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English Final

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Alliteration
the same initial letter of a word
Consonance
repeating of consonant sounds at the end of a word
Assonance
same vowel sounds within a word
Onomatopoeia
using words which sound like what they mean
Elizabeth Scott Stam
missionary to China who was martyred; wrote A Jingle of Words
Daniel Webster
brilliant orator and Christian statesman
Grandma Moses
self-taught artist; painted her first picture at age 78; painted rural scenery
Norman Rockwell
painted freedom of speech; painted real scenes of working America
Carl Sandburg
author of biography of Abraham Lincoln, fog, Chicago poems
Free verse
has no meter or pattern (pros written in lines)
Dialect
a language that is a part of a region
Cacography
mispellings
Josh Billings
pen name of Henry W. Shaw; wrote articles for newspapers
Dialogue
conversation in writing
Plot
arrangement of incidents or events divided as the beginning, the middle, and the end
Mark Twain
pen name of Samuel Clemens; wrote the notorious jumping frog
Will Rogers Jr.
part Indian
Short story
fictional prose written for entertainment
Characters
who it happens to
Setting
time and place
Theme
meaning of the story
Tone or mood
attitude or emotion of the author
Washington Irving
first American short story writer; wrote Rip Van Winkle
Edgar Allen Poe
influenced the American short story with tales as "The Tell Tale Heart"; wrote "The Pit and the Pendulum"; introduced the detective story
O Henry
the pen name of William Sidney Porter; used surprise ending
Stephen Crane
did not recognize sin as sin but attempted to blame man's behavior on culture; he wrote "The Open Boat"; he was a war correspondent
Thornton Wilder
well-known novelist and playwright who wrote Our Town "The Unerring Instinct"
Point of view
the perspective from which the story is told
Limited point of view
author tells the story from the viewpoint of one character
Irony
direct opposite of their usual sense
Surprise ending
unexpected twist at the end of a story
Satire
the ridicule of human behavior with intent to correct it
Novel
extended prose fiction; means new
Protagonist
main character
Antagonist
in conflict with the main character
Theme (Scarlet Letter)
sin and guilt; punishment
Point of view (Scarlet Letter)
omniscient- author knows all
Tone (Scarlet Letter)
gloomy
Author (Scarlet Letter)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Place (Scarlet Letter)
Boston, MA
Time (Scarlet Letter)
17th century
Characters (Scarlet Letter)
Puritans
Rose
life and Hope
Church
forgiveness/judgement
Prison
condemnation/punishment
Graveyard
death
Prison door
freedom
Dynamic character
character that changes
Static character
character that remains the same
Allegory
narrative in which the character and places are symbols
Climax
highest point of interest
Imagery
use of senses to write
Protagonist (Scarlet Letter)
Hester, Dimmesdale
Antagonist (Scarlet Letter)
Chillingworth
Dynamic character (Scarlet Letter)
Dimmesdale, Hester, Pearl
Static character (Scarlet Letter)
Chillingworth
Climax (Scarlet Letter)
3rd scaffold scene when Dimmesdale confesses
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