English 10 Mid Term Review

a very old, imaginative pattern that appears in literature across cultures.

A character that changes in some important way as a result of the story's action.

A type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions to bring change.

The opponent who struggles against or blocks the hero, or protagonist, in a story.

A discrepancy between appearance and reality.

The use of language to evoke a picture in the reader's mind.

The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.

The vantage point from which the writer tells a story.

A turning point in a story that deals with an ethical decision.

The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot.

One's own way of thinking.

A rhetorical appeal using ethics and credibility as a device.

A speaker's or writer's choice of words.

A rhetorical appeal using emotions as a device.

A character who does not change much in the story.

A figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration, or overstatement, for effect.

A rewording of something written or spoken to condense it.

A comparison between two unlike things without the use of certain words such as like or as.

The insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work.

When characters, settings or events stand for other people, events or abstract ideas.

An explicit comparison between two unlike things using like or as.

a reference to someone or something that is well known.

A rhetorical appeal using logic and statistics as a device.