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Class:ENG 102 - COMPOSITION/Honors
Subject:English
University:Harper College
Term:Fall 2011
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le guin those who walk away from omelas
hurston sweat and gilded six bits
joyce araby and eveline
oates where are you where have you been
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vonnegut harrison bergereon
o' conners a good man is hard to find
woolfs kew gardens
bartheleme the game
city of churches
some of us had been threatening colby
me and miss mandible
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Symbolism:

the art of investing meaning in a thing which, in the context of the story, comes to represent some other thing (e.g. colors, animals, geography/place, numbers, metaphors, inanimate objects)
Irony: the use of words being used in direct opposition to the literal meaning
Satire:

the use of sarcasm, irony, or parody to poke fun at and critique vice or folly (e.g. The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live, political cartoons)
Theme: A theme is a broad idea, message, or moral of a story.
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Subtext

what lies under the superficial theme/context of the story; it’s implied rather than explicitly stated (It’s what the story is REALLY about!)
Plot: is the author’s arrangement of incidents in a story
Flashback: a device that informs us about events that happened before the opening scene of a work
Narrator:  the person (voice) who relates the story
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Protagonist/Hero: the central character who engages our interest and empathy
Antagonist: the force that opposes the protagonist
Exposition: the background information the reader needs to make sense of the situation in which the characters are placed
Setting/Context: the geographical place or the historical/social/political/economic environment
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Rising Action: a complication that intensifies the situation
Conflict: the character’s central problem
Foreshadowing: a suggestion of what is yet to come
Suspense:  when the reader is made anxious about what is going to happen next
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Climax: the moment of greatest emotional tension
resolution conflict is resolved
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 le guinthose who walk away from omelas
 hurstonsweat and gilded six bits
 joycearaby and eveline
 oateswhere are you where have you been
 vonnegutharrison bergereon
 o' connersa good man is hard to find

 woolfskew gardens
 barthelemethe game
city of churches
some of us had been threatening colby
me and miss mandible
 Symbolism:

the art of investing meaning in a thing which, in the context of the story, comes to represent some other thing (e.g. colors, animals, geography/place, numbers, metaphors, inanimate objects)

 Irony:the use of words being used in direct opposition to the literal meaning
 Satire:

the use of sarcasm, irony, or parody to poke fun at and critique vice or folly (e.g. The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live, political cartoons)

 Theme:A theme is a broad idea, message, or moral of a story.
 Subtext

what lies under the superficial theme/context of the story; it’s implied rather than explicitly stated (It’s what the story is REALLY about!)

 Plot:is the author’s arrangement of incidents in a story
 Flashback:a device that informs us about events that happened before the opening scene of a work
 Narrator: the person (voice) who relates the story
 Protagonist/Hero:the central character who engages our interest and empathy
 Antagonist:the force that opposes the protagonist
 Exposition:the background information the reader needs to make sense of the situation in which the characters are placed
 Setting/Context: the geographical place or the historical/social/political/economic environment
 Rising Action:a complication that intensifies the situation
 Conflict:the character’s central problem
 Foreshadowing:a suggestion of what is yet to come
 Suspense: when the reader is made anxious about what is going to happen next
 Climax:the moment of greatest emotional tension
 resolutionconflict is resolved
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