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English 4 Exam Rev.
Exam Review for English 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage. See Synonyms at saying; a brief statement of a principle is called an... | Aphorism |
| The reason why the Author wrote the story, article, etc in the first place is called the... | Author's Purpose |
| portrayal; description: the actor's characterization of a politician; the act of characterizing; the creation and convincing representation of fictitious characters is called... | Characterization |
| Oone that does not undergo important change in the course of the story, remaining essentially the same at the end as he or she was at the beginning is called the... | Static Character |
| One that does undergo an important change in the course of the story is called the... | Dynamic Character |
| The style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words and the accent, inflection, intonation, and speech-sound quality manifested by an individual speaker, usually judged in terms of prevailing standards of acceptability; enunciation is... | Diction |
| The speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning, speech or writing employing figures of speech is called... | Figurative Language |
| the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream.pictorial images. The use of rhetorical images. figurative description or illustration is called... | Imagery |
| A recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., esp. in a literary, artistic, or musical work. Examples would be the chocolate from the play Pygmalion. | Motif |
| A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.” | Metaphor |
| An unproved or false collective belief that is used to justify a social institution is called a... | Myth |
| The act or faculty of apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding is called... | Perception |
| A specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint: from the point of view of a doctor. | Point of View |
| An introductory speech, often in verse, calling attention to the theme of a play is called the... | Prologue |
| The underlying personality of a dramatic character as implied or indicated by a script or text and interpreted by an actor in performance is called the... | Subtext |
| The use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc is called... | Satire |
| An outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc is called a... | Scenario |
| Descriptive words that evoke response from one or more of the five senses. Words that describe how something looks, feels, smells, sounds, or tastes are sensory words. | Sensory Details |
| A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image is called a... | Stereotype |
| Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible. | Symbol |
| The grammatical arrangement of a sentence is called... | Syntax |
| A subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting. | Theme |
| an author's or speaker's attitude, as revealed in 'quality of voice' or 'selection of language' is called the... | Tone |
| a decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter is called a... | Vignette |
| Expression; utterance: gave voice to their feelings at the meeting. | Voice |
| The universal symbols-images, characters, motifs, or patterns that recur in the myths, dreams, oral traditions, songs, literature, and other texts of peoples widely separated by time and place. | Archetypal Criticism |
| Recognizes the significance of historical information interpreting literature. | Historical Criticism Approach |
| This examines the patterns of thought, behavior, values, enfranchisement, and power between and within the sexes. | Feminist Criticism |
| Asserts that economics provides the foundation for all social, political, and ideological reality. | Marxist Criticism |
| Focuses on reader's active engagement with a piece of print or non- print text. | Reader Response Criticism |
| Examines how differing religous beliefs, ethnicities, class identifications, political, and individual viewpoints affect how texts are created and interpreted. | Cultural Criticism |
| Direct lighting from below, often making the subject appear dangerous or evil. | Bottom Lighting |
| Camera is on a crane over action, used to create overhead shots. | Boom/Crane |
| Cut into action that is happening simultaneously. This is also parallel editing. | Cross Cutting |
| Sound that would be logically heard by the characters in the film. | Diegetic Sound |
| Sound only heard by the audience. | Non-Diegetic Sound |
| Camera is on a track that allows it to move with the action. It may be used to follow in front, behind, or next to a character as he or she walks or runs. | Dolly/Tracking |
| Often a long shot or a series of shots that sets the scene. It is used to establish setting and to show transitions between locations. | Establishing Shot |
| The image being shot is a part of a whole, such as an eye or a hand. | Extreme close-up |
| A shot taken from a normal height, that is, the character's eye level; 90-95% of the shots seen are eye level because it is the most natural angle. | Eye level |
| Scene is flooded with light, creating a bright and open-looking happy scene. | High Key Lighting |
| Camera is above the subject. This usually has the effect of making the subject look smaller than normal, giving him or her the appearance of being weak, powerless, and trapped. | High Angle Shot |
| Scene is flooded with shadows and darkness, creating suspense or suspicion. | Low Key Lighting |
| Camera shoots subject from below. This usually has the effect of making the subject look larger than normal, and therefore strong, powerful, and threatening. | Low Angle Shot |
| The arrangement of performers and properties on a stage for a theatrical production or before the camera in a film. | Mise en Scene |
| The very beginning; the IT shot. | Montage |
| Stationary camera that moves from side to side. | Pan |
| Back& forth& back again; conversation scene. | Shot-Reverse-Shot |
| Direct lighting from one side. This may indicate a split personality or moral ambiguity. | Side lighting |
| Pivoting up or down along a vertical axis. | Tilt |
| A scene between 2 people shot exclusively from one angle that includes both characters more or less equally. Used in love scenes, arguments, or scenes where interaction between the 2 characters are important | Two Shot |
| Stationary camera where the lens moves to make an object seem to move closer to or farther away from the camera. | Zoom. |
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