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ENG EXAM

Terms in this set (48)

The Necklace
Guy de Maupassant
The Cask of Amontillado
Edgar Allan Poe
Everyday Use
Alice Walker
The Birth-Mark
Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Rose for Emily
William Faulkner
The Story of an Hour
Kate Chopin
The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
How It Feels to Be Colored Me
Zora Neale Hurston
What the Black Man Wants
Frederick Douglass
I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jr.
Save the Dream
Jesse Jackson
Two Kinds
Amy Tan
Exposition
setting, characters, seeds of conflict
inciting action
destabilizes the situation
rising action
progression of conflict
complication
the part of the story where the main character is taking some action to resolve the conflict(s) and it's unsuccessful
reversal
epiphany
climax
turning point
falling action
release of tension
resolution
sense of closure
denouement
epilogue
characterization
how the writer reveals the personality of the character (directly or indirectly)--(STEAL) speech, thoughts, effect, actions, looks
narrator
the person telling the story, forms or mediates the reader's perspective
theme
the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work
topic
the subject that is treated or presented within the writing
symbolism
the use of symbols to express or represent ideas or qualities in literature
static
a character that does not undergo important change in the course of the story, remaining essentially the same at the end
dynamic
a character who undergoes some important change in the course of the story
limited
the reader understands only what one character knows
objective
only dialogue
unreliable narrator
an untrustworthy storyteller, more often used in narratives with a first person point of view; either deliberately deceptive or unintentionally misguided
implied author
the perspective and intended values that govern the work
omniscient
point of view of multiple characters
ardent
passionate or enthusiastic
ephemeral
lasting a very short time
fastidious
concerned about accuracy and detail
inextricable
impossible to disentangle or separate
tumultuous
making aloud, confused noise
macabre
having death as a subject
cuckolded
a man whose wife is unfaithful
feted
praised
noctambulant
sleepwalking
furtive
avoid notice/attention
hangdog
a despicable or miserable person
impunity
exemption from punishment or consequences
rheum
watery fluid on the eyes
circumlocution
the use of unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea; evasiveness in speech
Aquiver
marked by trembling or quivering
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