Soph. 5Th Period Vocab Quiz 2

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Allusion

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an indirect reference, often to a peron, evet, statement, theme, or work (mythology, religion, history, science, art, etc.) that an author expects the reader to understand and apply. Allusions enrich meaning throught the connotation they carry.

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Bildungsroman

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novel that deals with the development of a young person, usually from adolescence to maturity: it is frequently autobiographical

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Characterization

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techniques used to create a character

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direct characterization

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author tells you what traits a character has

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Indirect characterization

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reader must make conclusions based on physical description, psychological description, dialogue, actions, thoughts, reactions, etc.

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Round characterization

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developed, complex, many sided

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Flat characterization

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lack depth and complexity

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Stock characterization

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established, instantly recognized character thype often sterotyped (sterotype)

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Dynamic characterization

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character undergoes change in personality due to events in the plot

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Statie characterization

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character remains the same at end as at beginning of sotry

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Protagonist characterization

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leading, principal character

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Antagonist characterization

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opposition to the protagonist

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Foil

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character who through contrast undescores the distinctive characterisitics of another

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Description

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portrait drawn in words

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Dialect

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a way of speaking or use of language that is particular to a geographic region or social group and that varies considerably from the speech and usage patterns predominant in that language: pronuction, vocabulary, and sentence structure are affected by dialect

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dialogue

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conversation between characters

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diction

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particualr words chosen for use in a work or the plan that seems to govern word choice

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dramatic purpose

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authors use of an element character or event to influence the reader to further the plot or to create irony

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euphemism

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device where being indirect replaces directness to avoid unpleasantness (saying someone "passed away" instead of "died"

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hyperbole

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obvious and deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

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metaphor

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one thing is spoken of as though it were something else : an implies comparsion

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personification

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human characteristics are given to non human things

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simile

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a figure of speeech whiche uses like as than or resembles to make a comparision between two basically unlike subjects

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flash back

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interruption of the sequence of events to relate an episode that appened at an earlier time befor the story began

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foreshadowing

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clues to suggest events that will come later in a literary work

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genere

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division or type of litrature

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idiom

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expression peculiar toa particular language mean something different than the literl words

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intercalary statement

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insertion or interjection during a conversation or speech (usually author speaking directly to the reader )

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irony

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techinique involving a contradiction or incongruity between appearance or expectation and reality

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verbal irony

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saying the opposite of what one means

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situational irony

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discrepancy between expectation and reality: a happening contrary to that which is appropriate or expected

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dramatic irony

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descrepancy between a characters preception and what the reader or audience knows to be true

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mood

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synonymous with atmosphere - feeling created in the reader and tone authors attitude toward the reader the subject or the audience

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moral

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lesson or principle contained in or taught by the work : a precisely expressed concept or truth

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motivation

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the combination and personality and situation that impels a character to behave the way he or she does

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plot

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sequence of events in a narritive

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exposition

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setting the scene
the writer introduces the characters and setting providing description and background

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inciting incident

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something that happense to begin the action
a single event usually signals the beginnign of the main conflict
the incting incident is sometimes called "the complication"

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rising action

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the story and tension between characters builds and gets more exciting

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climax

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the moment of greatest tension in a story
this is often the most exciting evnet
it is the event that the rising action builds up to and that the falling action follows

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denouement

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the ending of a story
the disengaging of characters the unraveling of the plot
main character resolves the conflict

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conflict

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a struggle between opposing forces
this may be internal or extenal

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internal conflict

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is when a character struggles with some part of himself

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external conflict

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is when a character struggles with some outside force such as another character society as a whole nature of supernatural force

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turing point

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the moment in the plot when all the action begins to sprial toward its end
the trunign point and climax are not necessarly the same event

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point of veiw

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the vatage pint from which a narrative is told

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first person participant

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major character tells the story, chiefly about himself

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first person observer

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minor character tells a story that focuses on somone than himself

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third person omniscient

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author tells the story and can enter the mind of any and all characters thus a reader knows what any and/or all of them think

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third person limited omniscient

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an author tells the sotry with the focus on one character. readers know the thoughts of only this one character and only can know of scenes where this character is present

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third person dramatic objective

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extremely limited point of view where he narrator is a mere obsever and can only tell the ctions and words of the characters

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setting

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combination of place historical time and social enviroment that provides background for characters and plot of literary work

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theme

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the statements express or implied that a text seems to be making about its subject
generlization about human beings or life that the work communicates

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tone

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attitude of the author toward the reader audience of subject