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Exam 5 Flashcards

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From Hiroshima

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John Hersey
-The story of six survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
-Regarded as one of the earliest examples of new journalism, in which the storytelling techniques of fiction are adapted to nonfiction reporting

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The death of the ball turret gunner

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Randall Jarrell
-Moving poem about the death of a soldier during the Second World War
-A deceased soldier describes his birth and innocence while juxtaposing it with his job as a gunner and death

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The life you save may be your own

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Flannery O’Conner
-Short story About corruption, the last innocence, and how we become aware of our errors yet seldom too much to correct ourselves

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The first seven years

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Bernard Malamund
-A polish immigrants desire to see his daughter achieve a better life
-His notion however is not the same as hers when it regards of life

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Mirror

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Sylvia Plath
-This poem describes mirror and its owner who grows older as the mirror observes. The mirror forms no judgments and merely swallows what it sees, that’s reflecting the image back without any alteration. It is only honest and assumes it’s south of 4 corners eye of God that sees everything exactly as it is

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Courage

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Anne Sexton
-Argues the idea that it is only through fortitude and courage that human beings are able to survive and flourish

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The explorer

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Gwendolyn Brooks
-Expresses the injustice of the black society and finding peace and quiet
In this poem Brooks talk about how African-Americans are oppressed by whites

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Frederick Douglass

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Robert Hayden
-Is a hopeful poem about freedom and equal rights. In the first part of the poem, the speaker describes how one day, in the future, the needful things at its freedom will be instinctual. All human beings will be treated equally under the law and within social settings

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Perspective

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Outlook/View

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Objective perspective

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The narrator reports events without obvious emotion or bias

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Subjective perspective

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The narrator expresses personal feelings about the events

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Editorial

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  • A persuasive essay that appears in a news publication and expresses the opinion of the publications editor or editorial board
  • It’s purpose is to affect readers opinions on an issue of public concern
  • Most editorials are short and tightly structured
  • I will include a clear thesis, or main idea, and several pieces of persuasive, high interest support
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Editorial cartoon

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Is a drawing that contains a message or opinion
- Emphasizes visual elements such as oversimplified objects in caricatures
- These combined with verbal elements such as captions and embedded words to express opinion afternoon a humorous way

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Poster ads

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Typically include a heading, contact information or directions, visual elements, and one or more catchy phrases

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Gothic tradition

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  • Taking its name from an architectural style in the middle ages
  • began in England in the late 1700s
  • many were written by women
  • Typically featured lonely desolate settings and the remote countryside
  • Riders in Gothic tradition establish an ominous atmosphere from the very beginning of the story
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Grotesque character

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Is one Who has become bizarre or twisted, usually through some kind of obsession
- Does not mean ugly or disgusting 

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Indirect characterization

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Traits are revealed through
-the characters words, thoughts, And actions
-descriptions of the characters appearance or background
-What other characters say about him or her
-How other characters react to or respond

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Plot

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A story follows a sequence of events called a plot

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Exposition

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Introduces the setting, characters, and situation

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Inciting incident

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a specific event at the beginning of a story that kicks off the main plot by forcing your main character into it.
Established the central conflict

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Development

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The conflict increases

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Climax

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The plot reaches a high point of interest or suspense at the climax

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Resolution

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Explains the end of the central conflict.

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Epiphany

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Or a moment of insight, that affects the conflict but does not resolve it

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Rising action
Events that lead up to the climax make up this
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Falling action
Those that follow the rising action make up the falling action
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Foreshadowing
Along the way writers may also use this which are - Clues, to hint at what will happen next - Foreshadowing can increase suspense and help build toward the climax - it also creates a sense of unity in a story as hints planted early in the plot development meaningful moments later
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Figurative language
Is language that is used imaginatively rather than literally. Two types of figurative language, simple and metaphor, compare seemingly to similar things
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Simile
Is a comparison that uses a connecting words such as like or as -as busy as a bee
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Metaphor
Is a comparison that does not use a connecting word. Instead, the comparison is either implied or directly stated -Your courage was a small coal
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Repetition
Is the repeating of keywords or concepts
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Parallelism
Is the presentation of similar ideas using the same grammatical structures
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Rhetorical devices
Technique that an author or writer uses as a goal of persuading used by writers to win an audience to their side
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Themes
Subject slash melody
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Summarize
Give a brief explanation of the main points
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Connotation
Cultural or emotional association that some word or phrase carry -For example blue is the color but it is also a word used to describe a feeling of sadness
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The crucible
Arthur Miller
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Plot
It’s always driven by a conflict or struggle, between opposing forces
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Rising action
The conflict is introduced and begins to build
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Climax
The conflict reaches its moment of greatest intensity. This is the turning point, when an event signals the final outcome
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Falling action
The conflict diminishes and approaches resolution
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Resolution
The conflict ends
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Dramatic exposition
Or pros commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world
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Dramatic arc
Is a literary term for the path a story follows
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Dialogue
Written or spoken conversation in words
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Stage directions
And instruction in the text of a play Indicating movement position or tone of an actor or the sound effects and lightning 
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Tragedy
Genre Of drama based on human suffering
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Tragic hero
This character is someone we look up to, someone we can relate to, and who seems superior to other characters John proctor
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Tragic flaw
Do nearly perfect, there is one flaw or weakness within the character
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Reversal or fortune
This is when the fatal flaw brings the character down
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Catharsis
Is the purging of emotion -And is one of the purposes of a tragedy -The audience is to go through the emotions with the main character and have a purging experience this is what makes us cry
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Restoration of social order
This is a necessity in a tragedy -The play cannot end and tell society, is once again, back to normal
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Conflict
Struggle between opposing forces
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External conflict
Takes place between a character and an external force such as society, nature, fate, or another person.
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Internal conflict
Takes place within a character who is torn by his or her own competing or contradictory values or desires
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Biblical allusions
References to figures, stories, or settings from the Bible
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Characterization
Is the art of revealing characters personalities
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Direct characterization
The author simply tells the reader what a character is like
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Indirect characterization
Characters traits are revealed through -the characters words, actions, and appearance, -Other characters comments -Other characters reactions -Most dramatic literature requires this
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Irony
When there is a contrast between expectation and reality
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Dramatic irony
There is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience knows
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Verbal irony
Sarcasm There’s a contrast between what a character says and what is really meant
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Allegory
story, picture, or other piece of art that uses symbols to convey a hidden or ulterior meaning, typically a moral or political one.”
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The battle of the easy chair
Dr. Seuss Editorial cartoon
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Backing the attack
The New York Times editorial Main subject war bond
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Reverend Parris
The overzealous minister who is inside the congregation against witchcraft
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Betty Paris
Reverend Parris is 10-year-old daughter who aligns herself with Abigail Williams in an attempt to keep from incurring her father’s anger
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Tituba
Paris is Negro slave who brought with her from her native land a belief in “spirits”
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Abigail Williams
Reverend Parris is 17-year-old niece the leader of the children who accuse others of witchcraft
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Susanna Walcott
Another of the children and friend of Abigail’s who participates in the accusations
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Thomas Putnam
Vengeful and greedy man who uses the witchhunt to obtain land and property
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Mrs. Ann Putnam
Thomas Putnam’s wife who charges another woman in the town of using witchcraft against her seven infant children all of whom died
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Ruth Putnam
Daughter to Thomas and Ann - Said to be afflicted/sick and the grasps of the evil spell that betook Betty Parris
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Mercy Lewis
Another of Abigail’s friends and pretender
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Mary Warren
A girl who works for John and Elizabeth Proctor
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John proctor
An opponent of Mr. Paris is excessive spending and methods of ministering to the people
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Elizabeth Proctor
John’s wife who must live with the knowledge that her husband committed adultery with Abigail Williams
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Giles Corey
An old man of the village refuses to cooperate with the court and was crushed to death as punishment
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Reverend John hale
The minister who first starts the investigations but later realizes the children are lying
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Francis nurse
A highly respected community leader who tries to stop the investigations
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Rebecca nurse
A good and respected woman of the community who is also accused of being a witch
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Ezekiel Cheever
And appointee of the court order to arrest the accused.
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Marshal Herrick
Cheevers superior
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Judge Hawthorne
A judge from Salem presiding over the hearings
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Deputy governor Danforth
A higher court judge intent upon removing all witches refuses to reverse decisions

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