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english,Ballard 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antithesis | the contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction |
| archetype | An original model or form after which other, similar things are patterned. Note: Common literary archetypes include stories of quests, initiations, scapegoats, descents to the underworld, and ascents to heaven. |
| anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the start of successive clauses. Example: The phrase "I have a dream" in Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech is an anaphora. |
| antagonist | |
| allegory | A story, play, or picture in which characters or events stand for ideas or principles. Characters may be given names such as Hope, Pride, Youth, and Charity; they have few if any personal qualities beyond their abstract meanings. |
| alliteration | The repitition of constant sounds at the beginning of words. |
| allusion | an indirect reference to another literary work or to a famous person,place,or event. |
| dynamic character | Often characters under go changes as the plot unfolds(as in maturity, not physical) |
| static character | character who remains the same as the plot unfolds. |
| round character | character whos many personality traits are revealed by the author |
| flat character | character whos traits are described more simply than a round character. |
| climax | often called the turning point, when the readers interest and emotional intensity reach the highest point. |
| cliche | a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse |
| conflict | struggle between to opposing forces |
| external conflict | involves a character pitted against an outside force, such as nature, a physical obstacle, or another character |
| internal conflict | struggle that occurs within a character. |
| connotation | refers to attitudes and feelings associated with a word. |
| denotation | literal or dictionary meaning of a word |
| denoument | Literally meaning the action of untying, a denouement is the final outcome of the main complication in a play or story. Usually the climax of the work has already occurred by the time the denouement occurs. |
| dialect | form of language as it is spoken in a particualr geographic or by particular social or ethnic group |
| diction | a speakers or writers way of arranging words in a sentence. |
| direct characterization | characterization that occurs when the author directly states a character’s traits |
| indirect characterization | characterization in which the reader must draw conclusions about the character based on what a character looks like, does, or says and how other characters react to him or her. |
| euphemism | the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. ex) "to pass away" is an euphemism of "to die" |
| exposition | a detailed statement or explanation |
| falling action | occurs after the climax in a plot, the conflict is resolved and all loose ends of the story are tied up. |
| framework story | a story within a story |
| figurative language | language tgar communicates ideas beyond the ordinary literal meaning of words. figures of speech- personification, hyperbole, simile, & metaphor |
| first person point of view | a story told from a narrator who is a character in the story & uses the pronouns i, me, my. |
| foil | a character who provides a stricking contrast to another character. by usuing foil, a writer can call attention to certian traits possessed by a main character or simply inhance a character by contrast. |
| flashback | a conversation event or episode that happened before the story, interupys chronilogical flow of a story to give the reader more info. |
| foreshadowing | use of clues or hints to indicate events & situations that will occur later in a plot.(creates suspense while preparing the reader for what s to come) |
| genre | of or pertaining to a distinctive literary type. |
| hyperbole | obvious and intentional exaggeration. |
| imagery | the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things |
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