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36 Cards in this Set
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Direct Characterization |
Character him/herself, another character, or narrator tell audience about character |
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Indirect Characterization |
Audience has to make inferences about to character base on; thoughts, actions, speech, appearance |
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Round Characterization |
Complex Personality; often portrayed as conflicted/contradictory |
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Flat Characterization |
opposite of round; notable for one kind of personality trait/characteristic |
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Dynamic |
Changes over time usually as result of resolving a conflict or facing crisis; most are central characters rather than peripheral because resolving the conflict |
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Static |
Does not change over time; personality does not transform |
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Allusion |
usually a reference of the bible that makes some sort of connection |
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Speech |
s nonfiction work delevired orally to an audience; some are fully composed while others are planned in notes or an outline |
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Political Speech |
focuses on an issue relating to the government |
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Address |
prepared for a special occasion |
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Sermon |
provides religious instruction |
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Catalogue |
itemized list of used to emphasize author's message |
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Juxtaposition |
two unlike things placed next to each other in order to highlight the contraat b/w them |
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Rhetorical Question |
question to which the reader knows the answer |
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Point of View |
perspective of which a story is narrated (always refers to narrator) First Person (I/Me/Us/We) Second Person (You) Third Person (He/She/Them/It) (Three Types): Objective (no insight) Omniscient (all--knowing) Limited (restricted insight) |
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Speaker |
The voice that tells the story. |
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Occasion |
The time and place of the work; the context that encouraged the writer or speaker to say something |
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Audience |
The reader or group of readers to whom this piece is directed to. |
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Purpose |
The reason or goal behind the text; why the author chose to write this piece |
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Subject |
The general topic, content, and ideas contained in the text. |
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Diction |
Authors use of the words that he/she chooses -Formal or informal -Technical or non-technical -Descriptive -Humorous or serious |
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Free Verse |
poetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter |
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Response Poem |
poetic response to a work that has inspired author, often times by borrowing a line |
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Enjabment |
continuation of sentence w/o pause beyond of line or stanza |
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Parallel Structure |
is repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence/verse |
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Volta |
AKA Turn; rhetorical shift or dramatic change in thought and/ or emotion |
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Ballad |
a type of poetry or verse which was basically used in dance songs in the ancient France. Later on, during the late 16th and 17th century. Involves dialect. read/wrote |
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Conflict |
tension b/w opposing forces, usually protagonist + antagonist or other catalyst External Conflict: Man vs. Man Man vs. Society Man vs. Nature Internal Conflict: Man vs. Self |
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Metaphor |
a comparison which is implied or directly stated |
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Simile |
a comparison using like or as |
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Figurative language |
language that is used imaginatively rather than literally |
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Denotation |
literal definition of a word |
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Connotation |
associations w/ a word |
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Villanelle |
poem of 19 lines (five tercets followed by a quatrain) 1st + 3rd rhyme of opening tercet are repeated alternately in last lines of succeeding stanzas; then in final stanza refrain serves as two concluding lines |
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Allegory |
a work in which the character + events represent particular moral, religious, or political questions/ideas |
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Motif |
imagery or symbolism that repeats itself within a work in order to emphasize some element |
