Keywords To Know Flashcards
Theme
The main idea or underlying meaning of a piece of literature
Ex: themes of Romeo and Juliet are love and friendship; themes of Lord of the Flies is savagery and the loss of innocence
Diction
Author’s choice of words
Parallel scenes
Repetition of phrases or themes in different scenes to show importance
Exposition
Introduces background information/sets the scene
Complication
A problem that comes in the story
Literary climax
Point in the narrative at which the conflict or tension has reached its highest poin
Symbolism
To signify ideas by giving them a symbolic meaning that is different from the literal sense
Imagery
Figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas
Word web
Words throughout the passage that connect to each other and paint an idea or theme for the passage
Static character
“Flat” character whose personality doesn’t change throughout the story
Dynamic character
“Rounded” character whose personality is exciting and changes throughout story
Epiphany
Point at which a character achieved realization, awareness, or a of knowledge after looking at the conflict of the story through a new light
Surrealism
Expressed imaginative dreams and visions free from conscious rational control
Everyman
An ordinary person representative of the human race
Characterization
process authors use to develop characters and create images for the audience
Local color literature
A story that focuses on the culture, dialect, and types of characters of s specific region
Satire
A way of using humor to show how something is foolish or weak (political)
Parody
Imitates the style of something else
Dark humor
Something that makes light of a subject matter that is considered messed up or a taboo
Political correctness
The avoidance of forms of expressions that are perceived to exclude or insult socially disabled groups of people
Agnosticism
Belief that there could or could not be a God
Grotesque
Disgusting
Southern gothic
Type of writing that discusses Grotesque things in the south
Function of violence
In O’Connor’s story - violence is present to reflect how she feels and convey her message or Christianity to people
