English comp 2 fiction test

editorial omniscient

makes comments or gives opinions about actions or characters

limited omniscient

tells the thoughts and feelings of only select characters

reliable/unreliable

tells story but we do/ don't trust them

innocent

narrator doesn't understand the implication s of the actions

objective

we don't know thoughts of feeling of any characters

narrator participant

a character who participates in the world within which the action of the story takes place

exposition

opening sequence; sets scene, introduces main characters, background info, tells us what happened before the story opened

complication

conflict that forwards the story

climax

the highest most intense moment of the story; turning point

epiphany

moment of recognition, insight or discovery by character

suspense

a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen

foreshadowing

indication of events to come

resolution

the conclusion of the story by the resolving of conflicts between characters

dramatic situation

a situation, in a narrative or dramatic work, in which people (or "people") are involved in conflicts that solicit the audience's empathetic involvement in their predicament

protagonist

main character in the story

antagonist

character or force working in opposition of the protagonist

round/ flat

round= character that changes during the course of the narrative

flat= character that does not change

dynamic/ static

dynamic = round

static = flat

situational irony

recognizing the oddness or unfairness of a given situation

dramatic irony

audience knows what is happening or going to happen but characters do not

verbal irony

author says one thing but implies something else

setting

time, place, location, or circumstances (cultural or historical)

symbol

metaphor, simile, allegory, archetype, myth

Allegory

similar to a metaphor, but using an entire work or a large portion of it (ex. hawthorn's "young goodman brown" and "the pilgrims progress")

Archeatype

a plot or character element that appears in cultural or cross-cultural myths

types of conflict

man v. society conflict, man v. fate conflict, man v. man conflict, man v. himself conflict, Man v. Nature conflict, man v. God conflict

montressor

The Cask of Amontillado; obsessed with being the best wine authority

fortunado

The Cask of Amontillado; hapless victim of murder because he is the best wine authority

Louise mallard

The Story of an Hour; heart condition; dies when husband returns

brently mallard

The Story of an Hour; supposedly dies in train wreck, appears at end of tory

josephine

The Story of an Hour; tells louise bout her husbands "death"

richards

The Story of an Hour; family friend who brings news of rain wreck

mom

Every Day Use; narrates story, gives quilts to maggie at the end

maggie

Every Day Use; dee's sister, burned in house fire years before, slow but understands where she comes from

Dee

Every Day Use; trying to find her "roots", wants the quilts, thinks her family doesn't understand their heritage

alymer

The Birthmark; philosopher obsessed with the hand birthmark on his wife's face

Georgiana

The Birthmark; possesses a crimson hand birthmark on her face that leads to her death

Aminadab

The Birthmark; Aylmer's lab assistant who thinks Aylmer is obsessed

Connie

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?; 15 yo who has romantic ideas about life and meets her match

Arnold friend

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?; convinces connie to go for a ride in his car (not going to end well)

Ellie

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?; stays in the car when arnold comes for connie, seems indifferent to her plight

june

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?; Connie's older sister who is the "good" girl, lives at home at 24

Tessie hutchinson

The Lottery; draws the paper with the black mark and is stoned to death

Bill hutchinson

The Lottery; tessie's husband, quick to show everyone his wife has drawn the black mark

old man warner

The Lottery; oldest man in the village, has participated in 77 lotteries

mr. summers

The Lottery; prepares slips for the lottery

mr. harry graves

The Lottery; postmaster; helps prepare the box for the lottery