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English midterm
nooneknowswhatshappeninginthisclass
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Static character | Character that does not grow or change |
| Flat character | very basic personality |
| Dynamic character | Character that undergoes an important change (opposite of static) |
| Protagonist | Main character of a story |
| Antagonist | the conflict with protag can be a a physical, or emotional opponent. |
| Round character | A character whose personality and traits have been developed |
| Climax | The most intense or exciting part of a story |
| Rising Action | events that build up to the climax |
| Exposition | Beginning of story, sets up characters, plot, setting, and introduces the conflict |
| Resolution | Where the conflict is resolved. |
| Setting | Where and when the story takes place |
| Chararcterization | the creation or construction of a fictional character. |
| Direct characterization | tells the audience what the personality of the character is |
| Indirect characterization | shows things that reveal the personality of a character |
| Speaker | I dont know |
| End rhyme | a poem that has lines ending with words that sound the same |
| Metaphor | Comparing without using like or as |
| Simile | Comparing using like or as |
| Near rhyme | rhyming in which the words sound the same but do not rhyme perfectly. |
| Hyperbole | an exaggerated statement |
| Irony (dramatic) | When the audience or reader knows something the characters do not |
| Irony (verbal) | words express something contrary to truth or someone says the opposite of what they really feel or mean |
| Irony (situational) | actions or events have the opposite result from what is expected or what is intended. |
| Personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form |
| Imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. |
| Figurative language | language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. |
| Plot | the main events of a story |
| Thesis statement | summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc., and is developed, supported, and explained in the text |
| Topic sentence | a sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph in which it occurs. |
| 1st person POV | someone telling you his or her story (uses I, me , my ) |
| Omniscient POV | narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters |
| Limited omniscient POV | narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feeling of one character. |
| Foreshadowing | advance hint of what is to come later in the story |
| Surprise ending | radical change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot in a work of fiction happening at the end of the story |
| Flashback | interruptions that writers do to insert past events in order to provide background or context to the current events of a narrative |
| Cliff-hanger | a text concludes suddenly or with a thrilling plot twist |
| Tone | author's overall attitude toward a subject |
| Mood | how we are made to feel as readers |
| Theme | central topic |
| Symbolism | an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning |
| MLA style | how is this even going to be on the test |
| Narration | the action or process of narrating a story. |
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