English 1 Flashcards
Round character
Highly developed character with many traits
Character
The individuals who participate in the action of a literary work.
Flat character
Character that exhibits few traits, not well developed, and we know little about them
Static character
One who stays the same throughout the story
Dynamic Character
One who changes throughout the story
Direct characterization
When the writer telling the reader exactly what the character is like
Indirect characterization
When your learn about characters indirectly. By what others say about them, what the character says, physical appearance and what the character does
Internal conflict
One that occurs within a character
External conflict
Character in conflict with an outside forceful
Plot
The sequence of events in a story
Setting
Time and place of the action in a work of literature
Theme
Underlying message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader. Typically this is not stated directly and must be inferred.
Allusion
Indirect reference to a famous person, place, or event
Diction
Writer or speakers choice of words and their arrangement of the words in a sentence
Foreshadowing
A writers use of hints or clues that suggest events that will happen later in the movie
Protagonist
Main character in a work of literal who is involved in the central conflict
Antagonist
Principle force or character in opposition to the protagonist
Tone
The attitude a writer takes for a subject
Foil
Character who provides a shocking contrast to another character
First Person POV
The narrator a character in the story and we as a reader only know what they know
Third Person Omniscient POV
The character is not a character in the story. All knowing narrator
3rd Person Limited POV
The narrator is not a character in the story and the reader only knows what one character knows
Verbal Irony
When the speaker says one thing but means another
Situational Irony
What actually happens is the opposite of what is expected
Dramatic Irony
When the audience or reader knows something important that the character does not know
Climax
The highest point of intensity within the story
Resolution
How the story ends
Symbol
Person, place, object, or thing that is meant to symbolize something
Flashback
When the author interrupts a story to tell events that occurred at a previous time
Imagery
Language that appeals to the sense
- sight
- hearing
- smell
- taste
- touch
Simile
Figure of speak that makes the comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as
Metaphor
Figure of speak that makes the comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as
Paradox
A seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that may suggest the truth
Suspense
The uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what will happen next in he story
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
Rising action
When the conflict developed and story events build towards the climax
Falling action
After the climax and shows the important division or action and result of what happened
Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Onomatopoeia
The use of words that sound echo their meaning.
“Buzz” “pop” “bam”
Mood
The feeling or atmosphere the writer creates for the reader
Personification
When human qualities are giving to animals or objects
