LA 20-2 exams

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is a character revelation through authors direct remarks

Direct Presentation

Characters speech, action, and dress

indirect presentation

two choices both undesirable alternatives

dilemma

unmotivated action

plot manipulation

what happened before the story began

antecendent action

method by which the story is told

point of veiw

story teller is a participant in the events

first person

story teller reveals thoughts on only one character

limited omnicient

story tellers thoughts reveal on all characters

omnicient

narrator merely relates what he observes

objective dramatic

three kinds- verbal, dramatic, and situational

irony

making fun of a serious subject

satire

an object or action with added significance

symbol

a reference to history, mythology, literature

allusion

a character who does not change

static

a lesson

dynamic character

a character summed up by one or two traits

flat character

a shot midway between a close-up and a long shot

Medium shot

a shot that would have the subject in full view

Medium long shot

a shot in which the camera is placed far away from the subject

Long shot

a shot that would have the subject in the distant background

Extreme long shot

the quality of being amusing

humour

information of a biased or misleading nature to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of veiw

propaganda

prejudice in favour of or against one thing person or group compared with another usually in a way considered to be unfair

bias

choice of words and the manner of their arrangement peculiar to an author

Diction

a device where an object, person, or event is used to represent a quality or idea

symbolism

used to help the reader "hear" more imaginativley

Sound devices

repitition or initial consontant of two or more words

alliteration

similar vowels sounds contained internally repeated

assonance

a verse of poetry

stanza

means something bad is to come

foreshadowing

main idea about life

theme

a poem revealing the personal response of the poet

lyric poem

time, place, conditions (setting) meet the characters

Exposition

first get the plot moving

initial incedent

conflix suspence

rising action

highest point of interest

climax

sort out problem

falling action

complication explain, struggle, resolved, unravelled

Denoument

definite ending

conclusion

when you say the opposite of whate you mean

verbal irony

when the reader knows something the character doesnt

dramatic irony

is the opposite of what was expected

situational irony

usually is the main character of the story

protagonist

force or forces arrayed against the protagonist

antagonist

major character complex and many sided

round character

imediate characteristics

character foil

politcal cartoons

editorial cartoons

two kinda black and white and color on sundays

comic strip

something which does not belong in the time period shown

anchronism

anything which is so familiar to us the we automatically accept it

cliche

stretching the truth

exaggeration

can be taken literally

figures of speech

a play on words that are similar or identical sound

pun

showing something less than it is (opposite of exaggeration)

understatement

a speakers exact words " "

quotation marks

refers back to the person, or things acting as a subject of the sentence

reflexive pronoun

refers to person, place or thing

noun

a word or group of words that expresses an action or a state of being

verb

descrive or identify pronouns

adjective

a word used to join words, phrases, or clauses together

conjunction

join elements of unequal rank

subordinating conjunction

joins two or more elements of equal rank in a sentance

co-ordinating conjunction

doesnt make sense by itself

dependent clause

a group of words with a subject and a predicate

clause

makes sense by itself

independent clause