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English Final Exam- Literary Terms Flashcards

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Point of view

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Vantage point from which a story is told

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First person

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The “l” point of view

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Limited omniscient

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Point of view where we only know what one character is thinking.

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Omniscient

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All knowing point of view in a story

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Cliché

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An over-used and unoriginal expression. Eg. Cool as a cucumber

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Objective

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Point of view in which we know what the characters are saying and doing, but not what they may be thinking.

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Different conflict types

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Internal conflict- problems with yourself

External conflict- problems with someone else or the society.

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Protagonist

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The main character in a story or novel.

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Hyperbole

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Extreme exaggeration

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Foreshadowing

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Clues in a novel or short story of upcoming events or incidents

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Irony

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Verbal
Dramatic
Situational

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Sarcasm

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A form of verbal irony

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Bias

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Our prejudicial or narrow points-of-view

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Tone

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The attitude the poet takes towards the audience.

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Jargon

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Specialized words for a group or an organization. Eg. Teachers: lesson plan, class management, lesson pacing, reports cards.

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Allusion

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A reference in literature to a famous person, place, or event

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Contrast

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Opposite of compare. To show differences

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Pun

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A witty play on words

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Aside

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A short speech meant for the audience’s ears or a specific characters ears only

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Soliloquy

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A longer speech on stage meant for the audiences ears only

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Propaganda

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One-sided/biased information intended to persuade people to think in a certain way or to change their political viewpoints.

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Euphemism

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Using soft words. Eg. Passed away instead of died.

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Subjective language

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It’s based on your own bias/ opinion.

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Speaker vs Narrator

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Speaker- the person that tells the poem.

Narrator- the person that tells the short story of novel.

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Thesis

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The main argument in a persuasive essay

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Metaphor

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Comparing two things WITHOUT using the word’s “like” or “as”.

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Simile

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Comparing two things USING “like” or “as”.

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Connotation

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The meaning associated with a word. Eg. We think of isolation, pain, depression when we hear the word dungeon.

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Denotation

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The literal meaning of a word.

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Paradox

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A seemingly contradictory statement with and element of truth in it. Eg. A rich man is no an a richer than a beggar.

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Satire

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Use of wit, irony, or sarcasm to expose some human folly or societal issue. The short story, Harrison Bergeron is a great example.

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Free verse

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Poetry written with no rhyme scheme or regular metre, but which has a musical quality to it due to the presence of figurative devices

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Blank verse

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Unrhymed poetry that is the closet form to spoken English

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Ballad

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A narrative poem originally meant to be sung.

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Colloquial Language

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A controversial word or phase. Eg. Buzz off, go nuts, wanna y’all, felling blue.

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Acrostic

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A poem that spells out a particular word.

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Cinquain

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A verse of 5 lines that don’t rhyme.

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Tanka

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Five lines with simile, metaphor, and personification.

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Verbal irony

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Dramatic irony

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Situational irony

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Caricature

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Exaggerated picture or description of a person or thing in order to convey satire or ridicule.

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Oxymoron

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“hellishly cold” “ Sprint slowly” “ jumbo shrimp”.

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Understatement

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When you say something is less than it is.

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Refrain

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A verse for phase that is repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem of

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Imagery

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A collection or pattern of images.

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Personification

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Giving non-living things human-like qualities

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Flashback

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Thinking about the past

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Repetition

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Repeating of a word in a line, or a poetical line.

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Symbolism

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Something that represents something else.

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Direct Presention

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Character is revealed by what the narrator tells us about him/her.

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Indirect Presention

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Character is revealed by what he/she says,thinks, what he/she, and what other characters say about him/her.

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