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Lit terms maria
lit terms for Mrs. Reinsbough's class 2010
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| definition of foreshadowing | a writing technique that helps readers make predictions and interpret characters' motives and actions. |
| definition of imagery | the use of words and phrases that appeal to our senses of sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste. |
| definition of irony | the different between the way things are and the way they seem to be |
| definition of Dramatic irony | when readers have knowledge that the character does not. |
| definition of situational irony | the outcome of a situation is opposite of what a character expects |
| definition of Dialogue | Conversation between 2 or more people. |
| definition of Characterization | Includes all the methods an author uses to develop a character |
| definition of direct characterization | When the author tells you something about the character |
| definition of indirect characterization | when the author shows you something about the character through their actions. |
| definition of Narration | storytelling and writers use countless techniques to tell their stories |
| definition of mood | the emotion effect a poem or a reader has on a reader |
| definition of Narrator | the person who tells the story |
| definition of dialect | a way of speaking that is associated with a group of people |
| example of imagery | all things bright and beautiful the way the author describes when he is being pushed up against the fence by the bull. |
| example of Irony | none |
| example of dramatic irony | Flowers for algernon when charlie thinks he has friends but the reader knows he does not |
| example of situational irony | Flowers for algernon when charlie thinks he will have more friends when he is smart but he has even less |
| example of foreshadowing | Flowers for algernon when the mouse that had the same surgery as charlie then acts weird and dies. |
| example of dialogue | conversation in thank you mam when the boy is talking to the lady about wanting shoes. |
| example of characterization | none |
| example of Direct characterization | thank you mam they said she was a large woman |
| example of Indirect characterization | thank you mam when she told him to wipe his face it shows that she cares |
| example of narration | flowers for algernon in 1st person and in thank you mam in 3rd |
| example of mood | knoxville TN the mood was happy and with legacies it was sad and unhappy |
| definition of 1st person narrator | when the charter tells a story |
| definition of 3rd person narrator | with a narrator |
| example of dialect | i know why the caged bird sings when the mother does not speak correct grammar |
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