English 1 Flashcards

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Round character

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One who is complex and highly developed and has a variety of traits

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Character

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Individuals who participate in the action of a literary work.

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Flat character

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One who is not highly developed.

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Static character

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One who stays the same through out the story

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Dynamic

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One who changes through out the story

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Direct characterization

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The writer tells you exactly what’s going to happen

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Indirect characterization

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Learn about character indirectly;
.What is said
.Physical appearance
.Actions of character

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Internal conflict

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One the appears within the character

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External conflict

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A character in conflict with an outside force

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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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The time and place of the action in the work of literature

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Theme

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An underling about life of human nature, that a writer shares with a reader, typically not shared directly but shared.

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Allusion

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An indirect reference to a famous person place or thing

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Diction

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A choice of writing and words and way of arranging the words in a sentence

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Foreshadowing

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A writers use of hints or clues to show what will later come in the story.

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Protagonist

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Main character in a work o literature who’s involved in the central conflict

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Antagonist

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The principle force or character in opposition to the protagonist

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Tone

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The attitude a writer takes toward a 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 is I. The story

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Third omniscient

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All knowing

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Third Limited pov

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Reader only knows what one character knows

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Verbal irony

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Speaker says one thing but means another

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Situational irony

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What actually happens is the opposite of what’s expected

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Dramatic irony

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The audience or reader know something important the the character does not know

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Climax

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The point of maximum interest or tension

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Resolution

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How the story ends

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Symbols

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A person place of thing that stands beyond them selves

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Flashback

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An account of a conversation, an episode, or event that happened before the beginning of a story

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Imagery

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Descriptive words and phrases that recreate sensory experience
Sight, taste, touch, hearing,

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Simile

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Figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the word like or as

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Metaphors

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Comparing two unlike objects not using the word like or as

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Paradox

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A seemingly conterdicktory

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Suspense

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The excitement or tension that readers feel as they wait to find out what will happen

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Hyperbole

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An exaggeration

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Rising action

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Stage were the conflict develops and the conflicts arise

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Falling action

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After the climax and shows what happens after the climax

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Alliteration

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning or words

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Assonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds

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Onomatopoeia

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Use of words who sounds ecos there meaning
Pop!
Bam!

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Mood

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The feeling or atmospher the writer creates for the reader

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Personification

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When human like qualitys are given to non living items