English 1102

Question 1

Pun

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A play on words that relies on a word’s having more than one meaning or sounding like another word.

Question 2

Conventional symbol

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meanings that are widely recognized by a society or culture examples Christian cross, the Star of David.

Question 3

Setting

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the physical and social place where the action of the story takes place

Question 4

Hubris/Hybris

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Excessive pride or self-confidence that leads a protagonist to disregard a divine warning or to violate an important moral law. Common for of hamartia in dramas

Question 5

First Person Narrator

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The “I” In the story presents the point of view of only one character.

Question 6

Soliloquy

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Dramatic convention by means of which a characte, alone onstage, utters his or her thoughts aloud. Used to inform the audience of a characters motives or state of mind

Question 7

Flashback

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a narrated scene that marks a break ini the narrative in order to inform the reader or audience member about events that took place before the opening scene of a work

Question 8

Foreshadowing

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the introduction early in a story of verbal and dramatic hints that suggest whit is to come later

Question 9

Denouement

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a French term meaning unraveling or unknotting used to describe the resolution of the plot following the climax.

Question 10

Stock Character

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embody stereotypes such as “dumb Blondes”

Question 11

Limited Omniscence

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when an author restricts a narrator to the single perspective of either a major or minor character

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Dynamic Character

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A character who goes under some sort of change due to the action in the plot

Question 13

Deus ex Machina

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latin for god in the machine. In ancient greek theater sometimes gods were lowered from the roof by mechanical devices to set matters right among the mortals below. Provides a too—easy resolution for a story.

Question 14

Plot

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Authors selection and arrangements of incidents in a story to shape the action and give the story a particular focus.

Question 15

Hamartia

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A termm coined by Aristotle to describe some error or frailty that brings about misfortune for a tragic hero

Question 16

Satire

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the literary art of ridiculing a folly or vice in order to expose or correct it.

Question 17

Anti-Hero

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a central character in a novel, play, etc, who lacks the traditional heroic virtues

Question 18

Flat Character

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embodies one or two qualities, ideas, or traits that can be readily described in a brief summary.

Question 19

Tragedy

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Story where characters confront powerful forces within or outside themselves that reveals the breadth and depth of the human spirit in the face of failure, defeat, and even death

Question 20

Dialogue

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Verbal exchange between characters

Question 21

crisis

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turning point in the climax of the story that has a powerful effect on the protagonist.

Question 22

Theme

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cental meaning or idea in a work

Question 23

Sub Plot

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the secondary action of a story, complete and interesting in its own right, that reinforces or contrasts with the main plot.

Question 24

Objective Point of View

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employs a third person narrator who does not see into any mind of any characer. narartor reports action and dialogue without telling us directly what the characters think and feel.

Question 25

Apostrophe

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the act of addressing some abstraction or personification that is not physically present

Question 26

Situational Irony

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difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens due to forces beyond human control.

Question 27

Contextual Symbol

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A unique or original symbol an author creates within the context of an individual work or an author’s collected works. Examples include the Snopes family in Faulkner’s collected works, who together function as a symbol of the South’s moral decay, or the town of Castle Rock, Maine, which in Stephen King’s works functions as a microcosmic symbol of human society

Question 28

Sarcasm

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strong form of verbal irony that is designed to hurt someone for example false praise.

Question 29

In medias res

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is the term used to describe the common strategy of beginning a story in the middle of the action

Question 30

Symbol

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person, object, image, word, or event that evokes a range of additional meaning beyond and usually more abstract than its literal significance.

Question 31

Dramatic Irony

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a discrepancy between what a character believes or says and what the audience knows to be true.

Question 32

Protagonist

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the main character of a narrative

Question 33

Archetype

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An original model or pattern from which other later copies are made, especially a character, an action, or situation that seems to represent common patterns of human life. Often, archetypes include a symbol, a theme, a setting, or a character that some critics think have a common meaning in an entire culture, or even the entire human race.

Question 34

Omniscent Narrator

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all knowing narrator who is not a character in the story and who can move from place to place and pass back and forth through time, slipping into and out of charracters as no human being possibly could in real life

Question 35

Foil

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a character in a work whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character in order to highlight the distinctive temperament of that character. Usually the protagonist)