Midterm Flashcards

(33 cards)

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Who are the main characters in “Hills like white elephants?

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Jig and the American

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Who are the main characters in “Everyday Use”?

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Mama, Maggie, and Wangero

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Who are the main characters in “cathedral?

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Robert and the couple

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who are the main characters of Rappaccini’s Daughter?

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Giovanni, dr. Rappaccini, Beatrice & Baglioni

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Who are the main characters in A good man is hard to find?

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Misfit, grandmather, bailey, Bailey’s wife, June star, John Wesley and abay

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Main characters of “What you pawn I will redeem

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Jackson Jackson

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Who wrote “Hills like white elephants”?

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Ernest Hemingway

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Who wrote “Everyday use”

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Alice Walker

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Who wrote “Cathedral”

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Raymond Carver

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Who wrote “Rappaccinis Daughter”?

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Nathaniel Hawthorn

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Who wrote “A good man is hard to find”?

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Flannery O’conner

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Who wrote “What you pawn I will redeem”?

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Sherman Alexie

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Round Characters

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Round characters are multidemensional, capable of growth and change

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Flat characters

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one-dimensional characters that do not grow

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Point of view

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The choice of narrative perspective that shapes the direction of the tale and intertwined with plot, character and theme.

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Setting

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Setting is a location, time, place or enviroment in which the story takes place.

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Plot

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A plot presents the sequence of events in a story.

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Conflict

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Conflict is the tention between two forces

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Character

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the people in the story and their conflicts.

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Language

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The language in a short story is compressed. Each word is chosen well and contributes to the impact of the whole.

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Denotations

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Dictionary definitions

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Connotations

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(associations) of words to creat effect

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Climax

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The high point of action in a story

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Tone

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Tone, is the sense of the narrator. Tone also conveys the attitude of the narrator toward his or her subject.

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Symbolism
A symbel suggest something beyond itself
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Theme
The theme of the story is the message presented by the work.
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Narrative Poetry
Any peom that spins a tale may be defined as a narrative peom. Think of "orenges" how it sounded to have a narrator.
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Lyrical poetry
Lric poems are short and subjective, the speaker describes their thoughts or feelings.
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Dramatic Poetry
In dramatic poetry the speaker becoomes an actor
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Imagery poetry
a poem that creates an "image"
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Rhythm
Poets choose rhythem from four basic catagories: traditional meters, strong stress rhythems, sllabic counts and free verse
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Allusion
An allusion refers to a well known literary work person event or place. The allusion enlarges the world of the poem.
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Free Verse
Ezra Pound theorized about composing "in the sequence of metrical phrase, not in the sequence of the metronome pound noted some poets explored natural rythems and abandoned traditional meters.