Vocab

Question 1

6 types of conflicts

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Man
Self
Technology 
Machine
Nature
Society

Question 2

Third person point of view

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A narrator that does not participate in the action of the story as one of the characters, but lets us know exactly how the characters feel

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First person point of view

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The narrator does participate in the action of the story and may not be reliable

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Omniscient point of view

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A narrator who knows everything about all characters

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Limited point of view

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A narrator whose knowledge is restricted to one character

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Tone

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The attitude a writer takes toward the reader or a character in his work

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Symbol

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A person, thing, or place that stands for both itself and something beyond itself

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Theme

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The central idea or insight in a work of literature

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Genre

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The form of piece ( poem, essay, letter…)

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Rising action

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Events that lead up to the climax

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Climax

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Point of highest interest

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Falling action

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The resolution of the plot

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Exposition

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The first part of a plot that introduces characters, setting, etc.

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Tragic flaw

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A supposed weakness in the tragic protagonist, an imperfection that will lead to his or her ruin

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Well-rounded character

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A many-sided character

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Flat character

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A one-dimensional character, one who never evolves

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Irony

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Contrast between expectations and reality, presenting a contrast of some sort

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Verbal irony

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Statement in which the meaning that a speaker implies differs sharply from the meaning that is expressed

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Dramatic irony

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Occurs when a character’s words or acts may carry a meaning unperceived by he character but understood by the audience

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Flashback

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Scene that interrupts the present plot action and goes backward in time

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Foil

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Character used to contrast another-opposites

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Foreshadow

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Use of clues to hint at coming events

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Anatagonist

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The character who comes into conflict with the main character

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Denouement

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The falling action in a play or story

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Protagonist

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The hero in a story (usually the main character)

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Suspense

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Uncertainty or anxiety about what will happen next in a story

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Diction

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A writer's or speaker's choice of words

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Dialect

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Way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or group of people

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Connotation

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All meanings, associations or emotions a word suggests

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Denotation

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The literal meaning of a word

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Stereotype

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A character who is oversimplified, who lacks individualizing characteristics

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Thesis

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The big idea being put forth in the piece; a proposition advanced by the writer

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Parallelism

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Repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure

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Soliloquy

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A long speech in which a character (usually alone on stage) expresses his/her secret thoughts or feelings

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Figure of speech

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Word or phrase that describes a thing in terms not meant to be taken seriously

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Aside

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Words spoken by a character in a play to the audience, but not meant to be heard by the cast

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Myth

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Anonymous traditional story that serves to explain a belief, custom, or natural phenomenon

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Sonnet

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A fixed form of 14 lines, normally iambic pentameter

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Oxymoron

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Figure of speech using contradictory ideas (tight slacks, jumbo shrimp)

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Parody

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The imitation of a work of literature, art, or music for amusement (Saturday night live)

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which a non-human thing is given human characteristics

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Pun

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Play on the multiple meanings of a word

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Allusion

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Direct or Indirect reference to a person, event, or literary work

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry

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Epic

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Long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a hero who embodies the values of a certain society

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Antithesis

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Balancing two contrasting ideas, words, phrases in a work of literature

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Aphorism

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Concise, pointed statement expressing a wise or clever observation about life

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Hyperbole

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Overstatement

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Analogy

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A comparison of two things, alike in certain aspects

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Anachronism

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Taking a person, event, or thing out of one era and incorrectly placing it in another

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Anathropomorphism

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The ascription to animals or inanimate objects of human forms; emotions, or characteristics

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Epithet

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An adjective or descriptive phrase that is regularly used to describe a person,place,or things