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English Midterm12
Mrs. Blain class midterm study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| exposition | intro,gives the setting, creates the tone, presents characters |
| conflict and the types | problem, person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. nature, person vs. machine, person vs. society, person vs. fate |
| rising action | builds from conflict begins with the inciting force and ends with climax. |
| crisis | the conflict reaches a turning point, before or at the same time at the climax |
| climax | high point of the story, the outcome of conflict predicted |
| falling action | events after climax |
| denouement | resolution |
| 1st person | character in the story tells the story, only knows their thoughts, and feelings. |
| 3rd person limited | narrator outside story gives thoughts and feelings of only one character. |
| 3rd person objective | the narrator gives no thoughts and feelings of anyone |
| omniscient | gives all characters thoughts and feelings |
| verbal irony | contrast between what is said and what is ment |
| situational irony | an event is oppisite of what is expected or intended |
| dramatic irony | when the reader knows something about the a character or a situation that the character does not know |
| characterization | the way an author develops a character in a story. |
| how does an author create characterization | by showing the reader details that show a character's personalty |
| direct characterization | writer makes a direct statement about the character's personalty or appearance |
| indirect characterization | writer reveals info about a character though: thoughts, words, actions, and what other characters react to him/her |
| Dynamic characters | changes dramatically either growth process or learning by mistakes |
| static characters | does not change no matter what |
| round characters | have many traits, fully developed |
| flat characters | added to story for purpose of the plot or as a foil |
| foil characters | contrasts with another character to bring out traits in other characters |
| Theme | main idea or underlying meaning in plot |
| how does an author express theme | through thoughts and feelings of main character, repeated thoughts and conversations in story, actions of the characters and what the character learns, and major events in the plot |
| stated theme | when the theme is directly told or reader by character or the narrator |
| implied theme | theme that is revealed though thoughts and actions and feelings of the characters |
| symbol/ symbolism | the use of symbols to give meaning or represent something that is abstract by using a symbol that is concrete |
| simile | figurative language that uses like or as to compare 2 things |
| metaphor | comparison of 2 unlike things |
| extended metaphor | comparison of 2 unlike things that continues though out a series of sentences. |
| diction | the authors choice of words taking into account correctness, clearness, effectiveness |
| motif | a recurrent image, idea or theme. |
| parallel plot | characters might start out together and separate to follow their own paths, or they may not connect until the end |
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