English Final Vocab

Front 1

The character in the story is telling the story (I, me, my, we, our, etc.).

Back 1

1st Person POV

Front 2

The narrator tells the story and knows the thoughts and actions of 1 character.

Back 2

3rd Person Limited POV

Front 3

All characters are expressed the same way.

Back 3

3rd Person Omniscient POV

Front 4

When words have the same beginning sound; tongue twister.

Back 4

Alliteration

Front 5

References to other people, places, and events from history, literature, mythology, or the Bible.

Back 5

Allusion

Front 6

Someone working against the protagonist.

Back 6

Antagonist

Front 7

Words spoken by the actor to himself or to the audience.

Back 7

Aside

Front 8

A novel where the character develops over time.

Back 8

Bildungsroman

Front 9

People, animals, or objects that contribute to the action of the story.

Back 9

Character

Front 10

The way the author presents his/her characters.

Back 10

Characterization

Front 11

The highest point or turning point in a story.

Back 11

Climax

Front 12

The problem in a story; man vs. man, man vs. himself, etc.

Back 12

Conflict

Front 13

An association or idea suggested by a word or phrase.

Back 13

Connotation

Front 14

A pair of successive lines in a verse, especially a pair that rhyme or are the same length.

Back 14

Couplet

Front 15

The end of a story, where events return to normal, also known as Resolution.

Back 15

Denouement

Front 16

The author tells what the characters of a story are like.

Back 16

Direct Characterization

Front 17

When the author knows something that the characters in the story don't.

Back 17

Dramatic Irony

Front 18

Provides the background of the story, providing the characters and the setting.

Back 18

Exposition

Front 19

Conflict including man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, etc.

Back 19

External Conflict

Front 20

The events that lead away from the climax.

Back 20

Falling Action

Front 21

Language not meant to be taken literally.

Back 21

Figurative Language

Front 22

When a character has sudden memories of something in the past.

Back 22

Flashback

Front 23

A character who stays the same throughout the story; has one personality trait.

Back 23

Flat/Static Character

Front 24

Hints at events that have yet to happen.

Back 24

Foreshadowing

Front 25

The format of a poem; how it's set up.

Back 25

Form

Front 26

10 syllables per line.

Back 26

Iambic Pentameter

Front 27

Descriptive language that relates to any of the 5 senses.

Back 27

Imagery

Front 28

Readers determine the ultimate message.

Back 28

Implied Theme

Front 29

The conflict is introduced.

Back 29

Inciting Incident

Front 30

We, the readers must decide what the characters are like, based on thoughts, actions, etc.

Back 30

Indirect Characterization

Front 31

Man vs. himself conflict.

Back 31

Internal Conflict

Front 32

The act of placing something side-by-side for comparison or contrast.

Back 32

Juxtaposition

Front 33

Fuses the concepts of reality with fantasy in a story.

Back 33

Magical Realism

Front 34

Comparing something without using like or as.

Back 34

Metaphor

Front 35

The arrangement of words in rhythmic lines or verses.

Back 35

Meter

Front 36

The atmosphere created by the poet; an experience by the reader.

Back 36

Mood

Front 37

A prolonged talk by a single speaker.

Back 37

Monologue

Front 38

A recurring subject, them, idea, etc.

Back 38

Motif

Front 39

Provide insight about human condition and will teach us a lesson.

Back 39

Myth

Front 40

A statement that is contradictory on the surface but actually holds a hidden truth.

Back 40

Paradox

Front 41

Giving non-human things human-like characteristics.

Back 41

Personification

Front 42

The sequence of events in a story.

Back 42

Plot

Front 43

An object or character in a story whose soul purpose is to advance the plot of the story.

Back 43

Plot Device

Front 44

The perspective from which a story is told.

Back 44

Point of View

Front 45

The main character, often the hero.

Back 45

Protagonist

Front 46

A stanza of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.

Back 46

Quatrain

Front 47

The process of repeating a word or group of words for emphatic purposes.

Back 47

Repetition

Front 48

The end of the story, where events turn to normal, also known as Denouement.

Back 48

Resolution

Front 49

A method of story-telling in which the plot is revealed in reverse order.

Back 49

Revers Order Narration

Front 50

Words that sound alike.

Back 50

Rhyme

Front 51

The flow of a poem.

Back 51

Rhythm

Front 52

The events leading to the climax.

Back 52

Rising Action

Front 53

A character who evolves throughout the story; has more than one personality trait.

Back 53

Round/Dynamic Character

Front 54

The use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, etc.

Back 54

Satire

Front 55

When and where the story takes place.

Back 55

Setting

Front 56

A change or transfer in the direction of the story.

Back 56

Shift

Front 57

Comparing two things using like or as.

Back 57

Simile

Front 58

When the unexpected occurrence happens.

Back 58

Situational Irony

Front 59

The act of talking while or as if alone.

Back 59

Soliloquy

Front 60

A 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter.

Back 60

Sonnet

Front 61

The voice of the poem.

Back 61

Speaker

Front 62

A group of lines in a poem.

Back 62

Stanza

Front 63

The author tells us the theme.

Back 63

Stated Theme

Front 64

How the poem is told; how it is set up

Back 64

Structure

Front 65

The feeling of anxiety experienced by a reader as a result of plot development.

Back 65

Suspense

Front 66

Something that represents something else.

Back 66

Symbol

Front 67

The central insight or message of a story.

Back 67

Theme

Front 68

The attitude of the author towards his/her subject.

Back 68

Tone

Front 69

What is stated is not what is meant.

Back 69

Verbal Irony