English 1 Flashcards

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Round Character

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Well developed character

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Character

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Individuals who participate in the action of a literary work

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Flat character

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A character that exhibits few traits. Not much known about them

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Static Character

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A character who stays the same throughout the story

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Direct characterization

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Narrator tell directly how someone is like

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Dynamic character

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A character who has changed through out the story

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Indirect characterization

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The characters traits are shown by actions, words, and appearence

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Internal conflict

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Conflict between charachters.

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External conflict

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Conflict with outside force, nature or character

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Plot

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Sequence of events in a story

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Setting

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Time and place in the action in a work of literature or media

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Theme

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Underlying message about life or human nature, that e writer shares with the reader. Not stated directly but inferred.

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Allusion

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Indirect reference to a famous person place event or literary work

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Diction

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A writers choice of words in a Sentence or work of literature.

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Foreshadowing

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The writers use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in have story.

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Protagonist

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Main character in a work of literature who’s involved in the central conflict.

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Antagonist

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Principle character or force in opposition to the protagonist.

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Tone

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The attitude a writer takes toward a subject

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Foil

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Charachter who provides a striking contrast to another character

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First Person POV

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The narrator is a person in the story and only know what he knows.

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Third-person omniscient POV

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All knowing narrator. Know all the characters thoughts and feelings.

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Third limited POV

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Narrator is not a person in the story. Only know what one person knows.

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Verbal Irony

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When a speaker means one thing but means another

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Situational irony

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What actually happens is opposite of what is expected

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Dramatic irony
When the audience or reader knows something important that the Character doesn't know
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Climax
Point of maximum interest or tension
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Resolution
How the story ends
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Symbol
A person place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself
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Flashback
When the authors interrupts the story to present events which occurred at a different time
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Imagery
Language that appeals to the sense. Sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.
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Simile
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the word like or as
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Metaphor
Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the word like or as.
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Paradox
Seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that mights suggest an important truth
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Suspense
Uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what's going to happen next in the story
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Hyperbole
Exaggeration
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Rising action
Conflict develops, story builds up to climax, complications arise.
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Falling action
After the climax. Shows the aftermath of an important decision or action that happened during climax.
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Alliteration
Repetition of consonant sounds throughout the book.
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Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds through out the book
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Onomatopoeia
Use of words whose sounds echo their meaning. Ex: pop bam wham
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Mood
Atmosphere the writer creates for a reader
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Personification
When human like qualities are given to an object animal or idea.