chapter 2 terms

Question 1

plot

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what happens in a narrtive

Question 2

exposition

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provides background info about the characters, setting, and nature, describing the nature of the conflict, generally an unstable situation

Question 3

rising action

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conflicts and complications for the main character begin to build

Question 4

climax

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when the emotional tension or suspense of the plot reaches its peak, occupies most of the story, protagonist may improve or worsen

Question 5

falling action

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details the result or fallout of the climax or turning point conflict gets resovled

Question 6

resolution

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conflict has been resolved and balance is restored

Question 7

denouncement

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conflict has been resolved or it could be that balance is restored idk

traditionally used to tell the moral of the story

Question 8

suspense

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emotional tension

Question 9

in medias res

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a latin term meaning in the middle of the action

Question 10

flashback

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describe events that have taken place before the story happens

Question 11

foreshadowing

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hint at things that might happen later in the story

Question 12

character

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a protagonist or antagonist

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protagonist

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main character

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antagonist

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in conflict with protagonist

Question 15

bildungsroman

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chronicles how a young character grows from innocence to experience coming of age story

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epiphany

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describe a character when they suddenly realize something significant about life

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round character

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typically a protagonist who exhibits a range of emotions and changes over the course of the story

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flat character

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embody only one or two traits and provide background for the protagonist’s actions

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foil

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a contrasting character who allows the protagonist to stand out more distinctly

Question 20

stock characters

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may represent stereotypes, occasionally providing comic relief

Question 21

direct characterization

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occurs when a narrator explicitly describes the background motivation, temperament, or appearance of a character

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indirect characterization

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author shows rather than tells us what a character is like by what she or he says does or thinks or what others say about the character

Question 23

setting

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indicates time and place

Question 24

historical context

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a novel, short story, or play may be set in a historical era a time/place that has its own politics economic or social upheavals

Question 25

cultural environment

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the manners, mores, customs, rituals, and codes of conduct

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propaganda

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Way of sharing information in order to influence public opinion

odd customs and institutions such as Hate Week and the Thought Police

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point of view

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the perspective through which the story is told

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first person

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tells a story using first person pronouns such as I and we

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unreliable narrator

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someone who is naive, mentally ill, biased, corrupt, or downright immoral

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third person pov

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tells the story using the third person pronouns like he she it

Question 31

omniscient

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tells readers what all characters are thinking and feeling

Question 32

limited omniscient

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tells us what just one character is think and feelings

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objective

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3rd person perspective who recounts only what character say and do offering no insight into their thinking or analysis of events

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stream of consciousness

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a narrative technique characteristic of such 20th century writers

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layer povs

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story is told through multiple layered perspectives

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narrative frame

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another layered technique that introduces a story using another story

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symbol

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allows the author to draw connections to themes and ideas in the story and often point the way to the meaning

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allegory

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a literary work that portrays abstract ideas in concrete ways

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archetypes

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cultural symbols that have become universally understood and recognized

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theme

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the way a work of literature raises a question or explores an issue in addition to telling the story

Question 41

cliché

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Lazy statements that ignore the complexity of the literary text