exposition: exposition the beginning of the story, where the reader learns the setting and main characters' names
expressionism: movement in art, literature, and music consisting of unrealistic representation of an inner idea or feeling(s).
fable: a short, simple story, usually with animals as characters, designed to teach a moral truth.
fallacy: from Latin word "to deceive", a false or misleading notion, belief, or argument; any kind of erroneous reasoning that makes arguments unsound.
falling action: part of the narrative or drama after the climax.
farce: a boisterous comedy involving ludicrous action and dialogue.
figurative language: apt and imaginative language characterized by figures of speech (such as metaphor and simile).
flashback: a narrative device that flashes back to prior events.
foil: A character who is meant to represent characteristics, values, ideas, etc. which are directly and diametrically opposed to those of another character, usually the protagonist.
folk tale: story passed on by word of mouth.
foreshadowing: in fiction and drama, a device to prepare the reader for the outcome of the action; "planning" to make the outcome convincing, though not to give it away.
free verse: verse without conventional metrical pattern, with irregular pattern or no rhyme
genre: a category or class of artistic endeavor having a particular form, technique, or content.
Gothic tale: a style in literature characterized by gloomy settings, violent or grotesque action, and a mood of decay, degeneration, and decadence.
hyperbole: A description which exaggerates, usually employing extremes and/or superlatives to convey a positive or negative attribute.
imagery: figures of speech or vivid description, conveying images through any of the senses.
implication: a meaning or understanding that is to be arrive at by the reader but that is not fully and explicitly stated by the author.
incongruity: the deliberate joining of opposites or of elements that are not appropriate to each other.
inference: a judgment or conclusion based on evidence presented; the forming of an opinion which possesses some degree of probability according to facts already available
irony: Where an event occurs which is unexpected, in the sense that it is somehow in absurd or mocking opposition to what would be expected or appropriate
HEY! ! ! Welcome to my blog! My name is Maria Luna. Here, I will be posting things from my expository composition and my AP English class. I am a firm believer of the saying "It's not what you say but how you say it." With that in mind, feel free to comment or add to the posts in here.
