Final Exam Flashcards
Character …
People in a story who are given certain traits by the author
Plot …
This is the main idea or plan of the story, in most short stories it begins with motivation.
- authors present two opposing forces in conflict
Setting …
Explain the types
1) Time, 2) place, and 3) mood (atmosphere)
1) decade, month, day, hour, year etc.
2) country, galaxy, neighborhood etc.
3) emotional quality of a piece of literacy
Theme …
The “message” the author intends to communicate through telling the story
Unity …
Effect that is achieved when an author uses his material in the best arrangement and order. Stages of the story are linked together
Initial incident
First event or problem that the rest of the story depends on
Exposition …
Background material that introduces the essentials of the story
Surprise ending …
An ending that is twisted or not expected to happen
Falling action …
Following the climax to resolution, sharp decline in dramatic tension
Antecedent action …
Actions that take place before the story
Outcome …
The way the story ends. Always two possibilities to an ending
Conflict types (3)
Man vs man
Man vs himself
Man vs environment/nature
Climax …
Highest point of action and interest. Series of events arrange in such a way that one heightens the suspense until the highest point is reached
Complication…
An obstacle that increases the tension of the stories conflict
Suspense
Techniques used by the author to keep the reader interested in the story
Denouement
The untangle meant of the story - information is given and events occur which clarifies the outcome
Rising action
The part including exposition that leads up to the climax (tension rising in the story)
Tone (attitude)
Attitude a write takes towards the subject generally a story has a predominant tone
Protagonist
Central or main character in a story
Antagonist
Opposing force to the protagonist
Round character
Complex and many-sided character
Flat character
Summed up in very few traits
Stereotyped character
A character that reoccurs enough thought the story that they become stereotyped
Static character
A character that remains the same throughout the story
First person narrator
Using words such as I, me, or we.
A) major character telling the story of themselves
B) minor character telling the story about someone else
Irony … what types
Verbal- sarcasm
Situational - a situation appears to be turning into it’s natural conclusion and turns unexpectedly
Dramatic - speaker doesn’t know or mean it but the reader understands it
Thesis / topic sentence
Presents the main idea of an essay proposition of the topic
Allusion
Reference to a mythical, historical, or literary, person, place, or event
Onomatopoeia
Sound of a word describing a sound
Alliteration
The repetition of the same consonant in two or more closely related words
Hyperbole
Extreme exaggeration
Apostrophe
Form of personification
An animal from a second person point of view
Understatement
Something described to less than what it actually is, less intense
Metaphor
Implied comparison between two things, saying exactly what it is
Simile
Comparison between two things using the words “like”, “as”, or “than”
Personification
Giving human abilities or qualities to an inanimate object
Paradox
Statement that seems contradictory but is well-founded or true
Dilemma
Refers to two choices which a character faces both of which are undesirable
Foreshadowing
Giving hints of events that could or will happen in the future
Symbol
Something that stands for another thing a person, object or action that symbolizes something beyond it’s actual meaning
Imagery
The use of selected details to describe on we thing in terms of another
