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English 9 Jowett
My english 9 study cards for midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Protagonist | the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work. |
| Conflict | the struggle between the opposing forces on which the action in a work of literature depends. basic forms of conflict: person versus person, person versus self, person versus nature, person versus society |
| Genre | a type of literature |
| Narrator | one who tells a story, the speaker or the “voice” of an oral or written work |
| Point-of-View | a way the events of a story are conveyed to the reader |
| Setting | the time, place, physical details, and circumstances in which a situation occurs |
| Theme | a common thread or repeated idea that is incorporated throughout a literary work |
| Characterization | description of character, traits, etc |
| Plot Line | A literary or dramatic plot; a story line |
| Exposition | introduces the theme, setting, characters, and circumstances at the story’s beginnings. |
| Rising Action | a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest |
| Climax | point in the story where the main character's point of view changes, or the most exciting/action filled part of the story |
| Falling Action | the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved |
| Resolution | The part of a story or drama which occurs after the climax and which establishes a new norm, a new state of affairs-the way things are going to be from then on. |
| Imagery | The use of pictures, description, or figures of speech such as SIMILES and METAPHORS to visualize a mood, idea or CHARACTER |
| Tone | The attitude of an author, as opposed to a NARRATOR or PERSONA, toward her subject matter and/or audience |
| Irony | a dryly humorous or lightly sarcastic figure of speech in which the literal meaning of a word or statement is the opposite of that intended |
| Personification | a figure of speech in which abstractions, animals, ideas, and inanimate objects are endowed with human form, character, traits, or sensibilities |
| Simile | a comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
| Metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things not using like or as |
| Hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration |
| Foreshadowing | Device a writer uses to hint at a future course of action |
| Allusion | a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature |
| Pun | a play on words or the humorous use of a word emphasizing a different meaning or application |
| Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which two contradictory words or phrases are combined to produce a rhetorical effect |
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