ENG 1120 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Barometer Rising, Wart, Unconscious Mind

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Fiction: based on fictional events or events that haven"t happened. : no intent to sound believable, not factually accurate. Modern short story: uses elements (carefully crafted art, controlled plot, well developed, realistic characters) : came from early forms of short fiction (fables & fairytales) Hermeneutics: the art of interpreting and making sense of written text. : going from the surface level to different levels of text. : makes sense of things in a scientific way (through human reason, distrusts emotions) : values emotional force, subjective intuitive, instinctive, human self and focuses on self. Allegory: the first level of symbolic meaning you can understand (literal face value) : d j vu, the return of the repressed. : third person (objective narrator, larger viewpoint being exposed), first person (character in the story, considered bias) Juxtaposition: putting things side by side to heighten similarities or contrasts. : allows the reader to pay attention more.

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