Rodelas, Joseph C.
June 13, 2017
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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.
Dr. Reynaldo Pineda
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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