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Pre AP English 10/11
IHS Pre-AP English midterm study guide 2010/11 Terms and Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Catharsis | the purging of the emotions |
| Tragic Hero | a literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy |
| Tragic Flaw | the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia. |
| Anagnorisis | the critical moment of recognition or discovery |
| Synesthesia | "This tastes blue" or "That looks loud" |
| Metaphor | The comparison of one thing to another without the use of like or as |
| Simile | The comparison of one thing to another using like or as |
| Personification | giving human characteristics to things or ideas. |
| Symbol | something that represents or stands for something els |
| Allusion | a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication |
| Analogy | a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based. |
| Alliteration | two or more words of a word group with the same letter. |
| Protagonist | the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work |
| Antagonist | the adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work |
| Direct Characterization | in literature and drama, the method of character development in which the author simply tells what the character is like |
| Indirect Characterization | the method of character development in which the author lets the readers know what characters are like through the use of other characters and their actions. |
| Static Character | a literary character who remains basically unchanged throughout a work |
| Dynamic Character | in literature or drama, a character who undergoes a permanent change in outlook or character during the story |
| Internal Conflict | in literature and drama, a struggle which takes place in the protagonist's mind |
| External Conflict | in literature, a struggle between the protagonist and another character against nature or some outside force |
| Denotative | able to be designative |
| Connotative | the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning |
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration; 'Extravagant statement' |
| Irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning |
| Motif | a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc. |
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