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English II Literary Terms
English II Literary Terms
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A review of terms and academic language for EOC and NCFE practice.
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The reason the author writes about a certain topic.
tone
mood
author's purpose
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The time and place of a piece of literature.
author's purpose
setting
plot
characterization
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The people or animals in the story are called _____________.
characters
point of view
catharsis
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Words that appeal to the five senses (smell, taste, touch,...).
point of view
tone
imagery
irony
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What is the term for a pattern that shows up over and over again in literature?
archetype
foreshadowing
repetition
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What is a drama that ends in the hero's downfall.
tragic flaw
comedy
tragedy
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The sequence of events in a story.
dialogue
climax
speaker
plot
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Creates suspense; the audience knows things that a character does not know.
dramatic irony
situational irony
verbal irony
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Hints or clues that suggest an event that may happen in the future.
flash forward
flashback
falling action
foreshadowing
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A character says one thing, but means something else.
dramatic irony
verbal irony
situational irony
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Literature of true accounts.
novel
short story
fiction
nonfiction
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What is the character trait that leads to downfall?
hero
tragic flaw
plot
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What type of drama ends happily and tends to be amusing and funny?
tragedy
characters
comedy
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The way a character is revealed.
characterization
setting
climax
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Shakespeare wrote hundreds of these 14 line poems that have a particular rhyme scheme.
monologue
epic poem
soliloquy
sonnet
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What are instructions for movement and scenery?
foreshadowing
imagery
stage directions
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A nonfiction account of events.
short story
plot
poetry
memoir
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Literary element that creates certain feelings in the reader through words and description.
suspense
prologue
mood
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Another term for hero.
character
villain
antagonist
protagonist
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The reason behind a character's action or behavior.
drama
motivation
rising action
complication
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A comparison of two things using "like" or "as".
simile
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
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A pause in present action to visit the past.
flash forward
foreshadowing
setting
flashback
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What we expect to happen in a piece of literature does NOT happen.
verbal irony
dramatic irony
situational irony
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What is the feeling of cleansing relief in tragedy?
monologue
catharsis
situational irony
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Words that stand for a greater meaning.
short story
metaphor
symbol
fiction
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The author's choice of words.
verbal irony
diction
monologue
point of view
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Two or more characters engaged in conversation with each other.
monologue
speaker
conflict
dialogue
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What is literature that is meant to be performed in front of an audience?
novel
drama
epic
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The writer's attitude toward the subject.
tone
catharsis
diction
conflict
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A long speech made my a character in the presence of other characters.
dialogue
diction
soliloquy
monologue
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The highest point of emotional intensity in a story.
falling action
conflict
central idea
climax
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A person's life story written by themselves.
nonfiction
novel
autobiography
essay
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What is the pattern of end rhyme in poetry (aa,bb,cc,...) ?
rhythm
simile
sonnet
rhyme scheme
34
The voice in the poem; the person we imagine to be saying it out loud.
protagonist
speaker
character
antogonist
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Narration that lets the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story, poem,..
point of view
personification
figurative language
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What is the central idea of a piece of literature relative to human nature?
theme
mood
flashback
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A long speech in a play that a character presents alone on stage.
soliloquy
monologue
dialogue
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Struggle between opposing forces; can be external or internal.
dramatic irony
conflict
suspense
resolution
