Living Glossary

A collection of terms that have assisted in expanding my knowledge throughout English 30.

              Conjecture - An opinion or conclusion on the basis of incomplete information.

                         Mark Twain speaks of a conjecture in "Life on the Mississippi", in

                         which he speaks of the rate of the continuously shrinking Mississippi River.

               Malapropism - A Feudian slip (pg.57 Truth and Bright Water)

  
 Allusion- A reference to another story or fact to create effect, allusion does not work if the reader does not know where it comes from.

             Pedagogy- The method of teaching through stories, used by First Nations people.

        Verisimilitude - When an author creates a sort of false reality for readers/listeners to explore

Lord of the Rings creates a false reality of Middle Earth for viewers, the landscape is actually New Zealand.

       Ubiquitous- Something that is either present, appearing or found everywhere.

         Idealism - a human beings ideal lifestyle, often quite unrealistic.

              Epistemology - Studies the way we know things. (is knowledge of any kind possible?) LIMITS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE

                  Palimpsest - used to describe the paintings which had traces of the Indians in them, brought back by monroe.

                Simulacra - A representation of someone or something

                      This image represents V for Vendetta


          Serendipity - The accidental finding of something useful, often referred to as a 'happy accident'.

            Punctum - The visual thesis, the focal point where the meaning of a visual project is held 

        The butterfly is the focal point in this picture.

     Abstract- A concept of train of thought with no physical or concrete existence

     Milieu- A persons social environment.

    Hubris- Excessive self pride and arrogance



    Hamlet was very cocky and full of himself

Dramatic Irony: a situation understood by the audience and not the reader.

Situational Irony: actions become the opposite of what was planned

Verbal Irony: when a person says something but means something else.

Aphorism: a pity observation that holds the truth




Context: circumstances that form under an event, statement or idea and are well understood.



I thought I had a deep understanding of Truth and Bright Water

Soliloquy: An individual speech to the audience in a play, we saw many of those in Hamlet

Emancipation- Freeing yourself from restraint.

Many of the characters in Hamlet and Truth and Bright Water were fighting to be free of the torture they felt from their families past.

Hubris: Excessive pride or self confidence.

Hamlet was extremely cocky and hubris

Juxtaposition: Two pieces of information that would not reveal as much separated as they would together.

Connotation: The implied meaning behind a word that is not necessarily said.

Pathos: The ability of literature to invoke some kind of emotion in someone, such as sadness or happiness.