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Carr - Eng9 - Part 1
(Carr) Nov. terms quiz review
Question | Answer |
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Short Story | A brief work of literature in which the characters and events are imagined by the author. |
Plot | A series of related events that include the conflict, the climax, and the resolution. |
Sequence | The order in which events occur. |
Conflict | Struggle between two opposing forces. |
External conflict | Pits characters against each other or against the forces of nature. |
Internal conflict | Pits a character against himself or herself. |
Generational conflict | A struggle between a mother and daughter (for example) due to the difference in their ages. |
Dilemma | A situation in which a person must choose between two equal alternatives. |
Characterization | The act of creating and developing a character. |
Stereotype | A fixed and oversimplified idea of what a person or group of people is like. |
Character traits | Those qualities that make a person unique. |
Repetition | The use again and again of a word or phrase, usually in poetry. |
Refrain | When a word or phrase appears in the same position in all or many stanzas of a poem. |
Stanza | The breaks in poems that are like paragraphs in a story. |
Inference | To guess at what is happening based on the information you know. |