Lit. Terms-English Midterm Exam

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Character

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any person in a story or any entity in a story that behaves as if it is a person

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Round character

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multi-faceted and compex

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flat charcter

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one distinguishing characteristic and only exists to advance the plot

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static character

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remain unchanged through the story

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Characterization

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an author creates a character (speech,appearnce, though, actions)

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indirect

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discribing characters through the speech and throught of others characters

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Direct

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narrator or author provides information about the character

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protagonist

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main character

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antagonist

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the person or force who acts against the protagonist

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foil

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character that serves as an opposite for a main character

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allusion

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referance to person, place, thing, or idea that the author assumes the reader will be familiar with

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symbol

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an item that represents itself or a concept larger than itself

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irony

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any differance between appearance and reality

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sarcasm

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when u say one thing but you been another(intention)

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situational irony

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when it seems that things are going to turn out one way and they turn out another

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Dramatic irony

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when the audience or reader knows info. that the main character does not know

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cosmic irony

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when you have come to believe that you are invincible and the universe needs to five you a reality check

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genre

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types of luterature(fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays,folk tales)

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poetry

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generally identified b/c it has stanzas

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drama

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identified by dialouge tags

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monologue

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one person delivering an extended speech

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aside

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a characte speaks directly to the audience

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dialogue

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conversation between characters

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dialect

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speech that is specific to a region or groups of people

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diction

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word choice

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tone

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the writter's attitude

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style

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the way the author writes

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denotation

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dictionary meaning of a word

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connotation

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cultural meaning

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locale

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place

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setting

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time and place

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milieu

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time, place, and social or cultural values

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effect

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the overall impact of a work upon the reader

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theme

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what is the story about?

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conflict

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any problem in the story

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mood

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the atmosphere created within the story

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exposition

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the background info. required to get the story started and where the major conflict is introduced

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rising action

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where the confluct beomes more complicated

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climax

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the point of the story viewed with the greatest emotional intensity. turning point

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falling action

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anyhting after the climax but before resolution

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resolution

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how the story is resolved

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simile

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a compaison using like or as

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metaphor

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comparospn between two items where one item beomces that other

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personification

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investing inanimate objects with human emotions

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hyperbole

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exaggeration for serious or comic effect

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understatement

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saying less that what you actually mean

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oxymoron

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combining two opposites to create a new meaning or effect

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onomatopoeia

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words that represent sounds

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aupphemism

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a glossing word, phrase, or idea to show emphasis

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metonymy

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a complex metaphr where an item associated w/ the object comes to represent the whole

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synecdoche

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a complex metaphor where a part f the object comes to represent wht whole

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anthropomorphism

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like personification but giving multiple traits

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pathetic fallacy

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attributing human emotions to non human objects

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syntax

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the word structure of a sentence

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inversion

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flipping the normal syntax of a sentace

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anagram

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a king of wordplay

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analogy

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a comparison between two dissimilar objects to point out how they are ssinilar

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antithesis

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using ideas in opposition

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epithet

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a descriptive phrase

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alliteration

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repetition of the 1st consonant sounds in words that are near one antoher

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consonance

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repetition of the ending vowel sound

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euphony

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language that is intended to be pleasent sound to the eat

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cacophony

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languafe that is intedned to be harsh sounding to the ear

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rhyme

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repetition of identical ir similar sounds

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rhyme scheme

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using letters you mark out the pattern of a rhyme

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internal rhyme

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where a word within a line of poetry as well oa the final word of that line rhymes

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end rhyme

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where the end of the liens ryme

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stanza

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a group of lines of peotry

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tragedy

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where the main character(s) dies

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flashback

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a brak in the chronological sequence of the plot to reveal envents that have happened in the past

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flashforwar

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a break in the chronological sequence of the plot to reveal evens that will occur in the future

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foreshadowing

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casting light on future events

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imagery

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using words to create pictures foir the reader using the five senses

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motif

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repetition of a word, idea, or image to express a theme

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plot

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selectively revealin info in action within a narrative to create meaning

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Point of view

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who's speacking? 1st, 2nd, 3rd person

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omniscient

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all knowing

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limited imniscient

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perspective is gernerally limited between one to three characters about those characters your have full access as dictated by you to internal and external behaviors

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aphorism

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bried, witty remark

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pun

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play on words

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stream of onsciousness

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attempt in narrative to mimic the thoughts, structure of the human brain

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negative capability

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ability of the reader or character or both to follow a narrative without knowing what is going to occur

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autobiography

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writting about yourself

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biography

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account of a person's life(written by someone else)

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letters

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finding out stuff through the letters of some to someone else

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journal

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day to day accounts of a person

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memoir

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CONSTRUCTION OF A CERTAIN segment of someone's life

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nobella

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51-149 pages

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novel

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150+ pages

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persona

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personality that one adopts