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Alliteration
a.) assonance -
b.) consonance -
the repetition of sounds
a.) repetition of vowels (a,e,i,o,u)
b.) repetition of consonants
Allusion
A reference to the history or literature
Allegory
symbolic representation
Analogy
A comparison of two things to show how one is like the other
Anecdote
A brief account of an event usually intended to entertain, explain, or reveal
Parable
A simple story illustrating a moral lesson
Fable
a very brief story told to teach a lesson
Moral
A practical lesson about the right of wrong conduct
Maxim
A short, concise statement expressing practical advice for a widely held truth
Exemplum
a brief story used to make a point
Protagonist
The central character of a story, generally one whom the audience sympathizes with.
Antagonist
a person or force that opposes the central character (the protagonist)
aside
in a play where a characters comments are heard by the audience, but not the characters on stage
Monologue
a long speech spoken by a character in a play.
Soliloquy
A long speech spoken by a character who is alone on stage.
Autobiography
the story of a person written by that person
nonfiction
writing about real peoples experiences
fiction
where situations and characters are invented by the writher
character
a.) flat -
b.) round -
c.) static -
d.) dynamic -
A person in a literary work
a.) A character with only one personality trait
b.) a character with many traits
c.) a character who undergoes no change throughout the story
d.) a character who changes throughout the story
Characterization
a.) direct -
b.) indirect -
the methods a writer uses to develop a character
a.) the writer makes direct statements about a characters personality
b.) the writer uses dialogue and actions to show characteristics
Conflict
a.) External -
i.) Man vs. Man -
ii.) Man vs. Nature -
iii.) Man vs. Society -
b.) Internal -
The struggles between two opposing forces
a.) the struggle against an outside force
i.) battling enemies
ii.) battling natural disasters
iii.) battling sociatal stereotypes
a.) the conflict exists within the mind of a character (the character in ambivalent between opposing feelings or goals)
Connotation
the unspoken or unwritten meaning associated with a word beyond it's dictionary definition
Denotation
the dictionary definition of a word
Plot
a.) Narrative Hook -
b.) Rising Action -
c,) Climax -
d.) Falling Action -
e.) Resolution -
The sequence of events
a.) that which catches the readers attention in the plot
b.) complication to the story's plot
c.) the decisive moment in story
d.) action that follows the climax
e.) a resolving of the conflict
Dialect
A variation of language spoken by a particular group
Local Color
writing that uses specific details to evoke a particular region (re-creates language, customs, geography, and habits)
Epic
A long narrative poem that traces the adventures of a hero
Epic Hero
A legendary, larger than life figure, whose adventures we follow
Narrative Essay
a.) descriptive -
b.) persuasive -
c.) expository -
A essay which tells a story
a.) carefully detailed portrayal of a person, place, thing, or event
b.) aims to make audience accept an opinion
c.) where the writer presents facts
figurative language
a.) metaphor -
b.) extended metaphor -
c.) simile -
d.) personification -
e.) onomatopoeia -
language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary
a.) comparison of two unlike things using "like", or "as"
b.) a metaphor that is continued through multiple sentences (often a poem)
c.) giving human characteristics to non-human things
d.) sound words ( "zip!"," plop!" ,"pow!")
c.) giving human characteristics to non-human things
Foil
A character that is used to contrast with another character
Foreshadowing
the use of clues by the author to prepare the reader for later events in the story
Irony
a.) situational irony -
b.) verbal irony -
c.) dramatic irony -
A contrast between reality and what seems to be real
a.) the actual outcome of a situation is opposite of what is expected
b.) exists when a person says one thing and means another
c.) exists when the audience
knows something a character does not know
Mood
the emotion quality of atmosphere of a story
Tone
the attitude taken by the author or speaker
Narrator
a.) first person -
b.) second person -
c.) third person limited -
d.) third person omniscient -
the person who tells the story
a.) the narrator i a character in the story
b.) the narrator tells the story to anther person (you)
c.) the narrator is an outsider looking in through one characters eyes (he/she)
d.) the narrator is an outsider looking in, knowing all
satire
to poke fun at something
ex- political satire
setting
time and place where a story occurs
stream of conscious
a technique of writing that imitates the way the human ind works (flow of thought)
chronological order
the order of events that regard to time
symbol
something that stands for itself and something greater
theme
the main idea of a poem, story, novel, or play
thesis
the central idea or purpose
tragedy
a play in which the main character suffers a downfall or unhappy circumstance
tragic flaw
the downfall of a character due to outside forces or from a weakness
tragic hero
the main character who makes an error in his or her actions that leads to his or her downfall