The Scarlet Letter Flashcards
What is a type of extended prose fiction?
Novel
What is the main character?
Protagonist
What is the one who is in conflict with another?
Antagonist
What are separate stories or series of incidents going on at the same time as the main plot but related to it in some way?
Subplots
What is the sequence of events which can be divided into a beginning, middle, and end?
Plot
What is the point of greatest interest, excitement, or suspense which usually comes just before the final resolution of the conflict?
Climax
What is the controlling idea or insight into life which the author seeks to impart; central idea which gives a work meaning?
Theme
What adds richness and depth to a literal story and encourages the reader to look beneath the surface for additional levels of meaning which the author may wish to convey?
Symbols
What is the physical background against which the events of a novel take place?
Setting
What are the suggested meanings or associations?
Connotations
What are the literal meanings?
Denotations
What is the use of words which appeal to our senses?
Imagery
What includes various types of comparisons (similes, metaphors, and personifications) as well as language used on more than one level (symbolism, irony, paradox, and allusions)?
Figurative language
What is the imaginary persons who carry out the action of the plot?
Characters
What is telling the reader directly what the character is like?
Direct exposition
What allows the reader to draw his own conclusions from what the character himself does or thinks, or what other characters think about him?
Indirect exposition
What remains essentially the same throughout the story?
Static character
What undergoes some change and is different at the end of the story?
Dynamic character
What is the struggle between opposing forces?
Conflict
What is a narrative or description in which the characters, places, and other items are symbols?
Allegory
When was Nathaniel Hawthorne born/died?
1804-1864
