Mid Term Review Flashcards
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Ex. An angry alligator ate apples
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds with different vowel sounds
Ex. We rush into a rain that rattles double glass
Allusion
Reference of one literary work or event or figure to another
Ex. Cupid in R&J
Antagonist
Counter part to main characters source of source of story’s conflict
Ex. Tybalt
Character
The people who take part in a story
Ex. Romeo and Juliet
Static Character
Character that doesn’t change throughout the story
Ex. General in TMDG
Dynamic Character
Character changes throughout the story
Ex. Rainsford in TMDG
Direct Characterization
The author directly tells the reader a character’s personality or background
Ex. Romeo felt upset about being separated from Juliet
Indirect Characterization
The author indirectly tells the reader the character’s personality or background
Ex. Romeo locks himself in his room crying about Juliet
Man vs. Man
Character vs. Character
Ex. Tybalt vs. Mercutio
Man vs. Nature
Character vs. Weather/Trees
Ex. U.S. vs. hurricane
Man vs. Self
Character vs. himself
Ex. Romeo vs. Romeo
Man vs. Technology
Character vs. machine/technology
Ex. School vs. wifi
Connotation
A word’s emotional content
Ex. “Mending Wall” =separation
Denotation
A word’s dictionary definition
Ex. Genre is a literary type
Dialogue
Characters speak to one another
Ex. “Hi.” “Hi.”
Diction
The author’s choice of words
Ex. Thou art shall weep
Foreshadowing
Where future events in a story are suggested by the author before it happens.
Ex. I might die…
Genre
A literary type or form
Ex. Nonfiction
Hyperbole
An exaggerated description to imply a positive or negative tone
Ex. I could eat a horse
Situational Irony
The surprise recognition by the audience of a reality in contrast with expectation or appearance
Ex. The Most Dangerous Game
Alliteration
Repetition of consonant sounds
Ex. Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore
Verbal Irony
The author’s meaning or attitude differs from what he says
Ex. “The Most Dangerous Game”
Dramatic Irony
The audience knows something that the characters don’t
Ex. We know Juliet didn’t really die but Romeo didn’t
Imagery
Language that describes something in detail to create a sensory feeling
Ex. Colorful sky
Metaphor
Comparison without using like or as
Ex. Juliet is the sun
Mood
The feeling the reader gets from the story
Ex. Mood of R&J is depressing
Onomatopoeia
Sounds described as words
Ex. BOOM! CRASH!
Oxymoron
Contradiction in terms
Ex. “Loving hate” “cold fire”
Personification
No living objects given human characteristics
Ex. That tree slapped me
Exposition
Beginning, characters and background introduced
Ex. Capulet and Montague boys fight scene
Inciting incident
Point in story that introduces conflict
Ex. Romeo falls in love with Juliet
Rising Action
Events leading up to the main point of the story
Ex. Romeo is banished, Juliet is going to have an arranged marriage
Climax
Turning point in a story
Ex. R&J kill themselves
Falling Action
Event following the climax
Ex. Everyone realizes what has happened because of the feud
Resolution/Denouement
Conflict is solved, story ends
Ex. Capulet and Montague become friends
First Person
Story told using “I” and “me”
Ex. I’m going to sleep.
Second Person
Story told using “You”
Ex. You should go to sleep
3rd Person Objective
Narrator uses “He” and “she”
Doesn’t know any characters’ thoughts and feelings
Ex. He will go to sleep.
3rd Person Limited
Narrator uses “he” and “she”
Only knows one character’s thoughts and feelings
Ex. He thinks about about true love and wonder what she thinks about it
3rd Person Omniscient
Narrator uses “he” and “she”
Knows all the characters thoughts and feelings
Ex. He wants true love, so does she, sadly they both know the penalty
Protagonist
Main character, usually hero
Ex. Romeo Montague
Pun
A play on words
Ex. I’m a baker because I knead the dough
Repetition
Words are repeated
Ex. She’s dead, she’s dead, dead, dead, dead.
Rhyme
A pattern of repeated sounds
Ex. Heart, part
Setting
The time and place where a story takes place.
Ex. R&J takes place in Verona
Simile
Comparison using like or as
Ex. Bright as the sun
Symbolism
Using objects to represent ideas
Ex. Heart to represent love
Tone
Author of the attitude
Ex. Tone of R&J is tragic
Theme
Underlining message or idea of the story
Ex. True love in R&J
Caesura
Breaks in a line of poetry
Ex. Two households, both alike in dignity or //
Couplet
A stanza of two lines
Ex. Love is tragic
But love is magic
End Rhyme
Rhyme at the end of a line of poetry
Ex. …..life,
…….strife,
Internal Rhyme
Rhyme occurs in the middle of a line of poetry, not at the end
Ex. …sound….,
……..ground….,
Inversion
Words out of order
Ex. “Something there is that loves a wall”
Blank verse
No rhyming poem
Ex. Once upon a time,
There were two families.
Soliloquy
A character speaking alone
Ex. J says I love Romeo so much!!
Quatrain
A stanza of 4 lines
Ex. The first 4 lines of R&J Prologue
Refrain
Phrase or verse that reoccurs at intervals in a song/poem, chorus of song
Ex. Edgar Allen Poe’s “Nevermore”
Rhyme scheme
Pattern of rhymes in a poem
Ex. Ababcdcdefefgg
Sibilance
Type of alliteration using words that start with s or z
Ex. Sizzling steaks sell swiftly
Slant Rhyme
Rhyme where stressed vowels/consonants are the same
Ex. Love and move
Stanza
A major subdivision in a poem
Ex. Dreams are good,
Dreams are bad
Apostrophe
Abstract idea in poetry or abstract person, idea or thing
Ex. Poem about passed away grandma, about love or death
Aside
When a character talks to himself or where no one can hear
Ex. “Should I listen more or speak now?”
Conceit
Extended metaphor
Ex. “O Captain, My Captain”
Conflict
The problem in a story
Ex. Romeo’s a Montague. Julie’s a Capulet.
Dialogue
Characters talk to each other
Ex. “Hi How are you?” “Good, how are you?”
Epithet
Descriptive phrase or name
Ex. Hector from Scarlet Ibis, helmet-flashing went to war
Foil
Contrasting character to emphasize the other character because of opposite personalities
Ex. Tybalt and Benvolio
Inference
Judgement based on reasoning rather than factual evidence
Ex. True love must be a sacrifice
Juxtaposition
Two contrasting things to emphasize the other
Ex. Tybalt and Benvolio (super angry and super peaceful)
Malapropism
False word used for comedic effect
Ex. Nurse says, “I desire a confidence with you.”
Metonymy
A whole representing a part
Ex. “Rooting for Texas” UT football
Monologue
Character speaking in front of other characters
Ex. Queen Mab speech
Motif
Reoccurring important idea
Ex. R&J intense emotions
Paradox
Contradicting situation
Ex. Friar confessing his part in R&J, in danger and excusing himself
Parallelism
Two subjects related in different contexts
Ex. Icarus in Bastille, Painting, Myth
Synecdoche
Part of something represents a whole
Ex. “What tongue so early saluteth me?”
Tongue representing person
White House=government
Tragic Hero
Hero that falls/dies
Ex. Romeo
Tragic Flaw
The hero’s mistakes
Ex. Romeo was too emotional/in love
Understatement
Statement that makes something less important that it is
Ex. R&J was just a regular love story
