Sunday, March 14, 2010

Literary Terms

Aphorism: A short saying expressing a mora, truth, or opinion,...normally witty and observing an aspect of life.

Example: "Sits he on ever so high a throne, a man still sits on his bottom" (Montaigne)
  "If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got."
  "The first rule of Fight Club is,..you do not talk about Fight Club."

(personal note) MOOD: An atmosphere created by a writer's diction and the details selected...


Epigraph: A brief motto or quotation set at the beginning of a text to suggest its theme.

Example: for E. L. Doctorow's "Ragtime"     "Do not play this piece fast. It is never right to play Ragtime fast."

It was the best of worlds it was the worst of worlds" (A tale of Two cities)

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