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Terms Presentation

Terms Presentation. Brittany Flores and Juliet DeGain.

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  1. Terms Presentation Brittany Flores and Juliet DeGain

  2. The atmosphere that pervades a literary work with the intention of evoking a certain emotion or feeling from the audience. Mood may be created by a combination of such elements as SETTING, VOICE, TONE and THEME. It is similar to atmosphere. Mood

  3. Example Edgar Allen Poe The Raven “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. `'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door - Only this, and nothing more.‘”

  4. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events. Narrative

  5. Example • Narrative writing can take various forms, including personal essays, biographical sketches (or profiles), and autobiographies in addition to short stories and plays. • E.B. White, "Sadness of Parting." The New Yorker • If I Did It by OJ Simpson

  6. The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it. Onomatopoeia

  7. Example • Vroom vroom • Buzzzzz • Hiss • Screech

  8. The combination of two contradictory words in one expression. Oxymoron

  9. Example • Jumbo shrimp • Civil war • Holy war • Bittersweet • “It’s almost ready/done” • Bad luck • Loyal deceit and honorable villain (Romeo and Juliet Act III) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSJmYnHdvsc

  10. POP QUIZ! • MOOD • NARRATIVE • ONOMATOPOIEA • OXYMORON • The telling of a story or an account • Combination of two contradictory words • Atmosphere of a literary work • Naming of a thing or action by vocal imitation

  11. Works Cited “Glossary of Literary Terms.” rwc.hunter.cuny.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2012 Winer, Ethan. "Ethan's OxymoronsPage." Ethanwiner.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2012 “George Carlin America Was Founded on a Double Standard.” youtube.com. N.p., 11 Dec. 2008. Web. 26 Nov. 2012 Nordquist, Richard. “Narrative.” about.com. N.p,, n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2012

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