S1 Dictionary Terms

Question 1

A coming of age story

Answer 1

Bildungsroman

Question 2

‘Dark’, negative moods are used in the story

Answer 2

Gothic Novel

Question 3

A balance

Answer 3

Foil

Question 4

The actual definition of a word

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Denotation

Question 5

The mood or emotional impact of a word

Answer 5

Connotation

Question 6

#

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6

Question 7

Vivid description using the five senses

Answer 7

Imagery

Question 8

Reference to a book or text

Answer 8

Allusion

Question 9

the basic template for all great stories

Answer 9

The Hero’s Journey

Question 10

Character is good, fights evil, but flawed

Answer 10

Archetypal Hero

Question 11

ex. fairy, earth, evil

Answer 11

Archetypal Mother

Question 12

The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of lines of a poem/verse

Answer 12

Rhyme Scheme

Question 13

Rhythm of stressed and unstressed syllables

Answer 13

Meter

Question 14

A pattern of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Answer 14

Iamb

Question 15

The emotion the reader feels

Answer 15

Mood

Question 16

The attitude the author has towards a subject

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Tone

Question 17

A distraction

Answer 17

Red Herring

Question 18

Appeal to common and ordinary people

Answer 18

Plain Folks

Question 19

A transfer of everyone’s values onto a candidate by association (ex. Rosie the Riveter)

Answer 19

Transfer Association

Question 20

Vague statements designed to have a positive impact

Answer 20

Glittering Generalities

Question 21

Doing what the group does

Answer 21

Bandwagon

Question 22

Acting personally offended by somebody

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Personal Incredulity

Question 23

Emotional Appeal

Answer 23

Pathos

Question 24

Word or reason

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Logos

Question 25

Credibility of Speakers

Answer 25

Ethos

Question 26

Words that ave a strong connotation

Answer 26

Loaded Words

Question 27

A reader’s response to a text regardless of the circumstances under which the book was written

Answer 27

Reader Response Literary Criticism

Question 28

When the narrator in the book comes across as untrustworthy

Answer 28

Unreliable Narrator (POV)

Question 29

Unrhymed, iambic pentameter

Answer 29

Free verse

Question 30

The turning point in a poem

Answer 30

Volta

Question 31

A long speech by one character

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Monologue

Question 32

One speech made by one character who believes they are alone on stage

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Soliloqy

Question 33

Comment made by a character that only the audience can hear

Answer 33

Aside

Question 34

Audience knows something that the characters don’t

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Dramatic Irony

Question 35

Characterization without direct evidence

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Indirect Characterization

Question 36

Judging literature by social/economic class // whether or not things are fair for people

Answer 36

Marxist Literary Criticism

Question 37

The idea that if you work hard you will succeed no matter who you are

Answer 37

American Dream