Fiction Test Flashcards
A type of irony in which the opposite of what a reader expects to happen does happen.
Irony of Situation
A series of events.
Plot
The central character who undergoes a change.
Protagonist
A sentence (or two) statement of meaning.
Theme
The time and place of a story.
Setting
The work which a reader is analyzing.
Primary Source
A person, place, or thing which has a meaning beyond its literal meaning.
Symbol
The “all-knowing” point of view.
Omniscient Point of View
The cumulative techniques of a writer - sentence length, use of symbols, word choice, etc.
Narrative Style
A point of view using only action, dialogue, and description - “the camcorder is rolling.” Hemingway notoriously used this type.
Objective Point of View
The use of “I” to tell a story.
1st Person Point of View
The person, cultural values, etc. which the protagonist fights against.
Antagonist
A character for whom we know possibly two or three characteristics. This type of character does not undergo a change.
Flat or Static Character
Synonym for “protagonist.”
Round Character
Material commenting on the primary source.
Secondary Source
A point of view told in third person yet from a single perspective. Flannery O’Connor used this point of view to enhance irony.
Limited Omniscient Point of View
An irony which is a close cousin to sarcasm - Mrs. May’s “iron hand.”
Verbal Irony
A type of irony which focuses on the contrast between the way a character sees himself/herself and the way other characters or the reader sees him/her.
Dramatic Irony
“The Lottery”
Shirley Jackson
“Hills Like White Elephants”
Ernest Hemingway
“A Good Man is Hard to Find”
Flannery O’Connor
“A Domestic Dilemma”
Carson McCullers
“The Magic Strength of Need”
J. California Cooper
“The Rocking-Horse Winner”
D. H. Lawrence
“The Tell-Tale Heart”
Edgar Allan Poe
“Greenleaf”
Flannery O’Connor
“Cathedral”
Raymond Carver
“The Unlucky Mother of Aquilles Maldonado”
T. C. Boyle
“The Jewelry”
Guy de Maupassant
