Terminology Term Paper
Terminology
1.Paradox: statement that is self-contradictory on the surface, yet seems to evoke a truth nonetheless.
Ex. whoever loses his life shall find it.
2. Soliloquy/ Aside: A dramatic device used by actors/actress that reveals specific information about themselves and their inner thoughts that are not revealed to the other characters, only the audience.
3. Euphemism: Substituting a more favorable word for another, which may be a socially delicate term
Ex. He’s dead. (Socially indelicate) He passed on. (More favorable)
4. Archetype: A collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., which is universally understood.
A raven= an omen of death
An owl=often means wisdom
Spring=new life
5. Motif: A recurring subject, theme, …show more content…
62.Oxymoron: A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true).
63.Pathos: a writer or speaker's attempt to inspire an emotional reaction in an audience--usually a deep feeling of suffering, but sometimes joy, pride, anger, humor, patriotism, or any of a dozen other emotions.
64.Pun: A play on two words similar in sound but different in meaning.
65.Repetition:
66.Tragedy: A serious play in which the chief character, by some peculiarity of psychology, passes through a series of misfortunes leading to a final, devastating catastrophe.
67.Plot: a series of events and the thoughtful interrelations of these things (the main story in a narrative or drama)
68.Plot Structure: * Exposition * Exciting Force * Rising Action * Climax * Falling Action * Catastrophe
1.Paradox: statement that is self-contradictory on the surface, yet seems to evoke a truth nonetheless.
Ex. whoever loses his life shall find it.
2. Soliloquy/ Aside: A dramatic device used by actors/actress that reveals specific information about themselves and their inner thoughts that are not revealed to the other characters, only the audience.
3. Euphemism: Substituting a more favorable word for another, which may be a socially delicate term
Ex. He’s dead. (Socially indelicate) He passed on. (More favorable)
4. Archetype: A collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., which is universally understood.
A raven= an omen of death
An owl=often means wisdom
Spring=new life
5. Motif: A recurring subject, theme, …show more content…
62.Oxymoron: A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true).
63.Pathos: a writer or speaker's attempt to inspire an emotional reaction in an audience--usually a deep feeling of suffering, but sometimes joy, pride, anger, humor, patriotism, or any of a dozen other emotions.
64.Pun: A play on two words similar in sound but different in meaning.
65.Repetition:
66.Tragedy: A serious play in which the chief character, by some peculiarity of psychology, passes through a series of misfortunes leading to a final, devastating catastrophe.
67.Plot: a series of events and the thoughtful interrelations of these things (the main story in a narrative or drama)
68.Plot Structure: * Exposition * Exciting Force * Rising Action * Climax * Falling Action * Catastrophe