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English 2 EOC Vocab
English EOC Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plot | the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence. |
| Sequence | a particular order in which related events, movements, or things follow each other. |
| Conflict | a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one. |
| Internal Conflict | Happens when a character struggles with something internally |
| External Conflict | is one in which the character struggles with a force outside of himself. |
| Exposition | a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory. |
| Inciting Incident | is an episode, plot point or event that hooks the reader into the story. |
| Rising Action | in a plot is a series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative |
| Climax | the most intense, exciting, or important point of a movie or a book |
| Falling Action | is what happens near the end of a story after the climax and resolution of the major conflict. |
| Conclusion/Resolution | the end or finish of an event, process, or a book. |
| Setting | the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. |
| Suspense | is a state of excitement or anxiety about something that is going to happen |
| Foreshadowing | in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story |
| Flashback | a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story. |
| mood | a temporary state of mind or feeling |
| tone | literary work expresses the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience. |
| Character | People who play the actions, and do the talking in books, movies, etc |
| Protagonist | the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. |
| Antagonist | a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary. |
| Round Character | is a character with little to no complex emotions, motivations, or personality |
| Dynamic Charcter | is one who learns a lesson or changes as a person (either for better or for worse). |
| Static Character | is a type of character who remains largely the same throughout the course of the storyline. |
| Trait | a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person. |
| Character Motivation | t is the reason for a character's thoughts, feelings, and actions. |
| Dialogue | conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie |
| Dialect | a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group. |
| Jargon | special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand. |
| Slang | a type of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people |
| Informal Language | is more casual and spontaneous. It is used when communicating with friends or family either in writing or in conversation. It is used when writing personal emails, text messages and in some business correspondence. |
| Formal Language | a language designed for use in situations in which natural language is unsuitable, as for example in mathematics, logic, or computer programming. |
| Narrator | a person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem |
| Point of View | a particular attitude or way of considering a matter |
| Prose | written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure |
| Fiction | literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people |
| Fantasy | the faculty or activity of imagining things, especially things that are impossible or improbable |
| Bigraphy | an account of someone's life written by someone else |
| Autobiography | an account of a person's life written by that person |
| genre | a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter |
| Theme | is a central topic, subject, or message within a narrative |
| Stereotype | a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing |
| symbol | are often characters, settings, images, or other motifs that stand in for bigger ideas |
| Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference |
| Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect |
| Verbal Irony | The speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what he says |
| Situational Irony | is when the outcome of a situation is totally different from what people expect |
| Dramatic Irony | is a form of irony that is expressed through a work's structure: an audience's awareness of the situation in which a work's characters exist differs |
| Euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing |
| Idiom | a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words |
| Figurative Language | refers to the use of words in a way that deviates from the conventional order and meaning in order to convey a complicated meaning, colorful writing, clarity, or evocative comparison |
| Figures of Speech | a word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect |
| Simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable |
| Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally |
| Personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form |
| Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words |
| Onomatopia | the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named |
| Stanza | a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse |
| Refrain | stop oneself from doing something |
| Authors Purpose | is his reason for or intent in writing |
| Voice | the sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song |
| Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues |
| Inference | a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning |
| Imagery | visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work |
| To imply | strongly suggest the truth or existence of (something not expressly stated) |
| Nonfiction | prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history |
| Primary Source | are immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it |
| Secondary Source | A secondary source is anything that describes, interprets, evaluates, or analyzes information from primary sources. |
| Text Sructure | refers to how the information within a written text is organized. This strategy helps students understand that a text might present a main idea and details; a cause and then its effects; and/or different views of a topic |
| Rhetorical Question | a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer |
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