Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Vocabulary Words Thus Far...

Literary Criticism: is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature

Critic: one who expresses a reasoned opinion on any matter especially involving a judgment of its value, truth, righteousness, beauty, or technique
Function: noun

Trope: to turn, a figure of speech
Function: noun

Ecstasy: to stand out; stand outside
Function: noun
(ec)-out
(sta)-stand

Flyting: rhetoric, act of insult
Function: noun

Centripetals: in-stay inside the texts
Function: adjective

Centrifugues: out
Function: adjective

Alazon: imposter
Function: noun

Myth: a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon; a person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable existence
Function: noun

Cosmogony: birth of the world
Function: noun

Mimic: to copy or imitate
Function: noun

Mimesis: art is in imitation of nature
Function: noun

Poesis: creation
Function: noun

*This is what I have so far...if there are any changes that need to be made, please let me know.

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