English 147: Advanced English Composition

English 147: Advanced English Composition Symbol A person, place, or object that means something beyond its literal meaning Tone The attitude or mood created by the author by looking at the choices an author makes through diction, symbols, or setting readers can isolate the tone and infer underlying attitudes Free indirect discourse A style of third person narration that also includes traits from first person narration Epilogue A conclusion added to a literary work such as a novel, play, or long poem Monologue A large line expressing internal or emotional thoughts with other characters on stage Soliloquy A solo large line expressing internal or emotional thoughts (only character on stage) Personification attributing human qualities to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas Pastoral A composition dealing with the lives of shepherds or with a simple, rural existence. Pastoral idealizes the country as a peaceful, uncorrupt, and blissful place Petrarchan An unusual comparison famously used by the Italian poet Petrarch