test Flashcards

1
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main character who opposes protagonist

A

anagonist

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2
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what the author comes right out and tells you

A

direct characterization

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3
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info that the reader must infer from what the character does, says and thinks

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indirect characterization

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4
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writer gives hint on what is going to happen later

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foreshadowing

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5
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description that appeals to the senses

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imagery

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6
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comparison using like or as

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simile

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7
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comparison without using like or as

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metaphor

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8
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giving inanimate objects human like chracteristics

A

personification

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9
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leading character/ usually good guy

A

protagonist

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10
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what the story teaches the readers; life lesson, moral or life message “money can’t buy happiness” (implied, sentence)

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theme

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11
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how the author arranges the events in a story

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plot

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12
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plot sections

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exposition- introduces ppl and conflict
rising action- leading up to climax
climax- high point
falling action- events leading to resolution
resolution- conflict solved
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13
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thing being compared

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literal term

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14
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what the literal term is being compared to

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figurative term

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15
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saying one thing and meaning the opposite

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verbal irony

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16
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a contradiction between what you want to happen and what really happens

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situational irony

17
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when the reader knows something the characters in the story don’t

A

dramatic irony

18
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a world where everything sucks

A

dystopia

19
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a world where everything is grrr8

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utopia

20
Q

criticizing society with humor

A

satire