the conversation among characters in any kind of narrative,story, or play
What is dialogue?
100
main character in a work of fiction
What is protagonist?
100
listing ideas on paper before choosing a topic
What is brainstorming?
100
literature whose purpose was primarily religious or practical
What is Puritanism/Colonialism?
100
an author's attitude toward the subject
What is tone?
200
A single person gives a long speech to the audience or another character on stage
What is monologue?
200
the character who opposes the main character in a work of fiction
What is antagonist?
200
unauthorized use of the language and thoughts of another author and presenting them as your own
What is plagiarism?
200
Literary movement associated with this author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
What is Transcendentalism?
200
main idea, lesson, or insight about life
What is theme?
300
a dramatic convention that is spoken in an undertone and meant to be heard only by the audience
What is aside?
300
literary device used to present action that occurred before the beginning of the story
What is flashback?
300
giving credit for ideas and sources used
What is citing/citation?
300
literature that focused on the abstract world, imagery, and imagination
What is a Romanticism?
300
an author's word choice
What is diction?
400
a reference to another body of literature, famous person or event
What is allusion?
400
a character who changes through the course of the story
What is a dynamic character?
400
organizational pattern that puts events in the order in which they happened
What is chronological order?
400
includes literature that uses concrete images as symbols to convey theme. Often points out what is wrong with society.
What is symbolists/modernists?
400
The introductory material which gives the setting, creates the tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding the story.
What is exposition?
500
a long speech in which a character is alone on the stage and expresses his/her thoughts and feelings
What is soliloquy?
500
man vs. himself is this type of conflict
What is internal?
500
organizational pattern that shows similarities and/or differences and uses the signal words, although, however, similarly
What is compare/contrast?
500
literature that preserves ways of life from a particular region. Focuses on landscape and local color and culture.
What is Regionalism?
500
universal theme related to the idea that anyone can come to America and with hard work, get rich, famous, own a home, etc.