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ENG Exam

TermDefinition
Archetype a universal recurring pattern of a character, symbol, or situation that appears repeatedly in stories
Dynamic Character character who undergoes significant internal transformation
Static Character a character who undergoes little to no inner change
Unreliable Narrator a storyteller whose credibility is compromised, readers question their account of events (not reliable)
Magic Realism characters treat magical elements as perfectly normal
Exposition introduction; gives all information needed for readers to understand
Climax moment of highest/greatest tension
Motif intangible symbols EX: light or music
Theme the underlying, central message (cliched piece of advice)
Falling Action happens after climax, moves toward conclusion
Resolution conclusion or ending
Tone the general feeling of a place or piece of literature/writing
Epiphany a moment of sudden realization
Stereotype oversimplified and often biased image or idea of a particular type of person or group of people
Microcosm a small world used to mirror, analyze, or represent a larger society, universe, or abstract concept
Symbol/Symbolism something that is tangible that stands for something EX: American Flag
Gratuitous more than necessary
Postmodernism focused on authenticity and experience EX: Kindred
Villanelle 19-line poem consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain, utilizing only two rhymes throughout
In Medias Res in the middle of things
Metaphor a comparison of two things WITHOUT using like or as
Simile a comparison of two things USING like or as
Stanza a grouped set of lines within a poem
Ekphrastic Poetry a response to a work of visual art such as a painting, sculpture, or photograph typically with a vivid literary description
Allusion a brief, indirect, or passing reference to a person, place, event, or artistic work that the author assumes the reader will recognize
Point of View the vantage point from which the story is told
Epigraph a short quotation, poem, song lyric, excerpt placed at the very beginning of a book, chapter, or poem
Tragedy a genre of drama or narrative detailing a noble protagonist's downfall from fortune to ruin that is caused by a fatal flaw, external fate, or moral weakness
Comedy a genre of drama or narrative that aims to amuse, entertain, or provoke laughter
Catharsis the purification of purging of emotions experienced by the audience or reader through witnessing a character's downfall
Enjambed the continuation of a sentence, phrase, or clause across a line break in poetry without terminal punctuation. (pushes into the next line)
End-Stopped a poetic device where a line of poetry ends with a natural pause that is typically marked by punctuation
Rara Avis T.C. Boyle
Night Women Edwidge Danicat
The Courtship of Mr. Lyon Angela Carter
Are These Actual Miles? Raymond Carver
The Immortals Martin Amis
The Lifeguard Mary Morris
The Elephant Vanishes Haruki Murakami
The Old Man Slave and the Mastiff Patrick Chamoiseau
A Family Supper Kazuo Ishiguro
The House Behind Lydia Davis
Happy Endings Margaret Atwood
Girl Jamaica Kincaid
Excuses I Have Already Used Antonia Clark
Reading Scheme Wendy Cope
This Be The Verse Philip Larkin
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock T.S. Eliot
Torn C. Dale Young
My Brother at 3 A.M. Natalie Diaz
American Flamingo Greg Pape
The Starry Night Anne Sexton
Ode to the Maggot Yusef Komunyakaa
A Martian Sends a Postcard Home Craig Raine
Musee des Beaux Arts W.H. Auden
Not My Best Side U.A. Fanthorpe
Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett
Girl, Interrupted Susanna Kaysen
Kindred Octavia Butler
100 Demons Lynda Barry
Grizzly Man Director Werner Herzog
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