final study guide Flashcards
Plot
the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Characters
a person in a novel, play, or movie.
Dynamic characters
A dynamic character is one who changes and evolves throughout the story.
Static characters
A static character is a type of character who remains largely the same throughout the course of the storyline.
Setting
the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.
Theme
an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature.
Point of View
the position from which something or someone is observed.
first-person point of view
the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view me, we, I, and us.
Third-person point of view
the narrator exists outside the events of the story, and relates the actions of the characters by referring to their names or by the third-person pronouns he, she, or they.
third-person omniscient point of view
THIRD-PERSON OMNISCIENT NARRATION: This is a common form of third-person narration in which the teller of the tale, who often appears to speak with the voice of the author himself, assumes an omniscient (all-knowing) perspective on the story being told: diving into private thoughts, narrating secret or hidden events,
Conflict
a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
Imagery
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
Irony
a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.
Simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
Personification
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Symbolism
a tool of figurative language where an image, object, idea or symbol is used to represent something other than its literal meaning.
Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing is a narrative device in which a storyteller gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
Metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
accept/except
accept (pronounced [ak-sept]) is a transitive verb meaning to willingly receive, allow, or approve of something or someone. Except (pronounced [ek-sept] is mainly used as a preposition meaning “excluding” or “apart from.”
than/then
The word “then” means “at that time” and is used to talk about when things will happen. The word “than” is used to compare things.
to/too/two
To is used as a preposition to express motion towards a destination or condition. But it has several other functions as well. Too is an adverb, which broadly means also or excessively. Two is a number, used as a way to express a unit of two people or things.
real/really/
Real is an adjective meaning “genuine” or “authentic,” or having a “verifiable existence.” Really is an adverb used to add emphasis and means “in fact,” “genuinely,” or “indeed.”
it’s/its
its (without an apostrophe) is a possessive pronoun, like his or her, for nouns that don’t have a defined gender. In contrast, it’s (with an apostrophe) is the shortened form, or contraction, of it is or it has.
