ABC MIDTERMS

ANTAGONIST

• :a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something.
• "The hero of the story fought the antagonist in the climax of the novel"
• An example of antagonist is General Zaroff.

BEQUEATH

• leave to a person or other beneficiary by a will.
• The necklace was bequath to Anna-Lynn.
• synonyms: leave to, hand on/down to, pass on to, entrust to, grant to, transfer to

CONFLICT

• A serious disagreement or argument
• "The conflict between them led to the demise of their friendship."
• Confict in stories create tensions and make plots entertaining.

DIALOGUE

• conversation between people as a feature in a work of literature
• Dialouge is used to make writings interesting and provid information.
• Dialouge can be between any characters that have the ability to talk.

EXPOSITORY

• The opening of a story
• usually includes key information that sets the stage for the rest of the story.
• The Expository is the stage in literature before rising action.

FORESHADOWING

• to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure
• events or words in a story that point foward to upcoming events.
• The constant battles in their relationship foreshadowed their breakup.

GENRE

• a cateregory that is grouped by similarities in form, style, or subject matter
• "Billy liked to read many books but he loved books in the fiction genre."
• There are about 19 basic literary genres.

HISTORICAL FICTION

• a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past
• Stories in this category have historical content but can have some fictional elements
• an example of a book in this genre is Markus Zusak's The Book Thief

IRONY

• the expression of one's meaning by using language that signifies the opposite
• Example: "The bald man's nickname was "curly"."
• dramatic irony: when the characters are oblivious to the irony of the situation
• situational irony: when the characters and the audience is aware of the irony.

JEOPARDY

• danger of loss, harm, or failure
• synonyms: in danger, in peril, at risk.
• "As she tripped she realized her life was in jeopardy."

KNOWING THE ELEMENTS OF A PLOT

• exposition
• rising action
• climax
• falling action
• resolution

LITERARUTE

• Literature is any written work
• can be songs, poetry, novels, ect.
• An example of great literture is Herman Melville's Moby Dick

MOOD

• the atmosphere in literature that is intended to envoke certain feelings from the audience
• Moods can be created through elements such as: setting, voice, tone and theme
• Mood is established in order to affect the reader emotionally and provide a feeling for the narrative

NARRATIVE ESSAYS

• a story or account of events, experiences, ect.
• Can be real or ficticious
• An example of a narrative essay is Lorraine Hansberry's On Summer

TYPES O F CHARACTERS

• Authors use many differnt types of characters to tell their story
• Examples: major, minor, dynamic, static, round, fat, protagonist, antagonist
• some character types are opposite of each other: antagonist and protagonist

PROTGONIST

• The main charcter of a story
• responsible for finding a resolution to the conflict
• The opposite of the antagonist

QUESTIONING TYPES OF CONFLICTS

• man vs. man- a struggle with an outside force in the shape of a human
• man vs. nature- an external struggle with the forces of nature
• man vs. himself- a internal struggle

REFLEXIVE PRONOUN

• a reflexive pronoun is used to refer back to the subject of the sentence.
• ends in "-sef" or "-selves"
• examples: myself, yourself, ourselves, themselves

SYMBOL

• used to signify ideas and qualities by givin symbols meanings that are different from their literal sense
• usually depicted through objects that are used to represent things to give a deeper meaning
• ex: a dove symbolizes peace.

THEME

• the subject of a piece of writing.
• a theme is a central idea that unifies and controls a literary work
• a theme can take the form of a brief and meanigful insight

UNDERSTANDING SETTING

• the locale or period in which the action of a novel, play, ect. takes place
• setting is usually revealed through description
• Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland's setting is Victorian era England

VARIATIONS OF POINTS OF VIEW

• the angle in which the story is observed
• the story is revealed through this particular persons' opinions and feelings
• first person, second person, third person omniscient, third person limited

WORDS LIKE VERBS

• verbs put subjects into motion and clarify subjects
• categories of verbs: action, auxiliry, linking, verb phrases
• The girl "sprinted" to the coat hangers.

YES TO NOUNS

• nouns name persons, places, things, and ideas.
• concrete nouns name things you can physically touch
• abstract nouns name ideas

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