Literary Vocabulary
This is a device that allows the writer to present events that happened before the time of the current narration or the current events in the narrative.
What is flashback.
He acts silly at times, but he was blessed with a brilliant brain.
This is an example of _______
Lazy afternoons were perfect for ____ chats on all manner of subjects.
a. desultory
b. inundate
c. subjective
What is A - desultory?
_______ occurs when a reader must infer what a character is like. In this case, the text provides clues through the character’s words, thoughts, or actions or through other characters’ words, thoughts, or actions, but there is no evaluation or explanation from a narrator.
What is indirect characterization?
A struggle within a character’s mind is an _____conflict.
What is internal conflict?
What is verbal irony?
I drove myself to the lake
and dove into the water.
This is an example of what type of rhyme?
What is internal rhyme?
To insert between other elements means to _____.
a. to interject
b. to undulate
c. to redound
What is A - to interject?
“The old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck. The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheek … Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.” This is an example of _______ characterization.
What is direct?
The dreams are clues that tell us take chances.
This is an example of _____.
What is blank verse?
A story is told within a story is a _____________.
What is a frame narrative.
I never heard before of a ship so well furbished
with battle tackle…
…no wise man in hall or weathered veteran…
…asleep from their feasting…
…they wept to heaven…
The above lines are examples of ______.
What is assonance?
A summary that is not word-for-word is to ____.
What is to paraphrase?
______ characters typically have fully fleshed-out and multi-faceted personalities, backgrounds, desires, and motivations.
What is round characters?
______includes specific details from the text that support the author’s tone, purpose, characterizations, or central theme.
What is textual evidence?
Choose the best satire definition from these statements:
A. A genre that ridicules individuals and/or society through wit and irony.
B. A light-hearted look at minor societal issues.
C. An angry rant about all that is wrong with the world.
What is A?
A genre that ridicules individuals and/or society through wit and irony.
Imagine a drawing with two trees—in one tree is a cat, and at the bottom of the other tree is a dog barking. The caption reads: You are barking up the wrong tree, Buddy! Here, the joke lies in the phrase’s ________ meaning.
What is denotative meaning?
Considering Isaiah's ____ behavior at the party last night, his friends certainly have the right to ___ with him.
a. demonstratative; metapphase
b. abominable; remonstrate
c. semantic; paraphrase
What is B?
A ______ character does not change his or her morals, behavior, or ideas over the course of a story—or they change very little.
What is static character?
_____________is the process of looking closely at the small parts of a text to see how they work together and affect the whole.
What is analysis?
The novel or story begins with a significant moment. The rest of the novel fills in the events leading up to the significant moment.
What is In Medias Res?
Her foot left a print on the carpet-repetition of the "t" sound. This is an example of _______.
What is consonance?
While your ___ conveys the poem's ___ -proprieties, it fails to deal with its emotional impact.
a. paradigm; demonstratrative
b. paraphrase; semantic
c. abomination; semiotic
What is B?
Characters who often present conflicting or shifting thoughts, actions, and motivations are considered ________ characters.
What is complex characters?
_____________occur when the author weaves two or more plots together throughout the text. These plots may involve separate characters, settings, and time.
What is parallel plotlines?