Narrators and characterization
When an author subtly reveals the character through actions and interactions.
What is indirect characterization?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
What is an alliteration?
Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech in which he repeats the phrase, “I have a dream" at the beginning of several stanzas
What is paralellism?
In “Lamb to the Slaughter,” Mary Maloney cooks the murder weapon and feeds it to the police officers. This is an example of _____.
What is irony?
A comparison without using “like” or “as” is called ______.
What is a metaphor?
When the narrator states or describes a character's traits.
What is direct characterization?
“He’s a real Romeo” is a(n) ________________ to Romeo and Juliet
What is an allusion?
It’s a million degrees out
What is hyperbole?
The actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected
What is situational irony?
In “Story of an Hour,” Mrs. Mallard has a heart problem which foreshadows ______.
Her death after seeing her husband alive.
In “Harrison Bergeron,” we learn that Harrison is so strong, “nobody had ever born heavier handicaps” (Vonnegut 2). This is an example of _______.
What is indirect characterization?
A comparison without using “like” or “as”
What is a simile?
The curtains danced in the breeze
What is personification?
Facts or events are unknown to a character in a story but are known to the reader, audience, or other characters
What is dramatic irony?
The author’s attitude toward the subject and audience is called ______.
What is tone?
A narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty, misleadingly biased, or otherwise
What is an unreliable narrator?
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
What is personification?
A figure of speech comparing two things that does NOT use "like" or "as”
What is a metaphor?
This story is ironic because its title implies that good things will happen to the winner when in reality, they are stoned to death by their neighbors.
What is "The Lottery?"
When a character has a problem with any force of nature, including setting, weather.
What is person v. nature?
A German word for "coming of age", usually a teen's transition to adulthood
What is Bildungsroman?
“The cat’s out of the bag”
What is an idiom?
“Pop! Boom! Pow!” are examples of _____.
What is onomatopoeia?
This story is ironic because the main character, Mrs. Mallard, finds freedom in the death of her husband, only to die as soon as she realizes he is still alive.
What is "Story of an Hour?"
When one character has a problem with a group of people (government).
What is person v. society?