Ela Flashcards
What is theme
In a literary work is the central idea that the author wants you to take away
What is dramatic irony
The reader knows what will happen but charactor doesn’t
Three modes of POV
1st, 2nd, 3rd persin
2 types of charactorization
Direct and indirect
What is 1st person narritive
Narrator is personally involved as a charactor
Second person POV
Makes the reader feel a part of the story (“you”)
3rd person
Narrative perspective is removed
Theee types of 3rd person pov
Limited, objective, omniscient
What is setting
Time and place. Can impact conflict or behaviours of charactors
Define conflict
Tension between competing values either within a charactor or outside forces
Name the six types of conflicts
- Charactor vs self
- Charactor vs nature
- Charactor vs charactor
- Charactor vs supernatural
- Charactor vs
- Charactor vs society
What does in media’s reas stand for?
Midst of things
Parallel vs frame structure
Parallel has 2 diff storylines that are closely connected. Frame has many small stories in one big one
What does allegory mean
Uses large complex ideas in an approachable manner
What is a stream if consciousness structure
Literary style that has a continuing flow
Describe narrative pacing
The pacing of a text that refers to the speed of which the author wants you to read
What is a static charactor
undergoes the main charactor and is unaffected by the plot
How do charactors reveal themselves in a text
Reveal themselves through character descriptions, dialogue, behaviour, and inner thoughts
What is a motif
Repeated element that has a symbolic significance to the story
What is an allusion
References other stories inside of it own(Fahrenheit 451 poems)
What is a utopia
A place, state, or condition that has a perfect system
Is Fahrenheit 451 a utopia or dystopia
Dystopia
Define a dystopia
A futuristic universe that has an allusion of a perfect society but it’s the opposite
Main ideas of utopias
Economic, governing, technological, philosophical, and ecological
Main ideas of dystopias
Corporate control, government control, technological control, and religious control
In a dystopian novel, how the protagonist feel?
Trapped and struggles to escape.
In a utopian novel, how does the protagonist feel?
The society that they live in is always getting better
What is verisimilitude
A lit device that is credible and convincing
What is vignette
Lit device that brings us deeper into the story( detail about little things)
