day 21-23

Question 1

stanza

Answer 1

2 lines- couplet, 3 lines- triplet or tercet, 4 lines- quatrain, 5 lines- cinquain or quintet, 6 lines- sestetor sextet, 7 lines- septet, 8 lines- octave, 14 lines- sonnet

Question 2

static character

Answer 2

see character

Question 3

stereotype

Answer 3

a broad generalization or an oversimplified view that disregards individual differences

Question 4

story mapping

Answer 4

a visual organizer that helps a reader understand a work of lit by tracking setting, characters, events, and conflicts

Question 5

style

Answer 5

how a writer says something, many elements contribute to style, including word choice, sentence length, tone and figurative language

Question 6

subplot

Answer 6

see plot

Question 7

summarizing

Answer 7

process of briefly recounting the main ideas of a writing a persons own words, while omitting unimportant details

Question 8

suspense

Answer 8

feeling of growing tension and excitement,suspense created by questions about what might happen

Question 9

symbolism

Answer 9

using something specific to stand for something else, especially an idea. person, place, object or action that for something beyond itsself

Question 10

synecoloche

Answer 10

literary technique which the whole is represented by naming one of its parts or vice versa

Question 11

tall tale

Answer 11

humorously exaggerated story about impossible events

Question 12

theme

Answer 12

common thread or related idea incorporated throughout a literary work. a theme is a thought out or idea the author presents to readers about life or human nature

Question 13

trait

Answer 13

see character

Question 14

understatment

Answer 14

restrained in ironic contrast to what night have been said, the opposite of hyperbole. usually used for humorous effects

Question 15

unreliable narrator

Answer 15

see narrative

Question 16

urban legend

Answer 16

a contemporary story that is told in many humored versions that have little basis in fact

Question 17

voice

Answer 17

an author or narrators distinctive style or manner of expression. voice can reveal much about the author or narrators personality