Design Terms
Romeo and Juliet Vocab
The Outsiders Vocab
Characterization
Literary Devices
100
Name for principles of design that explain how when humans see a group of objects, we see the whole as more than the sum of the parts.
What is Gestalt
100
A joke that is said or done for amusement.
What is a jest
100
A liquid used to remove color from hair
What is peroxide
100
A character whose personality or appearances is in stark contrast to another character.
What is foil
100
Readers combine text evidence and background knowledge to form this.
What is inference
200
2. The edges on letters, appearing like knobs, make body text easier to read in print documents are called ______.
What is serifs
200
A cue given to an actor in a play, within the script, that tells them a basic action to take.
What is stage direction
200
A street fight between gangs
What is a rumble
200
The force (or character) that the central figure struggles against is the
What is antagonist
200
In Act 2, Scene 2, when Romeo is below Juliet's balcony talking to himself about his thoughts about Juliet and comparing her to the sun, this is an example of ________________.
What is soliloquy
300
When looking at an image that can be seen in more than one way, the mind sees one image at a time. This principle is explained as ______________.
What is multistability
300
To be pleased or willing under the circumstances
What is to fain
300
60’s slang word meaning “to like.”
What is dig
300
________is said to be the best way to reveal character’s tastes, hopes, prejudices and goals.
What is dialogue
300
Reading while taking notes on new words, questions, observations about characters, mood, setting, tone, plot, style elements, and themes is called _________ reading.
What is annotated or active
400
________ is a Gestalt principle, stating that when looking at an image, the mind identifies the whole before the parts. So, if someone sees a picture of dots that can be organized to form an image, they will see the image before they see the individual dots.
What is emergence
400
An archaic Old English word meaning “for what reason.”
What is wherefore
400
A young person who has a tendency to commit crimes.
What is delinquent
400
An ordinary man and a gossip are examples of
What is archetypes, which are patterns of characters that exist across time and culture in literature.
400
“Sick health” is an example of this
What is paradox or oxymoron
500
The principle that states that we fill in blank space in images with our minds.
What is reification
500
A woven fabric with a pattern on both sides
What is a damask
500
A ___________ person displays brave and heroic behaviors
What is gallant
500
Ponyboy , from the Outsiders, and Laura, from the Garden Party, are great examples of ________ characters. (Hint: think about how they are in the beginning and end of the stories).
What is dynamic
500
The character of Mathilde is seen through an “all knowing” objective perspective in “The Necklace,” which allows the reader to see her selfishness and vanity quickly, which means, the story is told in ____________ point of view
What is 3rd person omniscent
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