2012年自考“英美文学选读”名词解释(12)
166. Climax(高潮)
The point of greatest intensity, interest, or suspense in a gadgetry‘s turning point. The action leading to the climax and the simultaneous increase of tension in the plot are known as the rising action. All action after the climax is referred to as the falling action, or resolution. The term crisis is sometimes used interchangeably with climax.
167. Conflict(冲突)
A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem. Usually the events of the story are all related to the conflict, and the conflict is resolved in some way by the story‘s end.
168. Connotation(隐含意义)
All the emotions and associations that a word or phrase may arouse. Connotation is distinct from denotation, which is the literal or “ dictionary” meaning of a word or phrase.
169. Couplet(对偶)
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme. A heroic couplet is an iambic pentameter couplet.
170. Dactyl(扬抑抑格)
It‘s made up of one stressed and two unstressed syllables, with the stressed in front.
171. Denotation(意义)
The literal or “dictionary” meaning of a word.
172. Denouement(结局)
The outcome of a plot. The denouement is that part of a play, short story, novel, or narrative poem in which conflicts are resolved or unraveled, and mysteries and secrets connected with the plot are explained.
173. Description(叙述)
It is a great part of conversation and of almost all writing. It is a part of autobiography, storytelling. With description, the writer tries terror, feel, and hear by showing rather than by merely telling. It‘s through the use of specific details and concrete language that abstract ideas and half-formed thoughts are make vividly real. We have objective and subjective description.
174. Diction(措词)
A writer‘s choice of words, particularly for clarity, effectiveness, and precision.
175. Dissonance(不协和音)
A harsh or disagreeable combination of sounds; discord.
176. Emblematic image(象征比喻)
A verbal picture or figure with a long tradition of moral or religious meaning attached to it.
177. Epigraph(题词)
A quotation or motto at the beginning of a chapter, book, short story, or poem that makes some point about the work.
178. Epilogue(收场白)
A short addition or conclusion at the end of a literary work.
179. Epitaph(碑文)
An inscription on a gravestone or a short poem written in memory of someone who has died.
180. Epithet(称号)
A descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something.
【2012年自考“英美文学选读”名词解释(12)】相关文章:
热点推荐:
文学
- 2016-06-28【文学】2016年自考文学概论(一)考点:文学形象的系统性
- 2016-06-28【文学】2016年自考文学概论(一)考点:具体可感性
- 2016-06-28【文学】2016年自考文学概论(一)考点:艺术概括性
- 2016-06-28【文学】2016年自考文学概论(一)考点:审美理想性
- 2016-06-28【文学】2016年自考文学概论(一)考点:审美属性
- 2016-06-28【文学】2016年自考文学概论(一)考点:西方典型论发展的三阶段
- 2016-06-28【文学】2016年自考文学概论(一)考点:典型论在现代中国的发展
- 2016-06-28【文学】2016年自考文学概论(一)考点:典型的特征性
其他最新资讯
- 2023-12-29【自考政策】广西自考网络助学平台新增61门课程
- 2020-12-04【免考问题】哪些证书可以免考自考相关课程?
- 2020-12-04【免考问题】自考免考有哪些条件?
- 2020-12-04【综合问题】自考本科文凭有用吗?
- 2020-12-04【综合问题】自考本科需要考多少门课?
- 2020-11-17【综合问题】江苏省高等教育自学考试网上报名常见问题及解答
- 2020-11-17【经济学】2012年自考“中国税制”笔记串讲(8)
- 2020-11-17【自考政策】全国自考办领导:未来自考将大力发展网络助学
网友关注
- 【法学】2015年4月自考法理学考点:法律监督的重要意义
- 【法学】2015年4月自考刑法学考点:普遍管辖原则
- 【法学】2015年4月自考刑法学考点:罪刑法定原则
- 【法学】2015年4月自考刑法学考点:刑法的保护管辖权
- 【法学】2015年4月自考法理学考点:法律制裁的特点
- 【法学】2015年4月自考法理学考点:法律责任的种类
- 【法学】2015年4月自考刑法学考点:刑法的任务
- 【法学】2015年4月自考刑法学考点:刑法的属人管辖权
网友关注视频
- 沪教版牛津小学英语(深圳用) 四年级下册 Unit 8
- 二年级下册数学第一课
- 化学九年级下册全册同步 人教版 第22集 酸和碱的中和反应(一)
- 七年级英语下册 上海牛津版 Unit3
- 冀教版英语四年级下册第二课
- 【部编】人教版语文七年级下册《过松源晨炊漆公店(其五)》优质课教学视频+PPT课件+教案,辽宁省
- 19 爱护鸟类_第一课时(二等奖)(桂美版二年级下册)_T3763925
- 【部编】人教版语文七年级下册《老山界》优质课教学视频+PPT课件+教案,安徽省