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Final exam English
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Point of view | Third Person Point of View Third person point of view is told by a narrator who is not part of the story, first person is someone telling you his or her story, and second person is you being told how you should do something |
| Theme | the central topic a text treats. |
| Characterization | is a literary device that is used step by step in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story |
| Conflict | defined as any struggle between opposing forces. Usually, the main character struggles against some other force. |
| Plot | to describe the events that make up a story or the main part of a story. These events relate to each other in a pattern or a sequence. |
| Flashback | an interruption of the chronological sequence (as of a film or literary work) of an event of earlier occurrence.” |
| Foreshadowing | in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. |
| Suspense | is the intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events. |
| Motif | is any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story. |
| Tone | is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Tone is generally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject. |
| Mood | is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. |
| Allusion | is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. |
| Genre | may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or even (as in the case of fiction) length. |
| Epic | A long narrative poem written in elevated style, in which heroes of great historical or legendary importance perform valorous deeds. |
| Memoir | is a written factual account of somebody's life. |
| Irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning |
| Allegory | the symbolic level, or the deeper meaning that all the jazz on the surface represents. |
| Blank verse | device defined as un |
| Archetype | is a typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature. |
| Comic relief | is the inclusion of a humorous character, scene, or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension. |
| Terza Rima | consists of stanzas of three lines (or tercets) usually in iambic pentameter. |
| Altruism | it is usually contrasted with egoism, which is defined as acting to the benefit of one's self. |
| Egoism | a doctrine that individual self |
| Individualism | A view that stresses the importance and worth of each person. |
| Collectivism | a political or economic theory advocating collective control especially over production and distribution |
| Utopia | denotes an illusionary place that projects the notion of a perfect society to the reader. |
| Dystopia | a society characterized by poverty, squalor or oppression and the theme is most commonly used in science fiction and speculative fiction genres. |
| Conformity | Agreement between an individual's behavior and a group's standards or expectations. |
| Objectivism | is the philosophy or theory that the main objective of the human experience is to pursue personal happiness and respect other humans. |
| -verb | action, linking, helping |
| -noun | people, place, things |
| -adverb | modifies adjectives |
| -adjectives | modify or describes the noun |
| -clause | subject and verb/ can stand alone |
| -phrase | can not stand alone/ doesnt have a subject and verb |
| preposition | a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun |
| -Conjunction | a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g., and, but, if ). |
| - interjection | an abrupt remark, made especially as an aside or interruption. |
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