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Terms and Defs Engli
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| EXPOSITION | Beginning of story char, setting (time, place), conflict |
| INCITING INCIDENT | Kick-off; without it, there is NO story |
| BUMP | Peak in the rising action caused by a complication |
| RISING ACTION | Gradual increase of intensity in the plot |
| CLIMAX | Highest point of tension |
| DENOUEMENT RESOLUTION | Comes after the climax – where the loose ends are tied up |
| FORESHADOWING | Hints about what will happen |
| SYMBOL | Something concrete that represents an idea |
| METAPHOR | The “IS” comparison --You are an angel. |
| SIMILE | Like or as – You act like an angel. |
| PERSONIFICATION | Giving human characteristics to something that is not human |
| MYTHOLOGICAL ALLUSION | Reference to a god, goddess, place, etc. |
| BIBLICAL ALLUSION | Reference to a person, a text, a story from the Bible |
| HISTORICAL ALLUSION | Reference to a battle, president, war, revolution, etc. |
| VERBAL IRONY | When you mean the opposite of what you say (sarcasm) |
| SITUATIONAL IRONY | When you expect something to happen and the opposite occurs |
| DRAMATIC IRONY | When the audience knows what the characters don’t |
| THEME | The underlying meaning |
| PROTAGONIST | The main character; the character with the conflict |
| ANTAGONIST | The force that opposes the protagonist |
| INTERNAL CONFLICT | Man vs. self Man vs. societe Man vs. nature |
| EXTERNALCONFLICT | Man vs. man Man vs. society Man vs. obstacle |
| SITUATIONAL IRONY | When you expect something to happen and the opposite occurs |
| DRAMATIC IRONY | When the audience knows what the characters don’t |
| THEME | The underlying meaning |
| PROTAGONIST | The main character; the character with the conflict |
| ANTAGONIST | The force that opposes the protagonist |
| INTERNAL CONFLICT | Man vs. self Man vs. nature Man vs. society |
| EXTERNALCONFLICT | Man vs. man Man vs. society Man vs. obstacle |
| Affable | 1. pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman. showing warmth and friendliness; benign; pleasant: an affable smile. |
| Amenity | Pleasures, not vital for life |
| Condone | o disregard or overlook (something illegal, objectionable, or the like). To excuse |
| Deplorable | Causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable: the deplorable death of a friend. Bad Manners, you have deplorable manners |
| Disarming | removing or capable of removing hostility, suspicion, etc., as by being charming: a disarming smile. |
| Droll | amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish. |
| Elude | to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade: to elude capture. |
| Imperative | absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave. |
| Quarry | an animal or bird hunted or pursued. |
| Scruple | a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions. |
| Solicitously | anxious or concerned (usually fol. by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health |
| Stamina | strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc. |
| Tangible | capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial. |
| Uncanny | having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary: uncanny accuracy; an uncanny knack of foreseeing trouble. |
| Zealous | full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent. |
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