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ENGL 175 - Exam 1
Introduction to Literary Genres Exam 1
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Undergraduate 1
05/20/2013

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Theme
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Topic explored in a literary work
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Plot
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The arrangement of the action
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Action
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any event or series of events depicted in a literary work
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In media res
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"in the midst of things"
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Flashbacks
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a plot structure.

a scene from the the fictional future is inserted into the ficitonal present

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Foreshadowing
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a hint or clue about what will happen at a later point
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Subplot
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a secondary plot in a work of fiction or drama
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Discriminated Occasion
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a discrete moment portrayed in a fictional work often as a single phrase
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Conflict
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a struggle between opposing forces
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Exposition
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the first phrase or part of a plot which sets the scene
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Rising Action
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events that complicate the situation
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Climax
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Third part of the plot, turning point
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Falling Action
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fourth phase, conflict goes to resolution
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Conclusion
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fifth phase, resolution
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Inciting Incident
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action that sets a plot in to motion by conflict
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Complication
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introduces new conflict
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Deus ex machinA
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god out of the machine, improbable contribution introduced late
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Epilogue
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chapter after the conclusion tying up loose ends and tell lives after resolution of conflict
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Plot Summary
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recounting of principal action of fiction
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convention
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standard way of expressing something or a characteristic feature of a genre
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Tragedy
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where a hero is brought to a disastrous end by a superior force
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Drama
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genre with action performed before an audience
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Initiation Story
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short story in which a young/child character that first learns a significant life-changing truth
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Narrator
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someone who recounts a narrative or tells a story
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Voice
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verbal aspect of point of view, source of story's word
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Focus
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visual component of point of view, point from which people/events/details are viewed
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Style
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distinctive manner of expression. Diction, rhythm, imagery.
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Tone
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attitude a literary work takes toward its subject, revealed through diction
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second-person narrator
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uses the pronoun you
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omniscient/unlimited narrator
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describes inner thoughts and feelings of multiple characters
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Limited Narrator
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relate the thoughts and perceptions of only one character (central consciousness)
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Internal Narrator
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when the narrator is a character telling to another character
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Unreliable NArrator
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encourages readers to feel suspicion to a character
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Antihero
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A hero with nontraditional qualities
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Flat Characters
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few qualities
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Round Character
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Complex and multifaceted
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Dynamic Characters
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changing
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static Characters
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no change
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