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English10H-FINAL

Vocabulary that will be on the final.

TermDefinition
Theme The message conveyed through the piece of literature. (NOT a word or a phrase. The main idea may be friendship, but THEME addresses what the author is saying about friendship.)
Setting When and where the story takes place.
Characterization The method by which the author builds or reveals a character through their relationships, physical appearance, actions, thoughts, or words.
Allusion A reference to another literary work.
Epigraph A quotation at the beginning of a literary work used to establish theme, mood, etc.
Personification Giving human attributes to an inanimate oject.
Diction A writer's choice of words. In addition to choosing words with precise denotations and connotations, an author must choose whether to use words that are abstract or concrete, formal or informal, or literal or figurative.
Anaphora Repetition of initial word or words for emphasis.
Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds in a sequence of words.
Alliteration Repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.
Hyperbole A figure of speech in which exaggeration or overstatement is used for special effect.
Rhyme Repetition of he same (or similar) vowel or consonant sound.
Repetition Purposeful repetition of a word for phrase to achieve an effect.
Malapropism The use of a usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word for phrase.
Pun The purposeful use of a word that sounds the same.
Double entendres Playing with two different meanings of the same word.
Dramatic irony Tension created by contrast between what a character says or thinks and what the audience or readers know to be true.
Irony (situational) A pointed discrepancy between what seems fitting or expected in a story and what actually happens.
Irony (verbal) A figure of speech that occurs when a speaker or character says one thing but means something else, or when what is said is the opposite of what expected.
Stream of Consciousness A technique in which the writing attempts to imitate a natural thought process rather than a more structured organization.
Vignette A short and descriptive piece of writing that captures a brief period in time. Vignettes are more focused on vivid imagery and meaning rather than plot. VIgnettes can be stand-alone, but they are more commonly part of a larger narrative.
Flashback A scene in a narrative that is set in an earlier time than the main action.
Story Cycle A fragmentary novel, or set of stories connected so that the reader's experience of each one is modified y the experience of the others.
Juxtapostion Placing two things side by side for the sake of comparison and contrast.
Conflict The tension, problem, or struggle which drives the plot (can be internal or external).
Symbol One thing used to represent another.
Imagery Descriptive language that appeals to the senses Sight = visual, Sound = auditory, Touch = tactile, Smell = olfactory, or Taste = gustatory
Foreshadowing Something which hints at something to come later
Structure The organization of a piece of literature.
Monologue In a play, a speech given by one person.
Motif A recurring pattern of images, words, or symbols that reveals a theme in a work of literature.
Paradox A statement that seems contradictory but actually is not.
Simile A comparison between two similar things using like or as.
Metaphor A comparison between two things directly stated in the text.
Point of View (1st, 3rd person) The perspective from which the story is told.
Narrator The person telling the story.
Unreliable narrator When the text presents clear questions regarding the believability of the narrator.
Stage directions Used in drama to identify and describe the actions of characters, about how lines should be delivered, and important details of setting.
Mood The feeling created for the reader by a literary work.
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