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English Mid-term
Vocab
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allegory | Things or people that represent ideas |
| Allusion | Reference to another literary work,culture or religion |
| Antagonist | The bad guy |
| Archetype | An original story that other stories are based off of |
| Characterization | Indirect- When characters describe another character Direct - When author describes the character in the text |
| Climax | The emotional high point in a story or the turning point |
| Conclusion | The ending part of the story or how the story is resolved |
| Conflict | Person vs Person Person vs Self Person vs Fate Person vs nature Person vs Society |
| Exposition | Introduce the reader to the story and provide background knowledge |
| Fable | A story meant to teach a lesson |
| Falling Action | The part of the story after the climax leading up to the conclusion |
| Foreshadowing | When an event or something predicts a future event |
| Imagery | Using descriptive words to paint a picture in the readers mind |
| Dramatic Irony | When the audience knows something the characters don't |
| Situational Irony | When the opposite of what is expected happens |
| Verbal Irony | When someone says one thing but means another thing |
| Metaphor | Comparison between two unlike things |
| Mood | How the author wants the reader to feel |
| Oxymoron | A word or phrase that contradicts itself |
| Paradox | A words or phrase that you think contradicts itself but actually makes sense |
| Parallelism | Repeated sentence structure to emphasize a point |
| Personification | When nonliving objects get human characteristics |
| Protagonist | The main character |
| Rising Action | Events leading up to the climax |
| Setting | When and where a story takes place |
| Simile | A comparison between two unlike things using like or as |
| Soliloquy | When a character's talks to the audience and is usually expressing their thoughts and no other character can hear them |
| Symbol | When something represents another thing |
| Theme | The message the author is trying to get across to the reader |
| Tone | The author's attitude toward what he is talking about |