all quiet

Question 0

flashback

Answer 0

a scene that interuppts the on going action in a story to show an event that happened earlier

Question 1

conflict

Answer 1

the struggle that propels the action

Question 2

foil

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a character whose qualities and actions usually emphasize the actions or qualities of the main character the protagonist by providing a strong contrast

Question 3

foreshadowing

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the use of hints or clues in a story to to suggest what action is to come ( frequently used to build suspense)

Question 4

irony

Answer 4

a suptle sometimes humorous perception of inconsistency in which a significane of a statement or event is changed

Question 5

dramatic irony

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the audience knows more about a character’s situation than the character does, foreseeing an outcome contrary from the character’s expectations. The character’s statements have one meaning for the character and a different meaning for the reader, who knows more than the character.

Question 6

structural irony

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a naïve hero whose view of the world differs from the author’s and reader’s. Structural irony flatters the reader’s intelligence at the expense of the hero.

Question 7

verbal irony

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a discrepancy between what is said and what is really meant; sarcasm (ex. calling a stupid man “smart”).

Question 8

juxtaposition

Answer 8

the placement of two dissimilar items, people, thoughts, places, etc…, next to one another to strengthen the differences or similarities

Question 9

narrator

Answer 9

one who tells the story

Question 10

first person narrator

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the narrator is a character in the book who tells the story

Question 11

third person limited narrator

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the narrator is not a character in the book and only knows the thoughts and/or feelings of one character, not all of them

Question 12

third person omniscient

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the narrator is not a character in the book and knows the thoughts and/or feelings of several/all the characters

Question 13

reliable narrators

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trustworthy

Question 14

unreliable narrators

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unreliable narrators may be sick, ill‐informed, deliberately or innocently misleading, or incapable of understanding what is happening.

Question 15

sensory images

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the use of details from the five sense to describe an object

Question 16

simile

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comparison between two different things using either the word like or the word as (ex. Henry is as hungry as a horse).

Question 17

stereotype

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the act of putting people into groups based on race, religion, nationality, physical appearance, social class or some other easily identifiable characteristics

Question 18

symbol

Answer 18

an object, person, or place that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, usually an idea or concept; some concrete thing which represents an abstraction