Narration
A narrator who's narration is biased, misleading, or untruthful?
What is an unreliable narrator?
The time, place, and social environment in which a story occurs
What is Setting?
Using an idea or object to represent a deeper meaning beyond?
What is symbolism?
A character used to contrast with the protagonist, highlighting specific traits
What is a foil?
Repetition of words at the beginning of two or more sentences?
What is anaphora
This type of narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character, usually the protagonist?
What is third person-limited?
In a story, a setting that mirrors the emotional state of a character.
What is Pathetic Fallacy
"The wind whipped around wishfully" is an example of what two types of figurative language?
What is alliteration and personification?
A character whose actions are driven by a saddening flow
What is a tragic character?
The decision behind using a certain style in speech and words usage?
What is diction?
The narrator presents a continuous, unedited, and often has a disjointed flow?
What is stream of consciousness?
Establishing the social norms and constraints the character must navigate
What is historical context?
Repeating grammatical structures across multiple sentences for structural balance and emphasis
What is parallelism?
A character who undergoes significant internal change
What is a dynamic character?
A flaw in reasoning that can weaken or invalidate an argument?
What is fallacy?
The point of view or view change within the passage
What is a perspective shift?
A character struggling to survive a harsh, sub-zero winter in the wilderness.
What is setting as Antagonist?
"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times" is what type of figurative language
What is juxtaposition?
Complex, fully developed characters that are responsible for closely involved in the action.
What are round characters?
A contradictory statement within a poem that is revealed to be more complex in meaning?
What is paradox?
The narrator blending third person reporting with a character's internal thoughts.
What is free indirect discourse?
A setting described as "stagnant, claustrophobic, and crumbling"
What is Oppressive and decaying?
What do similes and metaphors have in common; which one is often a more "direct" comparison
Similes and metaphors are both comparisons between unlike things. Metaphors are more direct because they state that something "is" another, while similes state that two things are "like" each other.
The method of characterization where the author tells the audience literally what a character is like.
What is direct characterization?
The term when various interpretations are possible due to a deliberate uncertainty of the poems meaning?
What is Ambiguity?