Henty Final Exam Review

presentation of a fictional personage (direct -explicitly tells)(indirect-revealed implicitly)

The use of the myth of Icarus (and Daedalus) in Fun Home is an example of what?

a work intended primarily to entertain and amuse an audience...(3 characteristics)

"(Points to eye.)" from "Handler" is an example of what?

difference what's expected/understood and what happens/is meant (verbal, situational, dramatic)

a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance

a figure of speech involving comparison of one thing to another using the words like or as

treating something nonhuman as if it were a person by endowing it with humanlike qualities

struggle between opposing forces; engine that drives plot & shapes dramatic structure of a play

the design, decoration, and scenery of the stage during a play

the repetition of INITIAL sounds through a sequence of words

words spoken by characters in a literary work

articles or objects used on stage

first person, nonfiction narrative usually about a specific theme or a part of someone’s life.

Which literary technique is NOT frequently found in drama?

long speech by one person uninterrupted, or an entire work consisting of this sort of speech

reference within a literary work to something outside the text

a work, especially drama, in which a character is brought to a disastrous end

second stage of plot, complicate the situation, intensifying the conflict/introducing a new one

What is the main conflict of Trifles?

format not a genre; use sequential art to tell a story

fifth/last stage of plot, situation becomes stable once more and the conflict is resolved

repetition or correspondence of the terminal sounds of words

a type or category of works sharing particular formal or textual features and conventions

a section of a poem marked by extra space before and after

a word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes

works in which action is performed & all words are spoken before an audience by actors

“A Good Man is Hard to Find” begins, “The grandmother didn’t want to go to Florida.” This is...

central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes

fourth stage of plot, release of emotional tension and the conflict(s) moves towards resolution

a hint or clue about what will happen at a later moment in the plot

"Mrs. Hale: [Her hand against her pocket.] We call it—knot it, Mr. Henderson” is an example of

Choose all that apply. What do musicals and poetry (often) have in common?

first phase of plot, sets the scene, introduces characters, establishes the situation

language used by the people of a specific area, class, district or any other group of people

The perspective from which people, events, and other details in a work of fiction are viewed

a section or subdivision of a play that presents continuous action in one specific setting

exaggerated language

third stage of plot, conflict reaches greatest pitch of intensity & outcome is decided

literally, “in the midst of things;” refers to opening the plot in the middle of the action

words that inform the director, crew, actors, etc. how to stage, perform, or imagine the play

a person, place, thing, or event that figuratively represents or stands for something else

section/subdivision of a play; traditionally, plays have 5, corresponding to phases of the plot

a textual reference within some text that reflects the text used as a reference

any narrative, especially in prose, about invented or imagined characters

a topic explored in a literary work or the insight about a topic communicated in a work

a gap between what an audience knows and what a character believes or expects