Mid Term Study Flashcards
Conflict Types
Man vs Man, Man vs. himself, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society, Man vs. Fate
Theme
The big message, overall main idea outside of the text, or recurring idea found in lit.
Repetitions
Repeating a word or phrase to emphasize an idea. Alliteration, Anaphora, Negative-positive restatement, Polyptoton.
Allusions
References to outside sources or events. Big Three (Bible, Greek Myths, and Shakespeare)
Juxtaposition
Two opposite things or different things that are not exactly opposite are put together to emphasize a point.
Point of view
First-person - narrator is a person in the story and is telling the scenes from their point of view
Third person omniscient - This is an “all-knowing” narrator, outside of the story
Third person limited - This is a narrator outside of the story focusing on one character not all-knowing
Third person objective - This is a narrator who notes all events but does not know any of the characters’ emotions or thoughts
Characterization
The term is used to describe how the author develops or hints at a character’s personality and also how they advance the inner thoughts of the character.
Direct vs. indirect: The author tells/does not tell the reader directly the personality of the character.
Setting and Symbol
Setting: the environment where a scene takes place
Symbol: objects, characters, or other motifs that represent an intangible idea
Diction
the author’s choice of sentence structure, wording, punctuation, etc.
Denotation and Connotation
Denotation: Dictionary Definition
Connotation: feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Figurative Language
Figurative language: a way of communicating information that isn’t literally true
Hyperbole: a sound is written out as a word, such as “wap” or “Bark”
Metaphor: a metaphor is a way of comparing two things that are not at all alike
Simile: A metaphor using like or as
Personification: Personification is making an inanimate object do things only a living thing can do.
Literal and Figurative Imagery
Describes things exactly as they are without any hidden or symbolic meaning.
Descriptive language that goes beyond the literal definition of the words often through exaggeration, comparison, or symbolism.
Syntax
How the words are put on a page/word choice.
Static and Dynamic Characters
Static - characters that do not change
Dynamic- characters that do change
Intro Pg
Theme
Intro
Summary highlighting facts
Thesis
