Short Story Test Flashcards
The first seven years
Bernard Malamud (1955)
Everyday use
Alice walker (1972)
Masque of the Red death
Edgar Allen Poe (1830s-1840s)
Hop frog
Edgar Allen Poe (1830s-1840s)
Young Goodman brown
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1835)
Sinners in the hands of an angry god
Jonathan Edwards (1741)
Exposition
Used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters to the reader so they understand the plot
Syntax
The order of words, phrases, and ideas in a given language
Epiphany
A moment where a character has a sudden realization that leads to a new perspective that clarifies a problem or situation
Diction
A style of speaking or writing determined by a choice of words
Vernacular language
The language of the common people, the natural language it would be
Gothic literature
A form of romantic literature; focuses on the dark aspects of fantasy, imagination, and emotion (ex. Murder, death, sickness, war)
Extended metaphor
A metaphor used for a long stretch of the text
Rhetorical/rhetoric language
Language with a perpuse such as to persuade, inform, send a message, to teach a lesson, to argue, etc.
Didactic language
Meant to teach a moral lesson
