Midterm Skills/Definition Studying Flashcards
(103 cards)
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Introduces character, setting
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Exposition
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Introduces conflict
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Complicating Incident
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Character attempts to engage in conflict, fails, increases tension
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Rising Action
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Turning point, point of greatest tension
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Climax
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Events, actions occurring as result of the climax
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Falling Action
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How conflict is resolved
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Conclusion, Resolution, Denouement
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A single word
A topic that is explored in a work of literature
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Theme Kernel
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A complete sentence
Universal truth or observation about life/human behavior
The author’s intended message in the story
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Theme Statement
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Ex. Abundance, Fear, Purity, Success
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Theme Kernel
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Ex. Long term unresolved conflict between families leads to disaster.
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Theme Statement
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Created by other literary elements such as character, symbol, motif, and setting?
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Theme (Statement)
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Story is told by one of the characters in his or her own words by using “I.”
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1st Person
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Reader is told thoughts, feelings, and motivations of one character (normally protagonist)
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3rd Person Limited
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Reader is told thoughts, feelings, and motivations of most characters
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3rd Person Omniscient
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Main character in the story
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Protagonist
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Force, group, or character that opposes and challenges the protagonist
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Antagonist
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A character with limited information about their thoughts, motivations, actions
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Flat/Simple
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A well-developed character with information about their thoughts, motivations, actions
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Round/Complex
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A character who does not undergo growth, maturity change or development
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Static
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A character who undergoes growth, maturity change or development
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Dynamic
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Someone who serves to contrast or challenge another character
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Foil
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Conflict within a person- battle of their conscience (mind)
Person vs Self
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Internal Conflict
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Conflict occurs outside the character
Person vs Person/group
Person vs Nature
Person vs Society
Person vs Supernatural
Person vs Fate/Destiny
Person vs Technology
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External Conflict
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Giving human traits to nonhuman objects
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Personification
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Reference to something political, historical, literary, religious, pop culture, etc
Allusion
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Comparison using like or as
Simile
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Comparison which sets two things equal (without like or as)
Metaphor
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Extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
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Vivid description using the five senses
Imagery
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Repeated image, concept, category, item, or pattern
Motif
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A specific, physical, object representing something else (typically an abstract concept)
Symbol
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When words start with the same letter or sound (usually in a pattern)
Alliteration
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Putting two contrasting elements or ideas next to each other for comparison
Juxtaposition
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Single repeated objects that are not characters unless the story is a lesson?
Symbol
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Observation about mode of development or organizational structure; title; pivotal moments
Arrangement
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Hinting at future events to come
Foreshadowing
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Referring to past events during the current story
Flashback
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A writer/speaker says one thing and means something entirely different.
Verbal Irony
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A writer shows a discrepancy (great difference) between the expected result of a particular action and the actual result.
Situational Irony
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A reader or an audience perceives something that a character in the story or play does not know. The character is completely unaware of something that the reader is aware of. The audience is aware of the character’s mistakes.
Dramatic Irony
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How the author uses syntax, diction, voice to share their ideas. Also thought of as the qualities and characteristics that distinguish one writer’s work from the work of others.
Style
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Narrator’s attitude/voice toward the subject of the writing. This is created through various lit. devices like character.
Tone
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Specific time and place action is set
Setting
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Using language intentionally to develop voice, emotion, or impact of piece
Diction
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Overall emotional impact of the literary work on the reader.
This is established through word choice and imagery.
Mood
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An author’s intentional choice to include something which changes the reader’s understanding
Selection of Detail
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Type of sentence, length of sentence, or other device
Syntax
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Ex. Golden car, green light, the valley of ashes, etc.
Symbol
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Ex. Weather, colors, parties, etc.
Motif
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Ex. The sun smiled down on us.
Personification
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Ex. Chocolate cake is my Achilles heel
Allusion
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Ex. He was as busy as a bee.
Simile
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Ex. Eyes are the windows to the soul.
Metaphor
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The noun or pronoun which performs the action of the verb.
Subject
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Why isn't the subject here in this example?
"Go to your room!”
Implied Subject
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The action or state of being in the sentence
Verb
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An action with noun after
Transitive Verb
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An action with preposition after
Intransitive Verb
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The noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb
Object
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When would a verb not have an object?
Intransitive Verb
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What is "his tiny nephew" in this sentence?
"John read his tiny nephew an exciting story."
Indirect Object
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What is "an exciting story" in this sentence?
"John read his tiny nephew an exciting story."
Direct Object
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Verb that involves actions
Action Verbs
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Verb that involves state of being
If you can substitute am, is, or are and the sentence still sounds logical, you have this
Linking Verbs
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Noun or pronoun after a linking verb that renames the subject.
Predicate Nominative (Complement)
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Adjective that comes after the linking verb that describes the subject
Predicate Adjective (Complement)
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These are sentence parts that cannot stand alone (missing subjects or verbs)
Phrases
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Renames the noun BEFORE it
This = noun/pronoun; Can be in a phrase with adjectives
Does not include a verb
Appositives
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What is the appositive in this example?
"My favorite novel The Great Gatsby is on my shelf."
The Great Gatsby
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Preposition + Object =
Prepositional Phrase
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Verbs that don’t act like verbs.
They act like:
- Nouns
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
Verbal Phrases
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To + verb
Can act like a noun, adjective, or adverb.
Infinitive
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The infinitive + any objects, complements, adjs, preps, appos, etc
It will not include the main verb of the sentence!
Infinitive Phrases
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When an infinitive phrase acts like this, it can be…
Subject, object, complement, OP, appos
Noun
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When an infinitive phrase acts like this, it can modify any noun or pronoun in the sentence
Adjectives
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When an infinitive phrase acts like this, it can modify any verb, adjective, or adverb in the sentence
Adverb
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What is the verbal in this sentence?
"To teach high school English in New York was Alicia’s goal in life."
To teach high school English in New York (STOP AT MAIN VERB)
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What is this verbal in this sentence?
"He wanted to eat ice cream but his mother said he couldn't."
To eat ice cream (STOP AT CONJUNCTION)
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What is this verbal in this sentence?
"They reached far to grab his hand; however, no length was long enough."
To grab his hand (STOP AT PUNCTUATION)
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What type of infinitive verbal is used?
"Mrs. Link’s advice was hard to accept."
Adverb -- describes hard (adj))
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What type of infinitive verbal is used?
"Hockey is an exciting sport to watch."
Adjective -- describes sport (noun)
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What type of infinitive verbal is used?
"In spite of the noise and confusion, we tried to listen."
Noun -- Object (what we tried to do)
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Ends in “ing”– acts as a noun
Can be the S, O/C, Appos, OP (Object of preposition)
If you can replace the entire phrase or just this with “it, they, or them” you have a noun
Only possessive pronouns (ex: my, yours, his) will come before this
Gerund
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Gerund + any objects, complements, adjs, preps, appos, etc
It will not include the main verb of the sentence!
Gerund Phrase
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All of these act as adjectives
Will come before or after a noun/pronoun
Participle
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Participle + any objects, complements, adjs, preps, appos, etc
It will not include the subject, object/complement!
It will not include the main verb of the sentence!
Participle Phrase
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Where is the verbal phrase used here, and what type is it?
"Mary and Anne have always wanted to explore a national park."
"to explore a national park." -- INF (DO)
Always remember: a sentence has to have a subject and a verb, so find those first!
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Where is the verbal phrase used here, and what type is it?
"My desire would be gaining a high GPA."
"gaining a high GPA." -- GER (PN)
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Where is the verbal phrase used here, and what type is it?
"Shining brightly, the distant star gave me some light."
"Shining brightly," -- PART
Always remember: stop at a conjunction, the main verb, or any punctuation!
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Is a sentence part
Does not include a both a subject and verb
Is not a full sentence
Phrases
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Is a group of words
Contains a subject and a verb
There is relationship between words
Clauses
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What type of clause is this?
Main clause
Makes sense by itself
Expresses a complete thought
Independent Clause
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What type of clause is this?
Does not make sense by itself
Does not express a complete thought
Starts with subordinating conjunction or relative pronoun
Dependent Clause
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Signal dependency of information
Still have subjects and verbs, but these ideas cannot stand alone
EX: I SAW A WABUB (if, since, as, when, although, while, after, before, until, because)
Subordinate Conjunctions
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Connects ideas by using pronouns that relate to something previously mentioned
Creates relative clauses
Ex: Who, whom, whose, which, that, whoever, etc
Relative Pronouns
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What type of clause is this?
Modify noun/pro
Immediately after noun or pronoun they modify
Type of dependent Clause
Adjective (Dependent) Clause
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What type of clause is this?
Modify verb/adj/adv
Almost always starts with a subordinating conjunction
Adverb (Dependent) Clause
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What type of clause is this?
Act as S/O/C/etc
Starts with either relative pronouns or subordinating conjunctions
Noun (Dependent) Clause
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What type of clause is this?
Narrows down the word it modifies
It restricts the possible outcomes
Not separated by commas
THAT begins this type of clause, used with people or things
Essential Clause
(WHO is sometimes essential, sometimes nonessential, used with people)
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What type of clause is this?
Adds extra information
It is just added information, not changing the options in the sentence
Needs commas around it
WHICH begins this type of clause, used with things
Nonessential Clause
(WHO is sometimes essential, sometimes nonessential, used with people)
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A character with a fatal flaw
Tragic Hero
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Two contradicting statements
Paradox
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Two contradictory words next to each other
Oxymoron
