Exam Terms - Term I - English 10 Flashcards
What is an Allusion?
A figure of speech that references a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art directly or by implying them.
What is an Antagonist?
A character, group, force, or idea that is in conflict with the main character (Protagonist).
What is Anthropomorphism?
The attribution of literal human traits and capabilities to a god, animal, or object.
What is an Anticlimax?
A letdown in thought or emotion; something unexciting, ordinary, or disappointing coming after something important or exciting.
What is an Antihero/ine?
A central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks traditional characteristics associated with a conventional hero, such as a history of bad decisions and a questionable moral code.
What is an Archetype?
A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way, like the hero, the villain, the mentor, the love interest, etc.
What is Characterization?
The description and information provided about the characters in a story, including their personalities, physical traits, and motivations.
What is a Cliché?
An expression or trope that has lost its impact due to excessive use in a given cultural context.
What is a Climax?
The point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the story.
What are Complications?
People, places, things, or events that knock the protagonist’s life out of balance or get in the way of their goals.
What is Conflict?
The struggle that the protagonist goes through in a story that they need to overcome, which can be internal or external.
What is Connotation?
All the positive, neutral, or negative meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests in addition to its literal meaning.
What is Cultural Context?
The society where individuals are raised and how the culture affects their behavior and decisions.
What is Denotation?
The dictionary definition of a word; the direct and specific meaning.
What is Description?
A spoken or written representation of a person, object, or event, creating a picture in the reader’s mind.
What is Dialect?
A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.
What is Dialogue?
Conversation between two or more characters in a story.
What is Diction?
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
What is Dramatic Irony?
A situation where the audience knows something that the characters don’t.
For example, in Romeo & Juliet, the audience knows that Juliet is only asleep, not dead. But Romeo is unaware of this.
What are the Elements of Fiction?
The main elements which fiction writers use to develop a story and its theme, such as plot, setting, character, conflict, symbol, and tone.
What is an Epigraph?
A short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme.
What is an Epiphany?
A moment of sudden revelation or insight that changes the character’s point of view or path in life.
What is Exposition?
The introduction or beginning of a story that reveals important background information.
What is Falling Action?
The period of time in a story that follows the climax and leads to the resolution. This is where the problems are going to be addressed.
What is Fiction?
A piece of literature formed from the imagination and not necessarily based on fact.
What is Figurative Language?
A literary device that uses words or phrases for effect, humor, or exaggeration, instead of their literal translation.
What is a First-Person Narrator?
The narrator is a person in the story, telling it from their own point of view.
What is a Flashback?
An interruption in the chronological order of a narrative to give additional information or backstory.
What is a Foil?
A character who is in most ways opposite to the main character, highlighting the traits of the protagonist.
What is Foreshadowing?
A literary device where an author drops hints about what will happen later in the story.
What is Form?
The style in which a piece of text is written, such as genres.
What is Genre?
A category of artistic composition characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
What is a Hero/ine?
A character who combats adversity through ingenuity, courage, or strength.
What is an Image?
A literary device that appeals to the senses to draw readers into a story.
What is Irony?
The expression of one’s meaning by using language that signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
What is Juxtaposition?
A literary device where two contrasting things are placed close together to highlight their differences.
What is a Limited Narrator?
A narrator who presents the story as seen and understood by a single character.
What is Metafiction?
Fiction that concerns the nature of fiction itself, often by drawing attention to its own fictional status.
What is a Metaphor?
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to create vivid imagery.
What is Mood?
The general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader.
What is a Motif?
Any distinctive feature, idea, theme, or element that’s repeated across a story.
What is Motivation?
A character’s incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner.
What is a Narrative?
The telling of a story or an account of events with a plot, setting, characters, conflicts, and themes.
What is a Narrator?
The speaker or character who tells the story.
What is an Omniscient Narrator?
An all-knowing narrator with unlimited awareness of characters and events.
What is an Oxymoron?
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
What is a Paradox?
A statement or idea that seems contradictory upon first glance.
What is Personification?
A type of metaphor that gives human characteristics to inanimate objects and animals.
What is a Plot?
The sequence of events in which each event affects the next one through cause and effect.
What is Point of View?
The perspective from which the story is told, dictating how the reader interprets characters and events.
What is a Protagonist?
The main character in a work of literature or movie who drives the story.
What is a Pun?
A figure of speech that plays with words that have multiple meanings or sound similar.
What is Realism?
A literary genre where writers show life as it is, avoiding speculative fiction and supernatural elements.
What is a Resolution?
The conclusion of the story by resolving conflicts between characters.
What is Rising Action?
A series of events that builds from the conflict, beginning with the inciting force and ending with the climax.
What is a Second Person Narrator?
The reader is part of the story, described using ‘you.’
What is Setting?
The location and time of a story, novel, or play.
What is a Short Story?
A story with a fully developed theme that is significantly shorter than a novel.
What is a Simile?
A comparison between two things, usually using ‘like’ or ‘as.’
What is Situational Irony?
A literary device that creates a situation or outcome drastically different from what was expected.
What is Social Milieu?
The environment in which individuals interact, shaping their perception of power and impact.
What is Structure?
The organization and arrangement of a literary work.
What is Style?
The way in which a writer uses words, including diction, tone, and figurative language.
What is Symbol/ism?
A figure of speech in which a person, situation, word, or object is used to represent another thing.
What is Tenor?
The part of the metaphor that is being used for comparison; the subject.
What is a Theme?
A central idea explored and expressed throughout a text.
What is a Third Person Narrator?
The narrator exists outside the events of the story and relates the actions of the characters.
What is a Title?
The name of a book or artistic work used to identify it and convey its contents.
What is Tone?
The attitude that a character or narrator takes towards a given subject.
What is Vehicle?
The person, place, or thing being used to compare to the tenor in a metaphor.
What is Verbal Irony?
Using language in an indirect manner, with an intended meaning different from the literal meanings.
What is Zoomorphism?
Giving animal features and qualities to humans, gods, spirits, and inanimate objects.
What is Arrangement (Graphic Novel)?
A distinct segment of the comic, containing a combination of image and text.
What is Color in graphic novels?
Used to distinguish characters and scenes and for symbolic purposes.
What is Framing?
The lines and borders that contain the panels in a graphic novel.
What is Imagery?
A type of text combining words and images to convey understanding.
What is Intertextuality?
The relationship between texts, where one text influences or references another.
What is Lighting in graphic novels?
The light in a panel that can change the sense of a scene and its emotional charge.
What is a Panel?
A distinct segment of the comic, containing a combination of image and text.
What is Perspective (point of view)?
A particular attitude or way of regarding or seeing something.
