Midterm

Question 1

Dramatic Irony

Answer 1

the situation in which the audience of a play knows something that the characters do not know

Question 2

Situational Irony

Answer 2

deployed when one’s expectations of what will happen are overshadowed by what actually occurs. It is the literary equivalent of being yanked out from beneath your feet.

Question 3

Verbal Irony

Answer 3

The speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what he says. The different sorts of discrepancy between the meaning of what is said and what is in fact on the particular occasion meant with it give rise to different kinds of verbal irony.

Question 4

Allusion

Answer 4

Brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature.

Question 5

Pun

Answer 5

A humorous use of a word or phrase that has several meanings or that sounds like another word.

Question 6

Synecdoche

Answer 6

A figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole (for example, “I’ve got wheels” for “I have a car,” or a description of a worker as a “hired hand”).

Question 7

Metaphor

Answer 7

Used to compare two unrelated things by stating that they share the same attributes without using the words like or as. It states that one thing is another thing.​

Question 8

Simile

Answer 8

Compares one thing with another that uses “like” or “as.”​

Question 9

Hyperbole

Answer 9

A statement that is over-exaggerated to the point where it is not supposed to be taken in a literal way.​

Question 10

Characterization

Answer 10

The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Characterization is revealed through direct characterization and indirect characterization

Question 11

Personification

Answer 11

The act of giving a human quality or characteristic to something that is not human

Question 12

Tone

Answer 12

The way an author writes something to express their emotions and feelings on a certain topic

Question 13

Theme

Answer 13

An idea, concept, or lesson that conveys a moral message in a text and explores it through characters, setting, dialogue, plot, or elements.

Question 14

Symbolism

Answer 14

Anything that hints at something else, usually something abstract, such as an idea or belief
One thing stands in for another.

Question 15

DIDLS

Answer 15

Diction, Imagery, Details, Language, Syntax

Question 16

Diction

Answer 16

The author’s choice of words and their connotations.
- What words appear to have been chose specifically for their effects?
- What effect do these words have on your mood as the reader?
- What do they seem to indicate about the authors tone?

Question 17

Imagery

Answer 17

The use of description and fully developed details.
- What images are especially vivid?
- To what sense do these appeal?
- What effect do these images have on your mood as a reader?
- What do they seem to indicate about the author’s tone?

Question 18

Details

Answer 18

Facts included or those missing
- What details has the author specifically included?
- What do they imply?
- What details has the author apparently left out?
ONLY FOR ANALYSIS
- What effect do these included and excluded detailshave on your mood as a reader?
- What do these included and excluded details seem to indicate seem to indicate about the author’s tone?

Question 19

Language

Answer 19

Characteristics of the words use (slang, jargon, academic language, etc.)
- How could the language be described?
- How does the language affect your mood as a reader?
- What does the language seem to indicate about the author’s tone?

Question 20

Syntax

Answer 20

The way the sentences are constructed.
- Are the sentences sinple, compound, declarative, varied, etc.?
- How do these structures affect your mood as a reader?
- What do these structures seem to indicate about the author’s tone?

Question 21

Exposition

Answer 21

Describes the mood and conditions. Time and place are established. Main characters and their relationships are explained.

Question 22

Exciting Force (Initial/Inciting Incident)

Answer 22

Gets the plot going, begins the conflice. Can be in the conjuction with the exposition.

Question 23

Rising Action

Answer 23

Events that lead to the climax. Provides progressive intensity.

Question 24

Climax

Answer 24

Turning point, height of the action. The remainder of the play leads to the end. Usually more than 1/2 through the play.

Question 25

Falling Action

Answer 25

In tragedy: from the climax to the death of the protagonist. Shows the forces which act on the protagonist to cause his death.

In comedy: from the climax to the wedding. Shows the forces that act on the main characters to bring them together once an understanding is reached to end the conflict.

Question 26

Catastrophe/Denouement

Answer 26

Provides the consequence for the protagonist’s actions. Usually simple and brief.

Question 27

Proper Essay Format

Answer 27

• Double Space
• Legible Font (Times New Roman)
• 12 pt font
• Leaves only one space after periods or other punctuation marks (unless instructed by teacher)
• Set margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides
• Indent the first line of each paragraph one half-inch from the left margin -> Tab/space 5 time
• Create a header that numbers pages
• Use italics to indicate titles or, if necessary, emphasis
• If you have any endnotes include them on a separate page before your works cited. Title it Notes (center unformatted)

Question 28

First Page Format for a Paper

Answer 28

• Do not make a title page unless required or are in a group project.
• If required/in group project: list all names of the contributors, giving each name its own line header, followed by the remaining MLA header requirements ad described below.
• Upper left-hand corner list: name, instructor’s name, course, and the date
• Double space between the title and the first line of the text

Question 29

In-text Citation w/ known author

Answer 29

Last name and Page number

Question 30

In-text Citation by Corporate Authour

Answer 30

Name of Corporation and page number

Question 31

In-text Citation w/ no known author

Answer 31

Use shortened title of work and page number (if available)

Question 32

Citations of Articles

Answer 32

Author, Title in quotes, Title of website (Italicised), Version numbers, Publisher name/date, Page numbers, if possible, URL w/o blue link, Date accessed

Question 33

Citation of Books

Answer 33

Author (Last name, First name), Title of Book (Italicised), City of Publication, Publisher, Publication Date.

Question 34

Citation for Website

Answer 34

Author, Name of Institution/publisher, Name of Site, Version number, date of creation, URL, Date of access