EOC definitions Flashcards
EOC terms and definitions
Allegory
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden message
Ex:In the movie Avatar, Pandora woods is a lot like the Amazon rainforest
Alliteration
Occurance of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a word
EX: Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers
Allusion
An expression used to bring something to mind without stating it directly
Ex:In the poem, The City of Walls by Edgar Allan Poe, the phrase “up Babylon - like walls” is considered to be an allusion as it refers to the doomed city of death.
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Ex:The repeated sound of ‘e’s in Edgar Allan Poe’s poem ‘the bells’ - ‘Hear the mellow wedding bells’
Autobiography
Story about the authors life or something he/she went through
Ex:The dairy of a young girl- By: Anne frank
Biography
Story about a real persons life but not writen by that person
Ex:The Gift of Valor- By:Michael M. Phillips
Characterization
Describing qualities or peculiarities about a character in a story
Ex:Jane was a beautiful young girl. She had golden hair and blue eyes, which made her stand out from the rest.
When Jane walked in the room, nobody could help but look at her stunning, gorgeous face. She commanded attention wherever she went due to her good looks.
Character trait
A trait that can be easily explained
Ex:Aggressive, Alert, Ambitious, Amiable, Angry, Animated, Annoyed , Anxious
Cliche
Over used remark or statement
Ex: Dont judge a book by its cover
Climax
The turning point of the story normaly this is where the confict is introduced
Ex:When the whale makes it first appearance in the story Moby dick
Conflict
The main driver of the story. It can be internal or external. Normally a proplem the protaganist has to face
Ex:Man against man
Consonance
The recurance of similiar sounds in the consanants of words
Ex:And all is seared with trade; bleared smeared with toil;
And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil
Diction
Choice and use of word Ex:A frosty winter night - my love, Chill wind whispers sweet adoration. Binds my body with the finest wool, The darkest of sweet sensations." John Anderson, Night, My Lover
Direct
Stating something in plain text
Ex:Jane was a beautiful young girl. She had golden hair and blue eyes, which made her stand out from the rest.
Dynamic character
A character that changes through out the novel or story
End rhyme
A rhyme that occures at the end of a verse or line
Ex:You’re the top! You’re the Colosseum,
You’re the top! You’re the Louvre Museum,
You’re a melody from a symphony by Strauss,
You’re a Bendel bonnet, a Shakespeare sonnet…
Exact rhyme
Perfect rhyme
Ex: cat-bat
External
A conflict or problem between two characters
Ex:When Jane walked in the room, nobody could help but look at her stunning, gorgeous face. She commanded attention wherever she went due to her good looks
Fiction
Not real or make believe.
Ex:The Warriors Series By: Erin Hunter
Flat character
A character in a story that we dont know much about.
Ex:We dont know much about Benvolio in Shakespears Playwrite Romeo and Juliet
Hyperbole
A over the top exageration
Ex:You snore louder then a freight train
Imagery
the use of words to help form a image in the readers head
Ex:The crimson liquid spilled from the neck of the white dove, staining and matting its pure, white feathers
Implication
A conclusion that can be drawn from something
Ex:He condemned the court and, by implication, the entire legal system.
Indirect
Not stating something directly using words to work around it so the reader must use context cluses
Ex:When Jane walked in the room, nobody could help but look at her stunning, gorgeous face. She commanded attention wherever she went due to her good looks
