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Eng. 10 Lit. Terms 2
Column 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| setting | the time and place of a story, play, or narrative poem |
| myth | an anonymous, traditional story that explains a belief, a custom, or a mysterious natural phenomenon |
| motivation | the reasons that compel a character to act as he or she does |
| allusion | a reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, or some other field of knowledge |
| protagonist | the main character in a work of fiction, drama, or narrative poetry |
| antagonist | the character or force that struggles against or blocks the protagonist |
| foreshadowing | clues that hint at what is going to happen later in the plot |
| irony | a contrast or discrepancy between expectations and reality – between what is said and what is really meant, between what is expected and what really happens, or between what appears to be true and what is really true |
| dramatic irony | when the audience or the reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know. Can heighten a comic effect or generate suspense |
| verbal irony | when a writer or speaker says one thing but really means the opposite. |
| situational irony | when what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate |
| onomatopoeia | the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning |
| personification | a kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human |
| repetition | the intentional repeating of a sound, word, phrase, line, or idea in order to create a musical or rhythmic effect, build suspense, add emphasis, or otherwise give unity to language |
| rhythm | the alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables in language |
| stanza | a group of lines in a poem that form a single unit |
| tone | the attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject, or a character (usually an adjective) |
| theme | the central idea or insight of a work of literature |
| satire | a kind of writing that ridicules human weakness, vices, or folly in order to bring about social reform (use exaggeration, hyperbole, irony, parody, wit) |
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WGZimm
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