English Midterm vocab Flashcards

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1
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the sequence of related events in a story

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Plot

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2
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a brief narrative with carefully limited action

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Short Story

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3
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the time and place in which a story happens

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Setting

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4
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a struggle between opposing forces

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Conflict

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5
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a struggle a character faces with himself or herself

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Internal Conflict

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a character’s struggle against an outside force

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External Conflict

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7
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establishes background of characters and events

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Exposition

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events that intensify the conflict

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Rising Action

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the highest point of tension at which the outcome of the conflict is revealed

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Climax

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10
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events between the climax and the resolution

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Falling Action

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11
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any remaining issues are resolved and the story ends

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Resolution

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the narrator is one of the characters

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First Person Point of View

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the narrator is all knowing about the thoughts and feelings of the characters

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Third Person Omniscient Point of View

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the narrator’s knowledge is restricted

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Third Person Limited Point of View

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15
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the underlying meaning or insight that an author conveys in a story (the “take-away”)

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Theme

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16
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expresses an author’s attitude toward the subject

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Tone

17
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the feeling that the writer creates in the reader of a story

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Mood

18
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the main character in a literary work

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Protagonist

19
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the character or force in conflict with the main character

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Antagonist

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a character, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself, but stands for something else (often an abstract idea)

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Symbol

21
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literary technique that portrays the differences between appearance and reality, or expectation and result

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Irony

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the contradiction between what a character thinks/knows/believes and what the audience knows to be true

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Dramatic Irony

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words/speech used to suggest the opposite of what is meant

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Verbal Irony

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an event that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, reader, or audience

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Situational Irony

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details in a work that hint at upcoming events

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Foreshadowing