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Plot
Style/Narration
Characterization
Figurative Language
Subject or Theme?
100
List the 4 types of conflict. (Remember: "technology" and "nature" are combined into one.)
Person vs. Person Person vs. Self Person vs. Society Person vs. Environment
100
1. This is when a character narrator tells the story (using "I"). 2. This is when a non-character narrator tells the story, but only knows about one character. 3. This is when a non-character narrator tells the story, and knows about all characters.
1. What is 1st person point of view? 2. What is 3rd person limited point of view? 3. What is 3rd person omniscient point of view?
100
1. This is the "hero" of the story, or the character the author wants the reader to hope to succeed. 2. This is the "villain" of the story, or the character the author wants the reader to hope to fail.
1. What is the protagonist? 2. What is the antagonist?
100
1. This is a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as". 2. This is a comparison between two unlike things by claiming that one thing "is" the other thing.
1. What is a simile? 2. What is a metaphor?
100
Love
What is a subject?
200
Name the 5 elements of plot in order. (Include the 3 pieces of the first element.)
Exposition - setting, characters, conflicts Rising Actions Climax Falling Actions Resolution
200
1. This refers to the feelings a reader experiences. 2. This refers to the feelings a writer experiences while writing.
1. What is mood? 2. What is tone?
200
1. This is when an author specifically tells the reader about a character's trait. 2. This is when an author implies a character's trait.
1. What is direct characterization? 2. What is indirect characterization?
200
1. This is when two opposing words are put together. 2. This is when two opposing ideas are put together, and reveal a truth.
1. What is an oxymoron? 2. What is a paradox?
200
The theme of the short story is family.
What is subject?
300
Irony is when the opposite of what was expected happens, often for comic effect. Name the 3 kinds of irony.
Situational Verbal Dramatic
300
This is when everything in a story is symbolic (including characters, setting, and plot.)
What is allegory?
300
1. This is a character who does not change. 2. This is a character who changes.
1. What is a static character? 2. What is a dynamic character?
300
This is when something concrete represents something abstract.
What is a symbol?
300
The theme of the novel is that love never dies.
What is theme?
400
This is when a particular text makes a reference to another text without specifying that a reference is being made.
What is an allusion?
400
This is the use of purposefully misleading information to brainwash an audience into following a particular political philosophy.
What is propaganda?
400
This is a character who complements a main character. He/she mirrors his/her complementary main character, serving as an opposite who shares key traits.
What is a foil?
400
This is when human characteristics are given to non-human things.
What is personification?
400
Crime doesn't pay.
What is theme?
500
This is when a detail of a text does not match the time period in which the detail is set.
What is an anachronism?
500
This is the use of irony and humor to criticize politicians and political acts.
What is satire?
500
This is the reason for which a character behaves in any given way.
What is a motivation?
500
This is the use of extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
500
The tragedy of war.
What is subject?