Vocab Flashcards

Question

What is the victim archetype?

Answer 1

deceived or cheated suffers from a destructive event, force, or actions of others someone who is harmed physically or emotionally and possibly killed

Answer 2

"trickster" breaks the rules often times cause harm to others

Answer 3

blamed unfairly for something they did not do cast out or alienated by those around them

Answer 4

exposed to harsh realities of the world could happen as a direct or indirect result of their actions

Answer 5

a figure of speech that involves exaggeration or emphasis or dramatic effect (exaggeration)

Answer 6

a short comment or speech that a character delivers directly to the audience while other actors on the stage cannot listen (talking to audience)

Answer 7

the overall feeling or atmosphere that a work of literature creates for the reader (how someone is feeling)

Answer 8

the choice of words and style of expression used by an author (style of words)

Answer 9

a figure of speech in which non-human things are given human characteristics (things turn real)

Answer 10

a metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines or an entire work (long metaphor)

Answer 11

the arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or an entire work (framework)

Answer 12

a literary technique that depicts events that have occurred before the current action of the story (looking back)

Answer 13

the attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience, expressed though the choice of words and style of writing (attitude)

Answer 14

the underlying message or central idea presented in a work of literature (message)

Answer 15

the structure and organization of a literary work (structure)

Answer 16

the distinctive way a writer toward a subject or an audience, expressed through the choice of words and style of writing (tone)

Answer 17

a moment of sudden revelation or insight in a literary work (when you realize something)

Answer 18

the voice or person that tells the story in a poem or work of literature (person telling the story)

Answer 19

the continuation of a sentence or clause across the line break in poetry (continuation in poetry)

Answer 20

the perspective from which a story is told, such as first person, third person, etc. (who is telling the story; narrator)

Answer 21

the process by which an author reveals the personality of a character (describing)

Answer 22

the rhythmic pattern of stresses in ia line of verse (pattern)

Answer 23

a traditional story that explains the beliefs or customs of a society, often involving gods or supernatural beings (beliefs)

Answer 24

a literary technique used to criticize human misconduct and shortcomings through humor, irony, or ridicule (criticizing human misconduct)

Answer 25

the character or force that opposes the protagonist, or main character, in a literary work (bad guy)

Answer 26

the series of events in a plot that builds toward the climax (before climax)

Answer 27

the repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text, particularly at the end of words (constant sounds in lines)

Answer 28

a genre of literature that depicts the real world as having an undercurrent of magic or fantasy (fantasy world)

Answer 29

a form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group, often reflected in literature to add authenticity (a way of speaking)

Answer 30

the most intense, exciting, or important point of a story; a turning point (turning point)

Answer 31

the part of literary work that provides background information about the characters, setting, and intention conflict (introduction)

Answer 32

a genre of literature that aims to entertain the reader or audience by making them laugh (genre)

Answer 33

a situation in a work of literature where the audience knows something that a character does not (when the audience knows before the reader)

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