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unit 1 - Literary Elements and Devices Flashcards

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1
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What is setting?

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Setting is the time and place of a story.It influences mood

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What is characterization

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A device that is used by the author to show or tell about the characters. The author uses characterization to reveal traits about the characters and to develop their personalities

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Give a definition of the following
Direct
indirect

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D:When the author tells us about the character
ID:When the author shows us about the characters through the character’s thoughts, actions, looks, effects on other characters and speech

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What are the following;
Classic hero
Anti
Romatic
Modern
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C:Archetypal characters that often possess a supernatural strength and enjoy great success and rewards
A:Is often the protagonist, but often the reader doesn’t admire their traits. They have something about them that makes them unlikeable
R:Often rejects expectations of their society in order to do what is right
M: More well-rounded than classic hero, may be unpredictable, they don’t have superpowers and sometimes will not achieve their goal

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what is a Protagonist

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The main character.The story revolves around the character

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what is a Antagonist

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The character that is against the protagonist

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What is a Flat character

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An underdeveloped character with few traits

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What is a Round character

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A developed character with many traits

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What is a Dynamic character

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A character who changes over the course of a story

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What is a Static character

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A character who stays the same over the course of a story

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Introduction

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The character are introduced, The setting is revealed,the goals of the protagonist are clear

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Rising action

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The problems is revealed, it gets in the way of the protagonist’s goals, suspense builds

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Climax

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The turning point in the story, the audience knows if the problem will be solved or not

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Falling action

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The result of the problem begins to be understood, details and unanswered questions may be answered

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Resolution

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The end of the story, the result is understood

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Character vs self

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Internal conflict. The character has a struggle within his own mind

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Character vs character

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External conflict, struggles against another character

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Character vs society

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External conflict, struggles against the expectations of the society.

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Character vs nature

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External conflict, struggles against the force of nature

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character vs supernatural

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external conflict, struggles against unnatural forces

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character vs technology

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external conflict, struggles against object,inventions

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character vs fate

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external conflict, struggles against situations that are out of their control

23
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What is a dialogue

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The speech exchange between two characters

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What is first person?

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Told from a character P.O.V. uses words like “ I,My,Us

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What is second person?

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Used often with words like “ you,your”

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What is third person?

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Uses words like “ they,his,her

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What is third person objective?

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Can only report on what’s happening

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What is third person Omniscient?

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Knows all the thoughts and fellings of several characters

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What is third person limited?

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knows the thoughts and fellings of only 1 person.

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What is forshadowing?

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The hint that the author gives about what will happen next in the story

31
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What is flashback?

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Showing events from before the story started,through memories

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What is Alliteration?

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of near words

33
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What is Assonance?

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The repetition of vowel sounds within near words.

34
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What is Consonance?

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The repetition of consonant sounds within near words

35
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What is theme?

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The main idea of the story

36
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What is Imagery and Motif?

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Imagery: visually descriptive ; sight,smell,hearing,taste,touch
Motif: element that has symbolic significance in a story

37
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What is symbolism?

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A object,person,place that represents something important

38
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Verbal,situationl,dramatic

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V: says one thing but means the opposite
S: When what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected
D : when the audience knows whats happening but the characters don’t.

39
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What is allegory?

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A story,poem or picture that sends a moral lesson to the audience

40
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What is Allusion?

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A direct or indirect reference to something well know

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Simile and metaphor

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S: A comparison between two unlike things using “ like” or as”
M: A direct comparison between two unlike things, one thing is another

42
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What is euphemism

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An understatement used to lesson a potential harshness or crass

43
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What is Dicition

What is Tone

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An authors word choice.Diction may establish mood and / or tone.
The way

44
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What is personification

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Giving human traits to non-human things

45
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What is Onamatopeia

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A word that sounds like its meaning

46
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What is Euphemism

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A understatment used to lessen a potential harshness or crass

47
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What is connotation

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Something such as a felling, thought or idea associated in ones mind or imagination with a specific person or thing

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