The document provides a script for a slideshow presentation on literary terms. It includes 26 slides on different literary terms such as drama, comedy, tragedy, novels, poetry, and more. For each slide, the script provides the term and a short definition or description to read over that slide. It also includes tips for creating an effective slideshow such as using visuals, timing slides to audio, recording audio in a quiet place, and limiting each slide to 20 seconds.

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Name Justin Bengel Topic Literary Terms
You are to write everything you are going to say, verbatim.
This way, you can read your script over the slideshow.
Keep the information for each slide to 20 seconds or less.
People will become bored if they have to look at the same slide for too long.
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It is important to know all the literary terms such as Drama, Fiction, and Poetry as shown in my presen
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Slide Topic 1 Drama
Write what
Drama, Drama is a literary composition that tells a story, usually of human conflict, by means of dialogue and action, to
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be performed by actors.
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Slide Topic 2 Comedy
Write what is a stage Play with a happy ending. The stage comedies in ancient and Renaissance times did not always contain
you will say humor, the staple of the modern stage and film comedy, but they did end happily. By contrast, a stage tragedy always
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2. Slide Topic 3 Tragedy
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is a dramatic genre that presents the heroic or moral struggle of an individual, culminating in his or her ultimate
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defeat.
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Slide Topic 4 Romantic Comedy
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you will say is a humorous movie, play, or novel about a love story that ends happily for the protagonist.
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Slide Topic 5 Tragicomedy
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is drama that contains elements of tragedy and comedy, which reach a tragic climax but then lighten to a happy
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conclusion.
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Slide Topic 6 Playwright
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you will say is a writer of plays
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Slide Topic 7 Closet Drama
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is a drama written to be read rather than acted on a stage. An example is Samson Agonistes, by John Milton, a 1671
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tragedy about the final days of the biblical hero Samson.
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3. Slide Topic 8 High Comedy
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is the comedy that relies on wit and subtle irony or sarcasm. High comedy usually focuses on the everyday life of
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upper classes. It is generally verbal rather than physical.
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Slide Topic 9 Low Comedy
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is the comedy that relies on slapstick and horseplay. It often focuses on the everyday life of lower classes. Low comedy
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is generally physical rather than verbal.
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Slide Topic 10 Farce
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is the type of comedy that relies on exaggeration, horseplay, and unrealistic or improbable situations to provoke
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laughter. In a farce, plotting takes precedence over characterization.
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Slide Topic 11 Comedy of Manners
is comedy that ridicules the manners (way of life, social customs, etc.) of a certain segment of society. An example is
Write what Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer in which Goldsmith pokes fun at the English upper class. The play uses farce
you will say (including many mix-ups) to ridicule the class-consciousness of 18th Century Englishmen.
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Slide Topic 12 Stock Character
is a Character in a literary work or film who thinks or acts according to certain unvarying patterns simply because of his
Write what or her racial, ethnic, religious, or social background. A stereotype is usually an image that society projects or imposes
you will say on every member of a group as a result of prejudice or faulty information. Examples of stereotypes are the Irish drunk,
over Slide the Italian mobster, the dishonest car salesman, the plain-Jane librarian, the shyster lawyer, the Machiavellian
politician, and the dumb blonde.

4. Slide Topic 13 Classic Tragedy
is a greek Verse drama written in elevated language in which a noble protagonist falls to ruin during a struggle caused
by a flaw in his character or an error in his rulings or judgments. Following are the characteristics of a Sophocles
Write what tragedy. It is based on events that already took place and with which the audience is familiar, the protagonist is a
you will say person of noble stature. Also the protagonist has a weakness and, because of it, becomes isolated and suffers a
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her. The fallen protagonist gains self-knowledge. He has a deeper insight into himself and understands his weakness.
The audience undergoes catharsis, a purging of emotions, after experiencing pity, fear, shock and other strong
feelings. The people go away feeling better.
Slide Topic 14 Revenge Tragedy
is a form of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama in which revenge provides the mainspring of the action. It is usually
Write what characterized by bloody deeds, intrigue, and high melodrama. Revenge tragedy was pioneered by English dramatist
you will say Thomas Kyd with The Spanish Tragedy (1589?); other playwrights who used the form are William Shakespeare in Titus
over Slide Andronicus (1594?) and Cyril Tourneur in The Revenger's Tragedy (1607). Its influence is also apparent in tragedies
such as Shakespeare's Hamlet (1601?) and Macbeth (1606?).
Slide Topic 15 Domestic Tragedy
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you will say is a play in which the tragic protagonists are ordinary middle-class or lower-class individuals.
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Slide Topic 16 Epigram
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in literature, a terse, pointed, frequently witty observation, often in verse. Ancient Greek epigrams were inscriptions on
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tombs or statues.
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Slide Topic 17 Fiction
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you will say is literary works of imagination: novels and stories that describe imaginary people and events
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5. Slide Topic 18 Novel
Write what a long work of written fiction. Most novels involve many characters and tell a complex story by placing the characters
you will say in a number of different situations. Because novels are long—generally 200 pages or more—novelists can tell more
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Slide Topic 19 Novella
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you will say is a fictional prose work that is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel
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Slide Topic 20 Short Story
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is a fictional work depicting one character’s inner conflict or conflict with others, usually having one thematic focus.
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Short stories generally produce a single, focused emotional and intellectual response in the reader.
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Slide Topic 21 Bildungsroman
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is a novel about somebody's important and influential years: a novel about the early years of somebody's life,
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exploring the development of his or her character and personality
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Slide Topic 22 Historical Novel
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you will say is a fiction novel centered around a real world event.
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6. Slide Topic 23 Epistolary Novel
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is a novel written as a series of documents. The usual form is letters although diary entries,newspaper clippings and
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other documents are sometimes used.
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Slide Topic 24 Poetry
is a form of literature, spoken or written, that emphasizes rhythm, other intricate patterns of sound and imagery, and
Write what the many possible ways that words can suggest meaning. The word itself derives from a Greek word, poesis, meaning
you will say “making” or “creating.” Whereas ordinary speech and writing, called prose, are organized in sentences and paragraphs,
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the paragraphs of poetry.
Slide Topic 25 Epic Poetry
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Long poem in a lofty style about the exploits of heroic figures. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, as well as the Old English
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poem Beowulf, are examples of epics.
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Slide Topic 26 Dramatic Poetry
Write what
you will say in which the writer creates the voice of an invented character or characters.
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Slide Topic 27 Lyric Poetry
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the most varied and widespread kind, is that in which an individual speaker expresses what he or she feels, perceives,
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and thinks.
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7. Slide Topic 28 Satire
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in literature, prose or verse that employs wit in the form of irony, innuendo, or ridicule to expose human wickedness
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and folly.
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Slide Topic 29 Dramatic Monologue
a poem that is spoken by a FICTIONAL NARRATOR who is clearly different from the author in age, situation, or gender.
Write what
It is set at some significant point in the speaker's life, and it is often addressed to another character, whose presence is
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implied by what the speaker says. The major purpose of a dramatic monologue is for the speaker to reveal, often
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unwittingly, significant aspects of his or her qualities, values, and experiences, which are inferred by the reader.
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4- Time your slides to your audio. Record your audio and then set the time setting to flow with
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5- Record your audio in a quiet place. A place where there is ABSOLUTELY NO NOISE !
6- Stick to 20 seconds or less per slide. Too much time on one slide will bore the audience.
7- Do not cram information on slides. If you have a lot to say about one particular topic, spread it
over a few slides.
8- Only use bullet points - no complete sentences unless it is a definition or a quote.
9- Have an intro and conclusion slide, so the audience knows where your slideshow begins and
ends.
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