Exam Terms; Holt Reader 3rd Course
1st Period Engligh Honors
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- Exposition
- a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic
- Flashback
- a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
- Plot
- a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- External Conflict
- A struggle between the protagonist and some outside force
- Dialogue
- a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
- Ambiguity
- unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
- Situational Irony
- discrepancy between what is expected, as in action or as regards to the situation/setting, and what one wold expect to happen
- turning_point
- an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend
- Verbal Irony
- discrepancy between what is said and what is meant
- Narrator
- someone who tells a story
- Irony
- the difference between what we expect or what seems suitable and what actually happens.
- Omniscient
- infinitely wise
- Third Person
- pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur
- Conflict
- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- Internal Conflict
- man against himself
- comedy
- light and humorous drama with a happy ending
- Static Character
- a character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end
- Setting
- arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
- Round Character
- more complex than flat or stock characters, and often display the inconsistencies and internal conflicts found in most real people. They are more fully developed, and therefore are harder to summarize
- complications
- a secondary disease or condition that develops in the course of a primary disease or condition and arises either as a result of it or from independent causes
- Foreshadowing
- the act of providing vague advance indications
- Characterization
- acting the part of a character on stage
- Resolution
- finding a solution to a problem
- First Person
- pronouns and verbs used to refer to the speaker or writer of the language in which they occur
- Tone
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color, the writer's implied attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a text that readers may infer from the text's language, imagery, and structure. (as compared to mood - the effect created by the writer's use of literary devices).
- Flat Character
- embodies one or two qualities, ideas, or traits that can be readily described in a brief summary. They are not psychologically complex characters and therefore are readily accessible to readers. Some flat characters are recognized as stock characters; they embody stereotypes such as the "dumb blonde" or the "mean stepfather." They become types rather than individuals
- Sequence
- the action of following in order
- crisis
- a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something
- Protagonist
- the principal character in a work of fiction
- Atmosphere
- a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
- Dramatic Irony
- (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play
- Antagonist
- a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug
- denouement
- the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
- Dynamic Character
- a character who undergoes change during the story
- Climax
- the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
- tragedy
- drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance