English 9 finals semester 1 Flashcards

1
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A force or character who struggles against the protagonist

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Antagonist

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2
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Most exciting part of story, conflict can’t go any further

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Climax

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3
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Opposition of 2+ character/forces

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Conflict

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4
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Character description in which straight-forward details tell the reader about character. It uses another character, narrator, or protagonist himself to tell readers or audience about subject

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Direct characterization

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5
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Stories composed in verse or prose, usually for theatrical performance, where conflicts and emotion are expressed through dialogue and action

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Drama

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6
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Undergoes changes throughout narrative, due to conflict he encounters on journey

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Dynamic character

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7
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Long often book-length, narrative in verse form that retells the heroic journey of single person or group of persons

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Epic

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8
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Part of literary work or fiction where background to man conflict is introduced

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Exposition

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9
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Fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality

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Fantasy

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10
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Hinting at events that will occur later in the story

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Foreshadowing

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11
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Descriptive words/phrases used to create an impression

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Imagery

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12
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Characterization which reader must infer character traits by observing his/her thought process behavior, speech, way of talking, appearance, and manner of communication, with other characters, as well as by discerning, response of other characters

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Indirect characterization

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13
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Expression of one’s meaning by using language signifying the opposite, typically for humor or emphatic effect

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Irony

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14
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Particular style or category of works of art; especially a type of literary work characterized by a particular form, style, or purpose

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Literary genre

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15
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Word/phrase is applied to an object/action that’s not literally applicable

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Metaphor

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16
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Legend or traditional narrative, often based in part on historical events, that reveals human behavior and nature phenomena by its symbolism; often pertaining to actions of gods

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Mythology

17
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Giving human characteristics to something not human

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Personification

18
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Plot pyramid

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Aka freytag’s pyramid. Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

19
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Verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that creates emotional responses

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Poetry

20
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Central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel, or any other story

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Protagonist

21
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All conflicts are resolved, sense of normalcy returns

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Resolution

22
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Literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn

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Satire

23
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Time and place of literary work revealed through exposition

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Setting

24
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Reader’s anxiety resulting from author’s withholding of details

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Suspense

25
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Use of a person, place, thing, or idea that means something in addition to itself

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Symbolism

26
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Main idea or underlying meaning of story conveyed using characters, setting, dialogue, plot or combo of all. May be moral or message

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Theme