1950S AND COMMUNISM

ACADEMY AWARDS AND HOLLYWOOD'S DOUBLE STANDARD

ACRONYMS

ADAPTATION

ALLEGORY

ALLUSION

ANCHORITES V. HIKIKOMORI

ANECDOTE: JAWS

ANECDOTE 2: THE EVIL DEAD

ANTAGONIST

ANTHOLOGY

ANTHROPOMORPHISM

ANTIHERO

APHORISM

APOSTACY

APOTHEOSIS

ARCHETYPES:
     THE SCAPEGOAT
     THE OUTCAST
     THE DAMSEL IN DISTRESS
     THE DARK FOREST
     THE FEMME FETALE
     THE HARBINGER/HERALD
     THE MAD SCIENTIST
     THE MENTOR
     THE SHADOW
     THE SHAPESHIFTER
     THE BAD BOY
     THE THRESHOLD GUARDIAN     
     THE TRICKSTER

7 TYPES OF HERO
     WILLING
     UNWILLING
     CYNICAL ANTI-HERO
     TRAGIC
     GROUP ORIENTED
     CATALYST
     LONE

ARISTOTLE'S FOUR CAUSES

ATMOSPHERE

BASED ON A TRUE STORY

BEL INCONNU

BIBLIOMANCY

BINARY OPPOSITION (Deconstruction)

BIOGRAPHY

BLACK COMEDY

BOETHIAN PHILOSOPHY

CAMP

CARNIVALESQUE

CATHARSIS

CAUTIONARY TALE

CHARACTER MOTIVATION

CHARACTER-DRIVEN NARRATIVE    

CHARACTERIZATION 1 SKYFALL 

CHARACTERIZATION 2 THE JOKER

CHARACTERIZATION 3 THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

CHARACTERIZATION 4 CAPE FEAR

CHEKOV'S GUN

CLIMAX

COLOR SYMBOLISM:
     RED
     WHITE

CONFLICT 1 THE CELL

CONFLICT 2 MONSTER

DEFAMILIARIZATION

DELINEATION

DEMESURE

DEUS EX MACHINA

DEUTERAGONIST

DIRECT CHARATERIZATION

DOPPELGANGER

DOUBLE ENTENDRE

DRAMATIC IRONY

ENTOMOLOGY AND LITERATURE

EPISTOLARY NARRATIVE

ESCHATOLOGY

EXPLETIVE

EXPOSITION

FAIRY TALES

FIRST FOLIO

FIVE KINDS OF FEAR
     FEAR OF EXTINCTION
     FEAR OF MUTILATION
     FEAR OF LOSS OF AUTONOMY
     FEAR OF SEPARATION
     FEAR OF EGO-DEATH

FLASHBACK

FLUOROGRAPHY

FOIL

FOLKTALES

FOUND FOOTAGE

FOUR SKILLS OF INTERACTING WITH LITERATURE
     SUMMARY
     INTERPRETATION
     ANALYSIS
     CRITICISM

FOUR FOLD INTERPRETATION

FRAME STORY

FREUDIAN SYMBOLISM

GALLOWS HUMOR

GOTHIC

GREEK TRAGEDY

HIGH ART VS. LOW ART

HISTORICAL CRITICISM

HISTORICAL FICTION

HOMAGE

HORROR SUB-GENRE

     COURTROOM DRAMA
     CURSED OBJECTS
     EXPLOITATION FILMS
     GIALLO
     HAUNTED HOUSES
     HOME INVASION
     CREEPY KIDS

     FOUND FOOTAGE

     GRINDHOUSE

     KILLER TOYS

     NATURAL THREATS

     URBAN LEGEND

HYPERBOLE

ID, EGO, SUPEREGO

IMAGERY

INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

INITIAL STATE / FINAL STATE

INTERTEXTUALITY

JUXTAPOSITION

LEGEND

LEITMOTIF

LITERARY CONFLICTS

     INTERNAL CONFLICT

     EXTERNAL CONFLICT

     MAN VS. NATURE

     MAN VS. MAN

     MAN VS. SOCIETY

     MAN VS. SELF

     MAN VS. TECHNOLOGY

LITERARY CYCLES

LOGICAL APPEALS

     LOGOS

     ETHOS

     PATHOS

MACGUFFIN

MEIOSIS

METAFICTION / METACINEMA

MONSTERS FROM LITERATURE

MORALITY PLAYS

MOTIF

     DYING/RISING DEITY

     SINS OF THE FATHER

MOTIVATION

MYTHOLOGY

O. HENRY ENDING

OTHERNESS

PARABASIS

PARALLEL STRUCTURE

PATHETIC FALLACY

PERSONIFICATION

PLAGIARISM

PLOT TWISTS

POETIC JUSTICE

POINT OF VIEW 1. 령

POINT OF VIEW 2. THE TERROR LIVE

PORTMANTEAU

PREMISE

PREQUEL

PSYCHOANALYTIC CRITICISM

RED HERRING

RELIGIOUS IMAGERY

RELIGIOUS METAPHOR

REPRESENTATIVE CHARACTER

REVENGE PLAY

REVIEWS
     MOEBIUS 뫼비우스 

RHETORICAL PROBLEMS OF PURPOSE, AUDIENCE, AND GENRE

RIDDLES IN LITERATURE

ROUND CHARACTERS

SATIRE

SCIENCE FICTION:
     ALIENS

SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS

SETTING:

     THE SHINING
     REAR WINDOW

SEXISM

SHORT STORIES/SHORT FILMS

SIGNIFICANT EMOTIONAL EVENT (S.E.E.)

SLOW BURN

SPEECH ACT THEORY

STURGEON'S LAW

SUBPLOT

SUSPENSE

SYMBOLS
     GLASS

TABLEAU

TABOO

TEMPO

TENSION

THE CRITIC

THE DARK TRIAD

THE FRANCHISE

THE MALE GAZE

THEME VS. SUBJECT
THEME: FISH OUT OF WATER
THEME: MADNESS
THEME: APPARENT EVIL
THEME: SUICIDES IN LITERATURE
THEME: TRANSFORMATION

TONE 2: DEATH AND THE MAIDEN

THE RULES OF GHOST STORIES CHANGE

THE $64 DOLLAR QUESTION

TONE: YOGA CLASS

TRIBUTES

     BORIS KARLOFF

     RICHARD MATHESON

     VINCENT PRICE

     SHERLOCK HOLMES

TROPES:

     SINS OF THE FATHER

     SIBLING RIVALRY

UNDERSTATEMENT

UNRELIABLE NARRATOR

WERGILD

VALORIZATION

VENDETTA

VERISIMILITUDE

VIGNETTES

WILLING SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF

XENIA