Candelaria, Jayson B.

June 7, 2017

12 Fleming Dr. Reynaldo Pineda

BIOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT
where personal experiences about the author make their way into their writing

BLOG
a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group,
that is written in an informal or conversational style.

CHICK LIT
literature that appeals mainly to women.

CLOSE ANALYSIS
In literary criticism, close reading is the careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage
of a text. a thoughtful, disciplined reading of a text. Also called close
analysis and explication de texte.

CONTEXT
the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of
which it can be fully understood and assessed.

CREATIVE NONFICTION
(also known as literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction) is a genre of writing that uses
literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives.

CRITICAL INTERPRETATION
critical interpretation is one of the two most common types of research papers in literature,
the arts, and the other humanities.

CRITICAL PAPER
critical paper is an analysis of a text such as a book, film, article, or painting. The goal of
this type of paper is to offer a text or an interpretation of some aspect of a text or to situate
the text in a broader context.

FLASH FICTION
fiction that is extremely brief, typically only a few hundred words or fewer in its entirety.

HYPER POETRY
poetry that has had hyperlinks embedded into it by the reader. I have the scholars select
a poem and then they add hyperlinks to the poem to help explain their interpretation of
the poem.

LINGUISTIC CONTEXT
21ST CENTURY LITERATURE
 how meaning is understood without relying on intent and assumptions. In applied
pragmatics, for example, meaning is formed through sensory experiences, even though
sensory stimulus cannot be easily articulated in language or signs.

LITERARY ELEMENTS
plot, theme, character and tone are literary elements, whereas figurative language, irony,
or foreshadowing would be considered literary techniques.

LITERARY GENRE
category of literary composition. Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone,
content, or even (as in the case of fiction) length. The distinctions between genres and
categories are flexible and loosely defined, often with subgroups.

LITERARY HISTORY
As a critical tool, then, genre is itself the product of innumerable reading encounters and
discussions of texts: it is an artifact of literary history, like the texts themselves.'

LITERARY TECHNIQUES
narrative technique, also known, more narrowly for literary fictional narratives, as
a literary technique, literary device, or fictional device, is any of several specific
methods the creator of a narrative uses to convey what they wantin other words, a
strategy used in the making of a narrative to relay information ...

MOBILE PHONE DATA TEXTULA

Contain the actual data (i.e. the contents of the fact and classification tables). The structure
of the data files is defined in the control files, but typically these will be comma separated,
tab delimited or fixed width format files containing the table data, and saved as CSV
(Comma Separated Values) files or TXT (text) files.

NATIONAL LITERATURE
help define a national identity or provide a common reference point for that country's
culture.

ORAL HISTORY RESEARCH

field of study and a method of gathering, preserving and interpreting the voices and
memories of people, communities, and participants in past events.

SOCIO CULTURAL CONTEXT

refers to the idea that language, rather than existing in isolation, is closely linked to
the culture and society in which it is used. This means when language is learnt, the socio-
cultural context in which it is used needs to be taken into consideration as well.

SPECULATIVE FICTION

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 genre of fiction that encompasses works in which the setting is other than the real world,
involving supernatural, futuristic, or other imagined elements.

21ST CENTURY LITERATURE

World literature in prose produced during the 21st century. The range of years is, for
the purpose of this article, literature written from (roughly) the year 2001 to the present.

FIGURES OF SPEECH
a word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect.

Alliteration is the repetition of the beginning sounds of neighboring words

Anaphora is a technique where several phrases begin with the same word or words
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together
Hyperbole uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect
Euphemism is a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or
offensive term.
Understatement is when something is said to make something appear less
important or less serious
Synecdoche is when a part represents the whole or the whole is represented by a
part.
Simile is a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
Personification is giving human qualities to non-living things or ideas.
Oxymoron is two contradictory terms used together.
Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like what it is describing.
Metaphor compares two unlike things or ideas

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