English 1 Flashcards

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Round character

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Highly developed character with many traits

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Character

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Individual who participate in the action of literacy work

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Flat character

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A character that exhibits few traits and little is known about them

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Static character

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One who remains the same throughout the story

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Dynamic character

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One who changes throughout the story

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Direct characterization

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When the writer tells the reader exactly what there like

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Indirect characterization

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Learning about a character throughout what others say,what the character says, physical appearance , and actions.

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Internal conflict

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One that occurs within a character

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External conflict

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A character in conflict within an outside force nature,physical obstacle, or other character.

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Plot

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The sequence of events in a story

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Setting

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Time and place of the action within a piece

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Theme

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Underline message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader. Typically not stated directly but inferred.

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Allusion

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A indirect reference to a person,place,or work.

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Diction

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A writer or speaker choice of words and their choice of arranging them in sentences.

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Foreshadowing

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A writers use of hints and clues to suggest events that will occur in the story later on.

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Protagonist

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Main character in a work of literature who is involved a central conflict.

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Antagonist

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The principle fore or character in opposition to the protagonist.

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Tone

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The attitude a writer takes towards the subject.

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Foil

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Character who provides a striking contrast to another character.

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First person point of view

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The narrator or is one of the characters in the story and we know as much as they do.

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Third person omniscient

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This is an all knowing character

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Third limited

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The narrator is not a person in the story and the reader only knows what one character knows.

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Verbal irony

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When a speaker says one thing but means another.

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Situational irony

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What actually happens is opposite of what is expected

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Dramatic irony

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When the author or audience knows something the character does not know

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Climax

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The highest point of intensity within the story

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Resolution

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How the story ends

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Symbol

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Person place object or activity that stands for something beyond its self.

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Flash back

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When the author interrupts the story to present events that occurred at a previous time

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Imagery

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Language that appeals to the senses.

Sight,hearing,smell,touch,&taste.

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Simile

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using like or as.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things

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Paradox

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A seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that may suggest an important truth

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Suspense

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The uncertainly or anxiety we feel wan put what will happen next in a story.

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Hyperbole

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An exaggeration

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Rising

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When the conflict developed and the story events build towards the climax and the complications arise.

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Falling action

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After the climax and shows the results of the important decisions at the climax.

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Alliteration

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The religion of consannent sounds at the begging of words

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Assonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds

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Onomatopoeia

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The use of words whose sounds echo their meanings

Ex: buzz,gargle,pop,& bam

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Mood

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The feeling or the atmosphere the writer creates for the reader

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Personification

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When a human like qualities are given to an object,animal or idea