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English (midterm)

Lit. terms

QuestionAnswer
PLOT series of events that completes a story (backbone of the story)
EXPOSTION presentation of background information
COMPLICATIONS when main character hits a defficult situations when trying to solve the conflict
RISING ACTION events leading up to the climax
CLIMAX key scene in the story, exciting moment when its at the peak
CONFLICT stuggle betweeen two forces
INTERNAL CONFLICT takes place within a characters mind or heart
EXTERNAL CONFLICT stuggle that takes place between someone and something
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER the order in which events unfold in real time
FORESHADOWING hints that suggests what is going to come in the story
RESOLUTION (falling action) final part of the story (end of hte story)
SETTING the place and time in which a story's action takes place
MOOD the atmosphere that is created by the author's choice of details
CHARACTERIZATION process of revealing the personality of a character
DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION we are told directly what the character is like
INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION using own judgement form material in the story to assume what the character is like
MOTIVATION CHARACTERIZATION what drives a characters actions
FACTS true statements
OPINIONS your personal view of a subject
SYNONYM word similar in meaning to another
POINT OF VIEW narrator in story (point from wich they are telling the story)
1st PERSON POINT OF VIEW Character who talks to us
3rd PERSON POINT OF VIEW zooms on one character using He or She
OMNISCIENT the person telling the story knows everything there is to know about the characters and their problems
NARRATOR person telling the story
SUPRISE ENDING resolution thats not expecting what so ever (twist)
TONE the attitude a sweaker or writer had towards the subject
IRONY contrast between expectation and reality
VERBAL IRONY a writer or speaker says one thing but really means something completely different
SITUATIONAL IRONY when there is a contrast between what would seem appropriate and what really happpens or when there is a contradiction between what we expect to happen and what really does take place
DRAMATIC IRONY Occurs when the audience or the reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
THEME Central idea of a work of literature
SYMBOL (SYMBOLISM) Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyound itself as well.
CONNOTATION All the meanings, associations, or emotions that have come to be attached to some words, in addition to their literal dictionary definitions, or denotations
DENOTATION dictionary definition
PREFIX beginning of a word
MEMOIR a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation
MAIN IDEA main point in a story
DRAWING CONCLUSIONS making inferences from text
GENERALIZATIONS a bigger category of a subject
READING COMPREHENSION reading for answers
RIGHT THERE ANSWERS answers directly in the text
INFERENCE ANSWERS answers you need to think about to come to a conclusion
USING CONTEXT CLUES using the text to come to conclusions
IDENTIFYING THE 'BEST' AND THE 'MOST LIKEY' ANSWER look at every answer and pick the one most erelvant to the question
COMMAS used to separate clauses or pauses
SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT subject is plural, verb is plural --- example
PRONOUN ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT agreement in # and gender
FRAGMENTS not a complete sentence
RUN-ONs more than one complete thought in a super long sentence
SENTENCE CLARITY how clear a sentence is or how much it makes sence
PUNCTUATION used to show ending
VERB TENSE keep verb tense consistent
DOUBLE NEGATIVES don't never
OTHER PRONOUN PROBLEMS their/they're/there who's/whose
Created by: melhager
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