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Fiction: A literary work whose content is based on the imagination and not on fact. Glossary: An alphabetical listing of difficult, technical, or foreign terms with definitions or translation; usually found at the end of a book.
Fowler’s seminal Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms. Bringing together original entries written by such celebrated theorists as Terry Eagleton and Malcolm Bradbury with new definitions of current terms and controversies, this is the essential reference book for students of literature at all levels. This book includes:
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Western intellectual history. He inaugurated A Glossary of Literary Terms in 1957 as a series of succinct essays on the chief terms and concepts used in discussing lit-erature, literary history and movements, and literary criticism. Since its initial publication, the Glossary has become an indispensable handbook for all students of
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: a contrast between appearance and actuality: Verbal irony: a writer says one thing, but means something entirely different. Situational irony: occurs when something happens that is entirely different from what is expected. Dramatic irony: occurs when the reader knows information that the characters do not. Literal
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appearance or by other characters' thoughts, actions, and statements. Example: He ducked his head carefully as he passed through the doorway. CLICHÉ: a strikingly worded expression that’s worn out from overuse. Example: two peas in a pod COMPARISON: an examination designed to expose similarities between two objects or ideas.
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Repetition – using syllables, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas more than once. Repetition is often used to unify both poetry and prose, and often serves to structure a literary work. Rhyme – Repetition of the same sound in words or lines. End-rhyme occurs when the last sound in the line rhymes.
