Brit Lit:

Today we went over the following terms:

Characterization
--Method used to reveal/describe characters and their traits
Foreshadowing
--Hints of future events
*Irony
--Verbal--narrator/character says one thing, means another
--Dramatic--reader/audience knows things characters do not
--Situational--great difference between purpose of an action and the result
*Satire
--Author’s tone used to ridicule human/societal vice and/or weakness with
intent of causing change
*Paradox
--Statement that seems contrary to common sense yet may be true
War is Peace; Ignorance is Strength; Freedom is Slavery
Symbolism
--Representation of a concept/idea by an object
Metaphor
--Comparison/relationship between two things without using "like"/"as"
Flashback
--Returning to earlier time in order to something in the present clearer
Themes (these must be defined within the terms of the text)
*Totalitarianism
*Freedom vs. Absence of Freedom
*Individualism vs. Conformity
Note: 1984 was written in 1948, three years after the conclusion of WWII.

We broke into small study groups to define examples in the novel.

We will be typing our final draft of your 101 paper this Thursday and Friday, so please have your 2 pg draft for then.

HW: Read pg 122-166 in the small book, or pgs. 147-201 in the larger version for Thursday.