Vocab 1
Literary Terms 1
Vocab 2
Literary Terms 2
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100
Extremely depressed or sad
What is disconsolate?
100
The method of narration used in a short story, novel, narrative poem, or work of nonfiction.
What is point of view?
100
A poor person
What is a pauper?
100
A variety of methods a writer uses to create a character; may include: thoughts and actions of other characters, the character's personal appearance or the character's thoughts, speech and actions.
What are different types of indirect characterization?
100
"She would dream of silent chambers, draped with Oriental tapestries and lighted by tall bronze floor lamps, and of two handsome butlers in knee breeches, who, drowsy from the heavy warmth cast by the central stove, dozed in large overstuffed armchairs."
What is an example of indirect characterization? The author is presenting Madame Loisel's thoughts and dreams to help us understand her personality.
200
A lack of basic necessities or comforts of life
What is privation?
200
When someone knowingly exaggerates or says one thing and means another
What is verbal irony?
200
Chances or possibilities
What is prospects?
200
The narrator is a character in the story
What is first person point of view?
200
"She was one of those pretty and charming girls, born, as if by an accident of fate, into a family of clerks."
What is an example of direct characterization? This is our introduction to the character of Madame Loisel.
300
Anger or annoyance
What is vexation?
300
The narrative voice is outside the action, not one of the characters
What is third person point of view?
300
Filled with shock or horror
What is aghast?
300
Occurs when the reader or viewer knows something the character does not
What is dramatic irony?
300
"All the men turned to look at her, asked who she was, begged to be introduced. All the cabinet officials wanted to waltz with her. The minister took notice of her."
What is an example of indirect characterization? We are learning about Madame Loisel's character through the actions of other characters.
400
Excessive praise or flattery
What is adulation?
400
The way a writer creates and develops and characters' personalities.
What is characterization?
400
The entire range or series of something
What is gamut?
400
An educated guess. Text + common sense + reader's personal experience.
What is inference?
400
"She became heavy, rough, harsh, like one of the poor. Her hair untended, her voice shrill, she even slopped water on her floors and scrubbed them herself."
What is an example of indirect characterization? The author describes Madame Loisel's physical appearance as well as her actions.
500
Without interruption, continuously
What is incessantly?
500
A contrast between what a reader or character expects and what actually exists or happens.
What is situational irony?
500
Crooked; to one side
What is askew?
500
When the writer makes direct comments about a character's personality through the narrator.
What is direct characterization?
500
"Oh, my poor Mathilde. But mine was only paste. Why, at most, it was worth only five hundred francs!"
What is an example of situational irony?
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