English 2 Flashcards
Flat character
A character that exhibits few traits and not well developed. Know very little about them.
Character
Characters are the individuals who participate in the action of a literary work.
Static character
One who remains the same throughout the story.
Dynamic character
A character who changes throughout the story.
Indirect characterization
When an author indirectly tells you about the character. The author will tell you about their looks and ways they act and how they thing and Speak but not who they are. Also they give the thoughts and speech of other characters
Direct characterization
The writer tells you exactly what that character is like.
Theme
Underlying message about life and human nature that the writer shares with the reader.
Usually not directly stated but must be inferred.
Protagonist
Main character in a work of literature who’s involved in the central conflict.
Antagonist
A principle character of force in opposition to the protagonist or main character.
Allusion
An indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work.
Diction
Writer or speakers choice of words and way of arranging them.
Plot
The sequence of events in a story.
Setting
Time and place of the action or work of the story.
Foil
A character who provides a striking contrast of another character.
Foreshadowing
Writers use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story.
Tone
The attitude a writer takes toward a subject.
First person point of view
Narrator is one of the characters and we as the reader know what they know.
Omniscient
We know everything and are all knowing. We know the thoughts and the feeling of all the characters. The narrator is nit a character in the story.
Third person limited
Only know what one character knows and feels. The narrator is not a character in the story.
Situational Irony
What actually happens is the opposite of what is expected.
Verbal irony
The speaker says one thing but means another.
Dramatic irony
When the audience or reader knows something important that he character does not know.
Flashback
When the author interrupts the story to present a story of events that happened before the story took place.
Imagery
Language that appeals to the senses.
Sight, sound, touch, taste, smell.
Metaphor
A comparison of to things that doesn’t use like or as.
Simile
A comparison of two things using like or as.
Rising action
When the conflict develops and builds to the climax, and complications arise.
Climax
The point of maximum interest or tension. It is usually the turning point in the story.
Falling action
The events that follow the climax and shows the results of the important decision or action that happened at the climax.
Resolution
How the story ends.
Suspense
The uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels for what is coming in the story.
Hyperbole
An exaggeration.
Paradox
A seemingly contradictory or an absurd statement that may nonetheless suggest an important truth.
Symbol
Person, place, object, or activity that stand for something beyond itself.
Allitertion
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Onomatopoeia
Use of words whose sounds echo their meaning.
Internal conflict
One that occurs within a character.
External conflict
Character is in conflict with an outside force such as nature physical object or another person.
Round character
Highly developed character with many traits.
