ENGL 102

Question 1

Afrofuturism

Answer 1

Futuristic/fantatsy/science fiction that is positively connected to Black history and culture

Literally exactly what it fucking sounds like

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

When one text references another without a direct quote

Easter eggs

Question 3

Anticlimax

Answer 3

When the author seems to be building up to something that never happens

Edging

Question 4

Antithesis

Answer 4

Two objects or characters are perfect opposites to show contrast

Sirius and Regulus Black

Question 5

Character

Answer 5

Personage in a narrative

Question 6

Flat Character

Answer 6

Predictable in a way that real people are not

Any female MC in a summer romcom 🥰

Question 7

Round Character

Answer 7

Complex character that is harder to get know because they feel real

REMUS BLOODY LUPIN IN ATYD

Question 8

Major/Minor Character

Answer 8

Depends on “how much space they take up in a narrative” (minor characters can still be super important ex. Aberforth Dumbledore)

Question 9

Static/Dynamic Character

Answer 9

Static characters don’t develop or change (which is not necessarily a bad thing), unlike dynamic characters who are capable of growth and change.

Ex. Yoda and Albus Dumbledore (cunt) vs. Prince Zuko and Anakin (cum on my face)

Question 10

Direct/Indirect Characterization

Answer 10

How the audience learns information about a character.

Direct: Narrator telling the audience something

Indirect: The audience learns by interpreting the character’s words, actions, and decisions

Question 11

Close Reading

Answer 11

Analysis of a literary text based only on the passage in front of you. Looks at how the text is written compared to what it means.

Question 12

Coming of Age/Bildungsroman

Answer 12

Literary genre where the protagonist has to overcome a series of challenges as they grow into an adult

Question 13

Epigraph

Answer 13

Quotation from another book at the beginning of a book to give insight into the theme

Kind of like the lyrics in ATYD

Question 14

Explication

Answer 14

Process of summarizing or paraphrasing something

What ChatGPT does for me ❤️

Question 15

Free indirect discourse/speech/narration

Answer 15

Type of narration that subtly combines first and third person narration. You’re in the character’s head without an evident shift.

Question 16

Genre

Answer 16

“Type” or “kind” of story used to categorize written text

Question 17

Hero/Villain

Answer 17

Character who is admirable with super human characteristics vs. a character with dark motives. More commonly accepted terms are protagonist and antagonist.

Question 18

Image/Imagery

Answer 18

Using language to paint an image in the mind of the reader (5 senses)

Question 19

Intentional fallacy

Answer 19

Mistake in interpreting a text by only thinking of it in the way you think the author wants you to

Question 20

Dramatic Irony

Answer 20

Gap between what the characters know vs what the audience knows.

Horror movie basement

Question 21

Situational Irony

Answer 21

Gap between intention of an action and its outcome

Scared of flying so you drive but get in a car crash

Question 22

Verbal Irony

Answer 22

Gap between words and intention

Special cases: Hyperbole (exaggeration) and lilotes (understatment)

Question 23

Juxtaposition

Answer 23

Literally putting things beside each other to show contrast or similarity

Question 24

Metaphor

Answer 24

Comparison that doesn’t use “like” or “as”

Question 25

Metonyny

Answer 25

Referring to something by a property that is related to it.

American film industry as “Hollywood”

Question 26

Mimesis

Answer 26

Imitation

Question 27

Modernism

Answer 27

Movement in all art forms in the late 1800s and early 1900s

Question 28

Narrator

Answer 28

Voice that tells you the story in a narrative. Can be from 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person POV

Question 29

Omniscient Narrator

Answer 29

Knows everything about the story and can take the reader into the heads of all characters

Question 30

Objective Narrator

Answer 30

Shows instead of telling, does not go into character’s heads

Question 31

Naive/Innocent Narrator

Answer 31

Don’t have access to all the information in the story. Often child narrators are naive, like in the first few Harry Potter books

Question 32

Unreliable Narrator

Answer 32

Narrators that provide false information for a variety of reasons, like ignorance, delusion, or sinister intent.

Rue from Euphoria

Question 33

Narrative/Narration

Answer 33

A story consisting of events told by narrator in the text and the act of telling a story.

Question 34

Open-form poetry

Answer 34

Free verse poetry

Question 35

Paraphrase

Answer 35

Saying something in your own words

Question 36

Pathetic Fallacy

Answer 36

Environment reflects the mood of the character

Question 37

Personage

Answer 37

Agent or actor in a narrative

Question 38

Personification

Answer 38

When non-human objects have human thoughts, emotions, and feelings

Question 39

Point of View

Answer 39

The perspective from which a narrative is told

Question 40

Protagonist/Antagonist

Answer 40

Protagonist struggles towards a goal, antagonist struggles against a goal

Question 41

Realism

Answer 41

Art that is portrayed in a way that is realistic and could actually exist in real life

Question 42

Sarcasm

Answer 42

Harsh/mocking language used to highlight when someone fucks up

Question 43

Simile

Answer 43

Comparison using “like” or “as”

Question 44

Speaker

Answer 44

Voice in a poem who reads it to you, not the same as a narrator

Question 45

Style

Answer 45

Characteristics of the language used in a text

Question 46

Summary

Answer 46

Short recap of a text

Question 47

Symbol

Answer 47

Object/person/place that represents two meanings, one is implied, one is its actual meaning

Question 48

Theme

Answer 48

An idea about the world conveyed through a literary text