Mrs. Novak's honors english
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| 279336628 | allegory | work of fiction that shows meaning on both a literal and figurative level | |
| 279336629 | allusion | a reference to literature to a familiar person, place, thing, or event. Allusions to biblical figures and figures from classical mythology are common | |
| 279336630 | alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words | |
| 279336631 | antagonist | a character directly opposed to the protagonist | |
| 279336632 | antithesis | a contrast of two different thoughts or terms | |
| 279336633 | apostrophe | someone absent, dead, or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were present | |
| 279336634 | aside | a dramatic device in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud in words meant to be heard by only the audience but not the other characters | |
| 279336635 | assonance | repetition of initial vowel sounds within a text | |
| 279336636 | characterization | the method a writer uses to develop characters through- a. the character's own thoughts and/or wirds b. the character's own actions c. another character's thoughts, words, and/or actions d. author's description and/or analysis of character | |
| 279336637 | chorus | a group of characters in a greek tragedy and in other dramas who comment on the action of a play without participation in it | |
| 279336638 | climax | the highest point or turning point of the story | |
| 279336639 | plot | the struggle between opposing forces that moves the plot forward a. internal conflict- occurring within the character b. external conflict- between characters or between a character and an abstraction such as nature or fate | |
| 279336640 | connotation | the attitudes and feelings associated with a word. These associations can be positive or negative and have an impact o style and meaning | |
| 279336641 | consonance | the repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends of words | |
| 279336642 | denotation | the literal or dictionary definition of a word | |
| 279336643 | dialect | a particular variety of language spoken n one place by a distinctive group of people | |
| 279336644 | diction | an author's choice of words based on their correctness, clearness, r effectiveness | |
| 279336645 | exposition | a writing that is intended to make clear or explain something. A story up until the conflict. | |
| 279336646 | extended metaphor | a comparison between unlike things that serves as a unifying element throughout a series of sentences or a whole piece | |
| 279336647 | fable | a short, simple story that teaches a lesson | |
| 279336648 | falling action | in the plot, the action that occurs after the climax | |
| 279336649 | flashback | a scene in a story that interrupts the present action to tell about an earlier time | |
| 279336650 | foil | a character who serves as a contrast to aprimary chacter to emphasize his/her traits | |
| 279336651 | foreshadowing | a writer's use of hints or clues to indicate events that will occur in the story | |
| 279336652 | hyperbole | an intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect | |
| 279336653 | iambic pentameter | a metrical line of five feet or units, each made up of an unstressed then a stressed syllable | |
| 279336654 | imagery | words and phrases that create a vivid sensory experiences for the reader | |
| 279336655 | implied metaphor | a more subtle comparison or metaphor; the terms being compared are not so specifically explained | |
| 279336656 | irony | verbal irony: the use of words implying the opposite of what they mean situational irony: the outcome contrasts with what is expected to happen dramatic irony: the reader or audience knows more about the true state of affairs than the characters | |
| 279336657 | jargon | language used by a certain profession or by a particular group of people | |
| 279336658 | metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things without the use of the words like or as | |
| 279336659 | metonymy | a concept closely related to the thing actually meant. Is a metaphor where comparison between two thing are closely related | |
| 279336660 | mood | the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | |
| 279336661 | motif | a detail within a story that repeats itself throughout the work in order to draw your attention toward something important in the theme or message of the story | |
| 279336662 | onomatopoeia | the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning | |
| 279336663 | personification | human actions, motivation, and emotion is used to refer to non-human objects or concepts | |
| 279336664 | plot | the action or sequence of events in a story | |
| 279336665 | point of view | first person: the story told by one of the characters third person omniscient: the story is told by someone outside of the story and knows the thoughts of all the characters third person limited: the story is told by someone outside the story but knows the thoughts of only one character | |
| 279336666 | protagonist | the main character or hero of the story | |
| 279336667 | pun | a joke that comes from a play on words | |
| 279336668 | resolution | also called denouement, a portion of the plot where the problem is solved | |
| 279336669 | rhyme scheme | the pattern in which rhyme sounds occur in a stanza; usually presented by the assignment of the same letter of the alphabet to each similar sound in the stanza | |
| 279336670 | rising action | the events of the story before the climax that move the plot forward, and involves conflicts | |
| 279336671 | satire | ideas, customs, behaviors, or institutions are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society | |
| 279336672 | setting | the time and place of the action in a story | |
| 279336673 | simile | a comparison of two unlike things in which like or as is used | |
| 279336674 | soliloquy | a speech in a dramatic work in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud; usually on the stage alone, not speaking to any other characters or the audience | |
| 279336675 | Shakespearian Sonnet | a poem consisting of fourteen to sixteen lines of iambic pentameter | |
| 279336676 | synecdoche | a part of something that suggests the whole | |
| 279336677 | symbol | a person, place, or thing that represents something beyond itself | |
| 279336678 | syntax | the way in which words are put together to form constructions, such as phrases or sentences | |
| 279336679 | theme | the main point or idea of a story; the message that the author wants to convey | |
| 279336680 | tone | an expression of a writer's attitude toward a subject; unlike mood, it reflects the feelings of the writer | |
| 279336681 | tragic flaw | a defect in the character of the protagonist leads to his/her own downfall | |
| 279336682 | tragedy | a literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw | |
| 279336683 | tragic hero | a character who makes an error of judgement or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy some other common traits characteristic of a tragic hero: he suffers, he is doomed from the start, he is fundamentally noble in nature, he arouses fear and pity, he has some degree of choice |
