Midterm Review Terms Flashcards
four types of characters
flat: one-sided, not very interesting
round: rounded out personality
static: unchanging
dynamic: changes throughout the book
two types of characterization
direct: author describes and comments on a character (inside the narrative)
indirect: (outside narrative) characters’ comments, actions, and thoughts describes his or her personality
dialect
type of characterization; the way certain characters speak and pronounce words
flashback
a moment in a story in which the plot jumps back to a moment in the past
foreshadowing
to allude or hint at what is coming later in the story
hyperbole
humorous exaggeration of something
irony (3)
verbal: saying one thing and meaning another thing (sarcasm is a type of verbal irony but is meant to be degrading)
dramatic: when the audience knows something that the characters do not
situational: when the unexpected happens
metaphor
comparison, but more direct
“Your hair is a lion’s mane today!”
narrative conflict (7; man vs….)
Man vs. Society Man vs. Self Man vs. Fate Man vs. Man Man vs. Nature Man vs. Supernatural Man vs. Technology/Machine
narrative perspectives
limited: knowledge is limited to one character
omniscient: all-knowing
objective: narrator remains detached from characters, reports only what is seen or heard
participant: basically first-person
nonparticipant: basically third-person
onomatopoeia
a word that sounds like what it is describing
oxymoron
a combination of two words that are opposite
personification
giving a non-human object human characteristics
satire
criticizing foolishness in society
sensory imagery
visual auditory kinesthetic olfactory gustatory
