Midterm Review Flashcards
Character
Persons, animal, things, or people that a presented as people
Plot
The sequence of events or happenings in a literary work
Point of View
The vantage point from which a narrative is told
Theme
The main idea or basic meaning of a literary work
Setting
The time, place, and atmosphere of action in a narrative
Framework Story
A group of tales held together by the circumstances of the storytellers
Suspense
The quality of a literary work that makes the reader or audience uncertian about the events to come
Foreshadowing
The use pf hints or clues in a narrative to suggest what action is to come
Conflict
A struggle between two opposing forces
External Conflict
Man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs. nature, man vs. unknown
Internal Conflict
Man vs. himself
Exposition
Background essential to understanding the story; introduction
Complication
Series of difficulties forming the central action of the narritive
Climax
Point of highest intensity: emotional, interest, or suspense; point that determines outcome of the story
Resolution
The outcome that usually settles the conflict(s) and brings storyto satisfactory and logical conclusion
Detective Story
A form of fiction in which a mystery, often murder occurs
Irony
The opposite of what is expected
Situational Irony
When what happens in a particular situation is the opposite of what is expected
Dramatic Irony
When the reader or listener has information that is not known by the character involved
Verbal Irony
When speakers or writers say the opposite or what they mean
Tone
Attitude the author takes toward his/her story’s subject, character, and the actual reader
Tragic-comic
Combines sadness in a humorous way
Static Character
A character that stays the same throughout the story
Denotation
The literal or dictionary meaning of a word
Connotation
The emotion or association that a word or phrase may arouse
Flat Character
Character has only one or two traits
Dynamic Character
Character that changes throughout the story
Simile
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
Metaphor
Comparing two things without the use of like or as
Dialogue
A literary composition in the form of conversation between two people
Figurative Language
Language that can not be taken literally
Objective POV
Point of view from which we know none of the characters thoughts or feelings
Omniscient POV
Point of view from which we see all characters thoughts and feelings
First Person POV
Point of view from which the narrator is in the story
Limited Omniscient POV
Point of view from which we know one or two characters thoughts and feelings
Objective
Undistorted by emotion or personal bias
Subjective
Taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias
Narrator
Someone who tells a story
Novel
Story told by a narrator
Science Fiction
A story that is not true but deals with science
Utopia
A society that is perfect with no flass
Flasback
Going into the past
Direct Characterization
Method in which the narrator directly tells you what the character is like
Indirect Characterization
Method by which the writer shows or dramatizes a character and allows you to draw your own conclusion
Jargon
A special language of a group of people, especially people in the same job
Prose
All other writing besides poetry
Fiction
A story about something that is not trie
Implicit Theme
A theme that is not stated but you must dig to find it
Explicit Theme
A theme that is directly stated in a story
Critical Analysis
An appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation
Literal Language
Language that is meant to be taken literally
Thesis
A statement used to tell what something is about
Round Character
A character with many traits and qualities
Symbol
An object, person, place, thing, or idea that has meaning in itself, but also stands for something biggerthan itself
Minor Character
A character that may only be in a story for a short period of time
Escape Literature
Exists for our pleasure, to entertain us by taking us away from everyday life
Single Effect
All the elements of fiction work together to create one mood
Dialect
The usage of vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
Dystopia
A society that is the opposite of an utopia with many flaws
Chronological Order
The sequence of events in which a story happens
Universality
State of being universal, a truth the world over
Anonymity
State of being nameless or unidentifiable
Mood
A feeling the reader has or recieves about the subject of the story
