Unit 1 Vocab

Question 1

Socioeconomic Class

Answer 1

the social standing or class of an individual or group. It is often measured as a combination of education income, and occupation.

Question 2

Anecdote

Answer 2

A short and interesting story often told for the purpose of demonstrating some point and/or to make the audience laugh.

Question 3

Flashback

Answer 3

An interruption of the chronological sequence of an event of earlier occurrence.

Question 4

Direct Characterization

Answer 4

The author literally tells the audience what a character is like. This may be done via the narrator, another character or by the character him or herself.

Question 5

Indirect Characterization

Answer 5

The audience must infer for themselves what the character is like.

Question 6

Round Character

Answer 6

A character that is well-developed. ( we know more than 2 things about them)

Question 7

Flat Character

Answer 7

A character who displays a limited number of character traits.

Question 8

Dynamic Character

Answer 8

A character that exhibits significant development or change over the course of a text.

Question 9

Static Character

Answer 9

A character that does not undergo change throughout the text; however, this does not mean they’re flat or one dimensional.

Question 10

Nuclear family

Answer 10

a couple and their children living in one household.

Question 11

Extended Family

Answer 11

The nuclear family and grandparents, aunts/uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews.

Question 12

Portrait

Answer 12

A literary genre that offers an extensive and all- encompassing representation of its subject.

Question 13

Theme

Answer 13

A central idea or message.

Question 14

Motif

Answer 14

A recurring image, idea, or symbol.