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What is the setting of a story? Why is this story element important? Professor Raymond Malewitz answers these questions using examples from Sarah Orne Jewett...

How do literary characters' place and time shape their worldviews? Find out in our "What is a Setting?" video for the Oregon State Guide to English Literary Terms.

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Boom! That noise you hear is the sound of our 49th #literaryterms video lesson, which just dropped. And as you probably have guessed, it is on #onomatopoeia. #elachat #edtech #EnglishTeacher #remoteteaching

Celebrating Amanda Gorman's "The Hill We Climb": Reactions from Oregon State's Faculty and Students

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We’ve added a bunch of new videos to our literary terms series at the end of 2020. Check out this one on allegory!

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Check out this new video answering the question “What is a Narrator?” using Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird!

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What does genre mean? What are some examples of genres in literature and film? Professor Ehren Pflugfelder answers these questions using examples from popula...

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What does foreshadowing mean? How do writers use foreshadowing to build suspense or otherwise convey meaning in their works? Professor Evan Gottlieb answers ...

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Poet-in-Residence David Biespiel answers the question "What is Juxtaposition?" using examples from the authors Charles Dickens and Natasha Trethewey, and the...

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What can the movie Star Wars tell us about how to write a narrative arc? What does a narrative arc mean? Playwright and OSU Lecturer David Turkel answers the...

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How is the literary term "flashback" defined? What are some examples of flashbacks in literature? Creative Writing Instructor Kristin Griffin answers these q...

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What does the literary term "synecdoche" mean? What is the difference between metonymy and synecdoche? Professor Peter Betjemann answers these questions usin...

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What does irony mean? How does irony work? Professor Raymond Malewitz defines verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony using examples from Edgar A...

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What does the literary term "understatement" mean? What are some examples of understatement? Professor Lily Sheehan answers these questions using Oscar Wilde...

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"What is satire? How can we understand various kinds of literary satires?" Professor Evan Gottlieb answers these questions using examples of satire from a va...

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What is the definition of stream of consciousness? What are some examples of stream of conscious writing in literature? Senior Lecturer Elizabeth Delf answer...

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What do the literary terms "rhyme" and "rhyme scheme" mean? How does rhyme help us to understand poetry? Poet-in-Residence David Biespiel answers these quest...

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