Comprehensive Exam Flashcards
Rising Action
Incidents building toward the turning point
Exposition
Background information for understanding a story
Climax
Turning point which marks a change in the story
Falling Action
Unravelling of conflict between the protagonist and antagonist
Resolution
The protagonist resolves the main conflict in the story
First Person Point of Voew
“I” or “my” story
“We” or “our” story
Third Person Limited
The narrator tells “his” or “her” story revealing the characters thoughts and feelings
Third Person Omniscient
Reveals thoughts more than one character in the story
Omniscient Point of View
Possess narrator that observes everything that happens in the story
Limited Point of View
Presents information of only one character. The feelings, thoughts and observations or action
Steps Creating Thesis Statement
Pick theme
Ask Question
Take Position
Create Hypothesis or Question
Thesis Statement
Main idea conveys essay
States plainly what a writer tries to persuade in a reader
Answers specific question
Needs to have a point of view
Symbol
Object, setting, or character having a meaning as itself or standing for something greater
Abstract idea
Symbolism
Allows people communicate beyond boundaries language
Humans use it all time
Word are mere symbols for other things
Antagonist
Antihero
Character creates conflict for protagonist
Dialogue
Exact words spoken by characters
Brings characters personality to life
Shows reader what a characters is thinking and feeling
Gives reader information about the events in the plot
Characterization
Process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character
Direct Characterization
Author tells explicitly how is a character
Indirect Characterization
Author describes character by speech, thoughts, behavior, actions or physical appearance
Subject - Verb Agreement First Rules
Singular subjects need singular verbs
Plural subjects take plural verbs
Subjects joined by AND are usually plural
Subject - Verb Agreement Second Rules
Singular subjects joined by or, either…nor, either…or take singular verbs
One subject is singular and the other plural, verb agrees nearest subject
Collective nouns take singular verbs referred to group as unit
