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English I Lit Terms
literary terms to review for the English I EOC
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A character’s speech, thoughts, actions, effects on others, and appearance | indirect characterization |
| Complicated, many traits, some contradictions in traits | round character |
| Simple, few traits, no contradictions | flat character |
| Central character around whom the conflict revolves | protagonist |
| Force or character in conflict with main character | antagonist |
| Stays the same in values, beliefs, and personality throughout the story | static character |
| Changes in values, beliefs, or personality as a result of the story | dynamic character |
| A character, object, setting, or the like that appears across literatures, across time, and across cultures | archetype |
| A reference in a text to another work of art, piece of literature, historical event, or the like | allusion |
| A person, place, or object in a literary work that stands for itself and something beyond itself | symbol |
| The narrator’s attitude toward his subject | tone |
| The emotional effect on a reader | mood |
| A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison without the use of “like” or “as” | metaphor |
| A figure of speech that makes a comparison between unlike things using “like” or “as” or “than” | simile |
| A figure of speech that gives human traits to a nonhuman thing | personification |
| A figure of speech that makes an exaggeration, usually for emphasis or humor | hyperbole |
| A figure of speech that consists of a pair of contradictions that express a truth | oxymoron |
| A conflict between opposing values, beliefs, desires, or needs | internal conflict |
| A conflict between a person and another person, nature, technology, the supernatural, or God | external conflict |
| The time and place of a literary work | setting |
| The perspective from which the story is told; what type of narrator | point of view |
| A narrator who takes part in the story as a character and refers to himself as “I” | first person |
| A narrator outside of the story who knows everything about all the characters and has access to their thoughts | third person omniscient |
| A narrator outside of the story who follows the experience of only one character | third person limited |
| A sound device in which beginning consonant sounds are repeated | alliteration |
| A sound device in which the sound of the word imitates its meaning | onomatopoeia |
| A sound device in which there are repeated vowel sounds | assonance |
| A poem that tells a story | narrative poem |
| A poem in which there is a character or characters talking to someone else | dramatic poem |
| A poem that reveals the thoughts and feelings of the poet | lyric poem |
| A larger-than-life character who embodies the values of his culture | epic hero |
| A descriptive phrase that regularly renames or applies to a character | epithet |
| The central idea about life expressed in a literary work | theme |
| Language that appeals to the senses | imagery |
| The point in a story in which the outcome is determined or decided | climax |
| The way a writer selects and arranges words to express ideas | author’s style |
| An author’s word choice | diction |
| Descriptive language that makes a comparison and is not meant to be taken literally | figurative language |
| The part of the plot in which characters, setting, and conflict are revealed | exposition |
| The part of the plot in which the outcome is revealed | resolution |
| The reason that an author writes a text | author’s purpose |
| The contrast between what you know and what a character knows | dramatic irony |
| The contrast between what you expect to happen and what actually happens | situational irony |
| The contrast between what is said and what is meant | verbal irony |
| An elderly woman has been invited to be a guest on Oprah to talk about lost love. You know that at the end of the show, she will be reunited with her first love, but it’s a total surprise for her. | dramatic irony |
| A woman who is driving home from a Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) meeting is hit by a drunk driver, who turns out to be her son. | situational irony |
| A man stands with his colleague beside a clogged septic tank and comments, “What a lovely aroma.” | Verbal irony |
| Complications and plot twists lead up to the high point of the story | rising action |
| I was sure there was someone following me. I walked faster, but the sense of foreboding closed in around me like a cold hand clenching around my spine. When I turned to look behind me, the street was deserted. | first person |
| She was sure there was someone following her. She walked faster, but the sense of foreboding closed in around her like a cold hand clenching around her spine. When she turned to look behind her, the street was deserted. | third limited |
| What type of conflict does Roger face when he is sitting in Mrs. Jones apartment, thinking he wants to run away but also that he wants to be trusted? | internal conflict |
| In “Thank You, M’am,” Mrs. Jones is a ___ character because she is, at times, harsh and stern, but—perhaps contradictorily—she is also quite compassionate and understanding to Roger. | round character |
| In “Thank You, M’am,” Roger is a ___ character because at the beginning of the story, he shows that he simply wants money, but by the end, he has realized that he wants to be looked upon as being trustworthy. | dynamic |
| A small portion of the dialogue which is spoken by a character for the audience to hear, but not another characters. | aside |
| A type of literature in which a catastrophe occurs to the main character(s). | tragedy |
| A long speech delivered by a character who is alone onstage that reveals the private thoughts and emotions of the character. | soliloquy |
| The introductory words of a piece of literature. | prologue |
| A story written to be performed by actors in front of an audience | drama/play |
| A pair of characters in strong contrast to one another. | dramatic foils |
| The main character of a tragedy who suffers a downfall. | tragic hero |
| The personal character weakness in a character that leads to his downfall. | tragic flaw |
| Romeo’s ----- was that he often acted without thinking his actions through first | tragic flaw |
| Juliet and the Nurse can be considered --- because the Nurse is uneducated and vulgar and Juliet is educated and socially polite. | dramatic foils |
| “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?/ It is the east, and Juliet is the sun . . .” is an example of | metaphor |
| Juliet was not aware that Romeo was listening when she confessed her love for him. Her confession is a | soliloquy |
| That Juliet was unaware of Romeo's presence during her confession of love is an example of | dramatic irony |
| Juliet: (after finding out that Romeo has slain Tybalt) Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical, dove feathered raven, wolvish ravening lamb. This is an example of a(n) | oxymoron |
| Mercutio: Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man. This is an example of a(n) | pun |
| Romeo: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand / To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. This is an example of | personification |
| Friar Laurence: Violent delights have violent ends. Friar Laurence says this when Romeo and Juliet get married, and this is an example of | foreshadowing |
| Juliet: I have no joy of this contract tonight. / It is too rash, too unadvis’d, too sudden: / Too like the lightning. . . This is an example of | simile |
| Romeo (about Rosaline): Well, in that hit you miss: she'll not be hit / With Cupid's arrow; she hath Dian's wit This is an example of | allusion (to mythology) |
| As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus!” This is an example of | simile |
| My cat is my alarm clock; he wakes me up at 5:45 each morning, requesting food. This is an example of | metaphor |
| My hair is so stubborn; no matter how much I reason with it, it wants to stand up on one side and curl on the other. In this figure of speech, what is the subject? | my hair |
| My cat is my alarm clock; he wakes me up at 5:45 each morning, requesting food. In this figure of speech, what is the point of comparison? | alarm clock |
| Words such as “bang” and “hiss” that sound like what they mean are examples of | onomatopoeia |
| I'll tell you the story of Cloony the Clown. In this line, “Cloony the Clown” is an example of | alliteration |
| They laughed with howls and yowls and shrieks, In this line, “howls and yowls” is an example of | internal rhyme |
| They laughed until their jackets split. In this line “laughed until their jackets” is an example of | assonance |
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