English 11 Midterm Review

renders reality closely and in comprehensive detail

character who experiences change throughout the course of the work

Use contractions when writing formally.

main character of a literary work

survival, determinism, violence

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focuses on characters, dialect, customs, topography particular to a specific area

a direct quotation or paraphrase

the opinion or claim stated as fact

Use first-person pronouns when writing formally.

figure of speech in which one thing is spoken or written about as if it were another

the portion that should be at least two sentences

the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

something asked for effect rather than for meaning or for an answer

Evidence should include in-text citations.

struggle between two opposing forces in the literary work

hinting at events that will occur later in a story

characters appear in their actual complexity of temperament and motive

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; reference

Use abbreviations when writing formally.

the art of public speaking

In AECEC, the "C" stands for connotation.

the difference between appearance and reality

the character who opposes the main character of the literary work

includes lots of storytelling and revolves around communities & their rituals

support that is found in the text being studied

character with multiple personality traits

deterministic philosophy; emphasis on fate

the universal message about life that is revealed by the literary work

the analysis or explanation of how the support proves the claim

the time, place, and environmental and cultural factors of a literary work

futile attempts of human beings to exercise free will

a group of lines in a poem / the "paragraph" of poetry

the process of creating fictional personalities in literature

dramatic change in the direction of events