Friday, March 22, 2013
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Lit Terms
Omniscient Point of View:
knowing all things, usually the third person
Onomatopoeia: use of a word whose sound in some degree
imitates or suggests its meaning.
Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which two contradicting
words or phrases are combined to produce a rhetorical effect by means of a
concise paradox .
Pacing: rate of
movement; tempo.
Paradox: a statement
apparently self-contradictory or absurd but really containing a possible truth;
an opinion contrary to generally accepted ideas.
Personification: a figure of speech attributing human qualities to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.
Plot: a plan or scheme to accomplish a purpose. 
Poignant: eliciting
sorrow or sentiment.
Point of View: the attitude unifying any oral or written argumentation; in description, the physical point from which the observer views what he is describing.
Postmodernism: literature characterized by experimentation, irony, nontraditional forms, multiple meanings, playfulness and a blurred boundary between real and imaginary.
Prose: the ordinary
form of spoken and written language; language that does not have a regular
rhyme pattern.
Protagonist: the central character in a work of fiction;
opposes antagonist.
Pun: play on words;
the humorous use of a word to emphasize different meanings.
Purpose: the intended result wished by an author.
Realism: writing about the ordinary aspects of life in a
straightforward manner to reflect life as it actually is.
Refrain: a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a poem
or song; chorus.
Requiem: any chant, dirge, hymn, or musical service for the
dead.
Resolution: point in a literary work at which the chief
dramatic complication is worked out; denouement.
Restatement: idea repeated for emphasis.
Rhetoric: use of language, both written and verbal in order
to persuade.
Rhetorical Question:: question suggesting its own answer or
not requiring an answer; used in argument or persuasion.
BNW Essay Intro Just
I hate my writing so much...
The separation of Savage and Civilization illuminates The
Brave New World’s ignorance and contorted morals. To leer and scoff at
something individual and self-sustained such as the savage’s existence proves
the need for structure and loss of individuality within “civilized” society. The
savage shows the reader that brainwashed, drugged, and judgmental society can
be acceptable if it’s part of the majority’s way of life. We value the name
brand regardless if another product is more effective; the savage is the store
brand, not well known and not popular but still a big part of how society
functions as a whole.
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