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English 3A
Question | Answer |
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the person or thing working against the protagonist, or hero, of the work. | Antagonist |
main character or hero of the story. | Protagonist |
use in literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur. | Foreshadowing |
attitude the writer has toward his or her subject | Tone |
literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness, often with the intent of correcting, or changing, the subject of the satiric attack | Satire |
use of praise to mock someone or something | Sarcasm |
central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work. | Theme |
narrator is an observer of all that happens | Third-person omniscient point of view |
iorny in which the reader or the audience sees a character's mistakes or misunderstandings, but the character himself does not | Dramatic irony |
irony in which the writer says one thing and means another | Verbal irony |
language used to create a special effect or feeling. | Figurative language |
type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics | Personification |
use of words hat imitate sounds | Onomatopoeia |
descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader | Imagery |
uses words in their ordinary senses. Opposite of figurative language | Literal language |
reference in literature to a familiar person, place, thing, or event | Allusion |
form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group. | Dialect |
example of a personality type | Archetype |
irony in which there is a great difference between the purpose of a particular action and the result | Situational irony |
the portion of the play or story where the problem is solved. It comes after the climax and falling action and is intended to bring the story to a satisfactory end | Resolution |