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Stack #4594644
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Theme | the general insight into life revealed through a piece of literature |
| symbol | anything that stands for or represents a larger concept |
| personification | when a non-human subject is given human characteristics |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that in which one thing is directly compared to another that is completely different |
| simile | a figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison between two unlike things |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces |
| internal conflict | the struggle one has within himself (man vs self) |
| external conflict | a struggle one has with an outside force |
| types of external conflict | man vs man, man vs nature, man vs society, man vs machine, man vs fate, man vs supernatural |
| resolved conflict | a conflict where the problem is ultimately solved |
| unresolved conflict | a conflict where the problem is not solved |
| drama | a story written to be performed by actors of stage |
| comedy | a work of literature that has a happy ending . in a comedy, all of the conflicts are resolved |
| tragedy | a work of literature that results in a catastrophe for the main character |
| allusion | a reference in a piece of literature to a well known person, place, event, or literary work |
| character foil | when two characters with opposing traits are placed next to each other, thereby enhancing the existing traits of each |
| oxymoron | two contrasting terms that are placed next to each other, an oxymoron typically displays an internal conflict of a character |
| irony | the name given to the literary technique that involves the difference between appearance and reality of what is expected and what actually occurs |
| verbal irony | words that are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant |
| dramatic irony | a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the readers know to be true |
| irony of situation | an event which occurs that directly contradicts the expectation of characters and readers |
| dynamic character | a character that grows or changes throughout the course of the text |
| static character | a character that remains the same throughout the selection |
| flat character | a character that the readers know very little about. typically flat characters are minor characters in a text |
| 3-d characters | a life-like character that the reader is able to learn many aspects of. typically, 3-d characters are the main characters in a text |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is narrarrated |
| first person point of view | the narrator is a character in the story and refers to himself with the first person pronoun |
| third person point of view | in third person point of view, the narrator is not a character in the story |
| omniscient third person point of view | in this type of narration, the narrator knows and reveals what each character thinks and feels |
| limited third person point of view | in this type of narration, the narrator shares the inner thoughts and feeling of only one character and everything is viewed from this character's perspective |
| satire | the name given to a type of writing that uses humor to criticize people, ideas, or institutions in hope of improving them |
| flashback | a section of literary work that interrupts the sequence of events to relate one event from an earlier time |
| figurative language | writing that is not meant to be taken literally. three types of figurative language include, personification, metaphor, and similie |
| imagery | writing that paints a picture in a reader's mind . imagery is executed through the inclusion of descriptive words by the author |
| participal phrase | a phrase that begins with a verb that ends with "ed" or "ing" |
| hyperbole | the use of words to exaggerate the description of a person or event |
| motivation | a character's reason for saying something or doing something |
| foreshadowing | when the author gives the reader clues about what may happen later in the story |
| suspense | a feeling of curiousity about the outcome of a particular event in a story |
| setting | a time and place of a piece of literature |
| dialouge | conversation between characters |
| protagonist | the central character in a literary work |
| antagonist | a central character in conflict with the protagonist |
| expository writing | writing that explains, informs, or presents information |
| moral | the lesson learned through a piece of literature |
| epic | a long narrative poem about the deeds of god and goddesses and/or heros |
| climax | the high point of interest or suspense in a story |
| alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| anecdote | a brief story about an interesting event |
| monolouge | a long speech by one character in a play, story or poem |
| soliloquy | a long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage |
| mood | the feeling created in a reader by a literary work |
| parody | a work done in imitation of another usually in order to mock it, but sometimes just for fun |
| paradox | a statement that seems contradictory or absurd but actually expresses a truth |
| plot | the sequence of events in a literary work |
| stanza | a group of lines in a poem considered a unit |
| symbol | anything that stands for or represents a larger concept |
| narrative | writing that tells a story |
| inference | any reasonable conclusion that can be drawn based on evidence |
| ballad | a song-like poem that tells a story |
| characterization | the manner in which the author reveals the traits of a character to a reader |
| direct characterization | when the author directly reveals a trait of a character to the reader |
| indirect characterzation | when the reader finds out about a character through action or dialouge |
| tone | a writer's attitude toward his attitude toward his or her attiude, tone is found by analzying word choice (diction) |
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