1st Semester Final Review Flashcards
The method of writing that explains or informs. It gives information about the characters and their problems or conflicts.
Exposition
A related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the greatest point of interest
Rising Action
Moment of great emotional intensity or suspense in a plot.
Climax
The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.
Falling Action
The end of the book. It gives a conclusion.
Conclusion
Is when the narrator is a character in the story, and is telling the story. They use the pronouns I, me, we and us.
1st Person
:Is where the narrator addresses the reader. They use pronouns you , and yours.
2nd Person
We only know the thoughts and ideas of one character. They use pronouns he, she, it, they, and them.
3rd Person Limited
We know the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story. They use the pronouns he, she, it, they, and them
3rd Person Omniscient:
A character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.
Round Character
An easily recognized character type in fiction who may not be fully delineated but is useful in carrying out some narrative purpose of the author.
Flat Character
The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases, and epithets.
Direct Characterzation
The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character’s speech, actions, appearance, thoughts/feelings, and revealing what other characters think of that character.
Indirect Charactization
A literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude.
Dynamic Character
A literary or dramatic character who undergoes little to no inner change.
Static Character
Is a literary element that creates certain feelings or vibes in readers through words or descriptions of the author.
Mood
The writer’s or the author’s attitude toward the material
Tone
a struggle occurring within a character’s mind person vs. person
Internal Conflict
a struggle that occurs outside a character’s mind. person vs. nature, unknown, person, techonolgy, etc.
External Conflict
an author says something but means the opposite, sarcasm.
Verbal irony
an author says something but means the opposite, sarcasm.
Situational Irony
the audience knows something that the character doesn’t.
Dramatic Irony
Descriptive writing that gives you a mental image of whatever you’re describing and appeals to your senses
Imagery
The central idea in a work of literature. The idea that the writer wishes to reveal about the subject.
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