english-freshman midterm 1
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kimmymav14 on January 18, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 allusion | a reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art |
| antagonist | a character or force in conflict with a main character or protagonist |
| character | a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces |
| internal conflict | involves a character in conflict with himself or herself |
| external conflict | the main character struggles against an outside force |
| epiphany | a character's sudden flash of insight into a conflict or situation |
| genre | a category or type of literature |
| irony | the general term for literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality or expectation and result |
| verbal irony | words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant |
| dramatic irony | there is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true |
| situational irony | an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters the reader or the audience |
| protagonist | the main character in a literary work that the author wants you to sympathize with |
| point of view | directs the type and amount of information the writer reveals; vantage point from which the story is told |
| first person POV | when a character in the story tells the story |
| omniscent | when an all knowing third person narrator can tell readers what any character thinks and feels |
| third person limited | when the narrator sees the world through one character's eyes and reveals only that character's thoughts |
| plot | the sequence of events in a literary work |
| exposition | introduces the setting characters and basic situation |
| inciting incident | introduces the central conflict |
| rising action | all events leading up to the climax; the conflicts become more apparent |
| climax | the high point of interest or suspense |
| falling action | all events leading to the resolution; when the events become less complicated |
| resolution | a general insight or change is conveyed |
| unreliable narrator | has trouble discerning fantasy from reality |
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