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Symbol and Irony
Point of view
Theme vs thesis
Plot
Leftovers
100
A person, place, or thing that comes to represent an abstract idea or concept.
What is a symbol?
100
Eg. My eyes wandered to the old trunk in the corner. There were three new dolls lying on top of it.
What is first person point of view.
100
The controlling idea or central insight in a piece of fiction.
What is Theme?
100
A clash of actions, ideas, desires, or wills. (man vs. . . .)
What is conflict?
100
Unrhymed iambic pentameter.
What is blank verse?
200
Symbols almost always signal their existance by _____________ , _______________ , and ________________ .
What are emphasis, repetition and position?
200
Eg. Mr. E sat at his desk trying to think of interesting ways to get his students to study for the exam. Mrs. E entered the room and asked him what he was doing. After Mr. E's short explanation, Mrs. E said, "Why don't you try online jeopardy?" Mr. E loved the idea.
What is limited omniscient point of view?
200
A sentence that explicitly identifies the purpose of an essay and may preview its main ideas.
What is a thesis statement?
200
The main character.
Who is the protagonist?
200
A poem or story meant to teach.
What is didactic?
300
In this kind of irony, there is a difference between expectation and fulfillment, or between appearance and reality, or between what is and what would seem appropriate. Eg. Mr. E leaving a rainy January in Vancouver for Hawaii, only to get there and find it is rainy and Vancouver is unseasonably warm and dry.
What is situational irony?
300
Eg.Mr E. sait quietly at the desk. He made no movements. Mrs E. then entered the room and said, " What are you doing?" "I'm trying to make exam review interesting for students," said Mr. E. "Why don't you try jeopardy?" said Mrs. E. Mr. E. smiled.
What is objective point of view?
300
The problem with this theme statement, "The theme of "The Last Fall" is two wrongs don't make a right."
What is cliche?
300
The forces arrayed against the protagonist, whether persons, things, conventions of society, or traits of his own character.
What is the antagonist?
300
A four line stanza.
What is a quatrain?
400
In this kind of irony the discrepancy is between what is said and what is meant. Eg. Someone is talking about the invention of machine guns that can kill people by the dozens and says, "If this isn't progress!"
What is verbal irony?
400
Mr. E sat at his desk trying to think of an interesting way for students to review for the government exam. At another location in the house, Mrs. E. was wondering if her husband would ever stop working for his students and start working around the house.
What is omniscient point of view?
400
The problem with this theme statement: The theme of "Elephants for Sale" is all children who face divorce also face depression.
What is "it doesn't avoid absolutes"?
400
A position in which a character must choose between two couses of action, both undesirable.
What is dilemma?
400
Poetry relating to the countryside or to rural life; it most often presents an idealized image of rural life and nature.
What is pastoral poety?
500
In this irony, the contrast is between what a character says or thinks and what the reader knows to be true. Eg. Juliet pretends to go along with her mother's plan to avenge Tybalt's death by arranging Romeo's murder, and answers her with a wonderful play on words: "Indeed I shall never be satisfied / with Romeo, till I behold him - dead - is my poor heart." Her mother believes she is saying that, more than anything, she wants Romeo dead, while what she really (as the audience knows) means is that her heart is dead until she sees Romeo again.
What is dramatic irony?
500
The three third person points of view.
What are limited omniscient, objective, and omniscient?
500
When writing a thesis statement in an essay your statement may be explicitly stated, or this word, meaning the opposite of explicitly stated.
What is implied?
500
When an author gives his story a turn unjustified by the situation of the characters involved, he is guilty of this.
What is plot manipulation?
500
A similar word to cacophony. The arrangement of cacophonous words for a specific effect.
What is dissonance?