cards
theme
Theme,
Theme s singular or plural,
Theme vs moral
4  cards
symbolism and figurative language
Symbol,
Literary symbolism,
Traditional symbols
16  cards
theme and tone in poetry
Theme,
Tone,
Tone bullet points
4  cards
visual imagery and figures of speech in poetry
Simile and analogy,
Metaphor,
Personification
8  cards
symbol
Symbol,
The invented symbol,
The traditional symbol
4  cards
poetry: reading, responding, writing
Poetry definitions,
Prose poem,
Poetic subgenres and kinds
3  cards
the sounds of poetry
Rhyme,
End rhyme,
Rhyme scheme
20  cards
external form
Stanzas,
Traditional stanza forms,
Terza rima
12  cards
drama: reading, responding, writing
Drama,
Thinking theoretically,
Style tone imagery
6  cards
elements of drama
Character,
Character in drama,
Plot and structure
14  cards
intertextuality
Intertextuality,
Intertextuality quotation,
Intertextuality allusion
10  cards
lecture I
What is context,
What is context,
Plato s ideal form
6  cards
lecture II
What are politics oed,
What are politics,
All interpretation is an exercise...
7  cards
lecture III
Types of comedy,
More modern comedy,
Taboo
5  cards
lecture IV
Poetry,
Poetics,
Hermeneutics
9  cards
lecture V
Politics resistance,
Genre,
Type or category
7  cards
lecture VI
Intertextuality,
Intermediality,
Types of intermediality
4  cards

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