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english mid0term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of a sound to create rhythm and aid memory |
| allusion | a brief reference to a historical or literary person, place, object or event |
| anecdote | a short narrative that tells the particulars of an interesting and or humorous event |
| antagonist | a person or thing that opposes the protagonist or hero/ heroine of a story |
| blank verse | unrhymed but otherwise regular verse usually iambic pentameter |
| characterization | the creation of imaginary persons so that they seem lifelike |
| cliche | a word or phrase that is so overused that it is no longer effective in most writing situations |
| climax | a high point or turning point in a piece of literature that point at which the rising action reverses and becomes the falling action |
| coherence | the parts of a compostition should be arranged in a logical and orderly manner so that the meaning and ideas are clear and intelligible |
| conflict | the problem or struggle that the characters have to solve by the end of the story |
| connotation | the emotions and feelings that surround a word; they may be negative, neutral, or postive depending on the context |
| context | the environment of a word the words that surround a particular word and help to determine or deepen its meaning |
| denotation | the literal or basic meaning of a word |
| denuouement | the resolution or outcome of the story or play |
| dialogue | the conversation between two or more characters in a work of literature |
| drama | a story told by actors who play th characters and reveal the conflict through their actions and dialogue. |
| empathy | when you put yourself in someone elses place and imagine how that person must feel. |
| epic | a long narrative poem based on a great and serious subject |
| eulogy | a formal speech praising a person or thing |
| euphemism | when you replace one word or phrase for another in order to avoid being offensive |
| exposition | introductory section of a play or novel that provides backround information on setting, characters and plot |
| falling action | the last section of a play or story that works out the decision arrived at during the climax |
| figurative language | expressive language that is written to create a special effect or feeling |
| flashback | insertion of a scene or event that took place in the past for the purpose of making something in the present more clear |
| foil | the term is applied to any person who through contrast underscores the distinctive characteristics of another |
| foreshadowing | the suggestion or hint of events to come later in a literary work |
| genre | a french word that means type or form of literature |
| hamartia | the error, mistaken judgement through which the fortunes of a tragic hero are reversed |
| historical fiction | fiction whose setting is in some time other than in which it is written |
| hyperbole | a type of figurative language that makes and overstatement for the purpose of emphasis |
| iambic pentameter | a line of poetry that contains five iambic feet |
| imagery | the use of descriptive words or phrases to create vivid mental pictures in the minds of the reader, sight, sound, taste, smell |
| irony: dramatic | WHEN THE AUDIENCE |
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