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Question 1

figurative language

Answer 1

language used to create a special effect or feeling by making some type of interesting or creative comparison

Question 2

Gothic novel

Answer 2

refers to a category or style of fiction first popularized in eighteenth-century England featuring supernatural happenings, gloomy and haunted settings, and deranged characters

Question 3

characterization

Answer 3

process of revealing the personality of a character in a story

Question 4

indirect characterization

Answer 4

we have to use our own judgment to decide what a character is like

Question 5

direct characterization

Answer 5

we are told directly what a character is like

Question 6

static

Answer 6

one who does not change much in the course of a story

Question 7

dynamic

Answer 7

changes as a result of the story’s events

Question 8

flat

Answer 8

1 or 2 traits; no depth; not central figure

Question 9

round

Answer 9

many different traits; developed character

Question 10

atmosphere

Answer 10

usually created by the physical or emotional setting rather than the author’s attitude toward the subject

Question 11

imagery

Answer 11

imagery

Question 12

visual imagery

Answer 12

sight

Question 13

auditory imagery

Answer 13

sounds

Question 14

tactile imagery

Answer 14

touch

Question 15

olfactory imagery

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smell

Question 16

gustatory imagery

Answer 16

taste

Question 17

tone

Answer 17

attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

Question 18

theme

Answer 18

the author’s message about life that is revealed in the story

Question 19

ambiguity

Answer 19

uncertainty about meaning or intention

Question 20

symbolism

Answer 20

person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself-doesn’t have to be explicitly stated

Question 21

irony

Answer 21

a contrast between what appears to be true and what is really true or between expectation and reality

Question 22

verbal irony

Answer 22

speaker says one thing yet means another

Question 23

situational irony

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what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected

Question 24

dramatic irony

Answer 24

when the reader or audience knows something that the characters do not know

Question 25

juxtaposition

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putting 2 words or ideas together to create a contrasting of ideas or an ironic meaning

Question 26

allegory

Answer 26

story in which people, things, & actions represent an idea or generalization about life; often have a strong moral or lesson

Question 27

allusion

Answer 27

reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, or pop culture

Question 28

foreshadowing

Answer 28

the use of clues or hints suggesting events that will occur later in the story

Question 29

denotation

Answer 29

literal meaning; dictionary definition of a word

Question 30

connotation

Answer 30

all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests