Terminology Test Flashcards
Meaning of allegory.
A story,play,poem,picture,etc with the characters and events that represents qualities or ideas that relate to morals, religion, or politics.
Meaning of allusion
A reference to a character or place or event that a writer makes to deepen readers understanding of their work
Meaning of analepsis.
A description of an event or scene from an earlier time that interrupts a chronological narrative (3.g flashback)
Meaning of antagonist
A person who is strongly opposed to something or someone
Meaning of circular narrative.
The last section or last line of a piece of writing takes you back to the beginning.
Meaning of climax.
The most intense, exciting or important point of something
Meaning of denouement.
The final part of a play, film, narrative in which the stands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
Meaning of direct speech.
The reporting of speech by repeating the actual words of a speaker, for example ‘I’m going’ she said
Meaning of exposition.
Passages which explain where events take place,what happened before the story begins, and the background of the characters.
Meaning of falling action.
Period of time where after the climax has taken place and tension decreases
Meaning of first person point of view.
Literacy style where the narrator speaks directly using ‘I’ and ‘we’
Meaning of foil.
A character whose purpose is to draw attention to the qualities of another character.
Meaning of frame narrative,
A story within a story
Meaning of free indirect speech.
Narration where your writing in third person while maintaining some essential elements of first person narration
Meaning of inciting incident.
An event that occurs in relation to the protagonist at the beginning of the story to set story in motion
Meaning of indirect speech.
Speech which tells you what someone said but does not actually use words.
Meaning of media res
Latin for ‘in the middle of things’ = starting in action
Meaning of limited omniscient point of view
Feelings are restricted to a single character allowing to explore the plot of a specific character
Meaning of linear narrative
Events unfold in chronological order
Meaning of motif
A repeated pattern.
Meaning of non-linear structure.
Plots unfold out of order or events don’t match for when they took place
Meaning of
Narrator does not have insight to characters feelings,only their actions
Meaning of omniscient point of view
Narrator has access to all aspects of the story, including characters knowledge, and thoughts
Meaning of prolepsis
Anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech
