English Final Review 2019

A story that teaches a life lesson

The idea that certain events are predetermined by a higher power.

The perspective from which a story is told.

Something that is not in its proper time period

A surprising or unexpected event--often the opposite of what you expected to happen.

What is diction?

Germanic tribes that invaded and populated England in the fifth century

Literary period that emphasizes emotions, nature, and beauty

A series of related events.

The central idea or message of a work.

A foil character is______________________.

The theme of Beowulf was:

Something that stands for something else.

An Old English poetic technique of using two or more words to create a metaphor.

When the audience knows something that the characters do not.

Story that teaches a lesson and features animals.

To say one thing when you mean the opposite.

The main character in a story is called the_________________.

The way a reader is made to feel when reading a work of literature

Repition of patterns or phrases in a piece of writing

Character who comes into conflict with the main character.

Placing two things side by side for the purpose of contrasting them

A sense of oneness or wholeness in a work, often created by repetition.

Correct order: Anglo-Saxon Middle Ages Renaissance Enlightenment Romanticism

A reference to something outside the work you are reading

A recurring subject, theme, idea or element in a literary work.

A suggestion of what might happen later in a work

A character, plot, setting or other story element that has occurred in many stories over time.

A writer's attitude toward a subject