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Flash Cards for Enlish 2
literary terms, author notes, and vocab for semester test
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English
10th Grade
12/20/2010

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Allusion
Definition
whwn another literary work or well-know story or fact is referred to--3 types
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Biblical Allusion
Definition
reference from the bible Ex. you Judas, 2nd coming
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Mythological Allusion
Definition
reference to mythology Ex. Pandora's Bow, "World on your soldiers"
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Literary Allusion
Definition
any reference to another author or some well-known tale or story Ex. We're not in Kansas any more
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Regionalism
Definition
speech patterns, values, and characteristics of certain areas
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Speech patterns (regionalism)
Definition
dialect or certain words
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Dialect (speech patterns in Regionalism)
Definition
particular words/accent of used in a particular area
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Values (regionalism)
Definition
influence of same religion, influence or background of ancestors, or no. of people in families
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Characteristics( Regionalism)
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stereotypes of peple influence thinking, veiwpoint of other influences thinking, certain foods/land characteristics that are indigenous to a particular geographic area
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Characterization
Definition
the method that an author uses to teach the eder about the characters in a piece of writing
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Direct characterization
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the author directly describes the personality or other traits of a character
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Indirect characterization
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the author describes the personality of a character throughout that character's actions or speech OR uses other character's words or descriptions to teach the reader about a character
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Grotesque Character
Definition
character who is extremely ugly physically or internally (or both ) no redeeming qualities
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Theme
Definition
underlying message that an author wants the reader to see from a piece of writing
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commonly used themes
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there's no place like home, true love conquers all, never give up
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commonly used themes
Definition
there's no place like home, true love conquers all, never give up
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Point-of-view
Definition
the angle from which a story is told
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1st person POV
Definition
a character tells the story from his or her own vantage point
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Omniscient narrator - 3rd person POV
Definition
narrator knows all --God like (all encompassing)
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limited omniscient narratore - 3rd person POV
Definition
narratore only knows what is going on in some of the characters' minds
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Tone
Definition
overall felling or effect, created by a writer's use of words, feeling may be serious, humorous, or satiric(critical or mocking)
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Satire
Definition
literary tone that is used to make fun of human vews or foilbles
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Symbolism
Definition
when an author uses one thing to represent or explain another
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Situational Irony
Definition
a great difference between purpose of an action and the actual result
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Verbal Irony
Definition
when an author says one thing bu means another
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Dramatic irony
Definition
when the audience can see a character's faults, but the character is unaware of it themself
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Literary Conflict
Definition
when 2 forces work against each other
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Poetice justice
Definition
a character gets his "comeuppance"
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Purest for of poetic justice
Definition
when a character sets a trap for another character another character, but ends up falling into his own trap
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inference
Definition
"reading between the lines" or making educated guesses or assumptions to arrive as the meaning of a piece of writing
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sympathetic character
Definition
characters which the author deliberately makes the readers sympathize with
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comedy
Definition
literature in which human errors or problims appear funny end on a happy note
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slapstick
Definition
form of low comedy that ofter includes exaggerated, sometimes violent actiions
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farce
Definition
literature based on a humorous and improbable plat
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tragedy
Definition
literary work in which the hero is destroyed by some characters flaw or by forces beyond his or her control
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tragedy
Definition
literary work in which the hero is destroyed by some characters flaw or by forces beyond his or her control
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implication
Definition
the implied message, closely related to inference, usually teaches a lesson
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implication
Definition
the implied message, closely related to inference, usually teaches a lesson
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Plannery O'Connor
Definition
Female, Good Country People
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Roald Dahl
Definition
male, Matilda, Way Up to Heaven
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Kurt Vonnegut
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male, Harrison Bergen (disability book)
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Mary Freeman
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female, A Church mouse
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Parts of Speech Endings -ous
Definition
adjective
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Parts of Speech Endings -ology
Definition
noun
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Parts of Speech Endings -ion
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noun
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Parts of Speech Endings -ible
Definition
adjective
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Parts of Speech Endings -ible
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adjective
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Parts of Speech Endings -ity
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adjective
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Parts of Speech Endings -ed
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verb
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Passive voice
Definition
starts with There: is, was, will be, won't be
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