English 1 Final Exam

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Allegory
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one 

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Authors Style
word choice → formal or informal

Syntax →structure of sentences, paragraphs and the novel as a whole

Dialogue → how a character speaks can reveal their background

Tone → the author's attitude towards the subject Mood → the atmosphere/ feeling the reader gets towards the subject

Imagery →appeals to the five senses

figurative language → metaphor, personification, simile, hyperbole, understatement, idiom

Connotations → feeling and thoughts associated with particular words, EX: mother vs ma

Sound devices →rhythm, rhyme, onomatopoeia, alliteration Indirect setting development →dialogue, dialect, allusions

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Motivation
the experience of wanting something or wanting to avoid it.
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Extrinsic motivation
motivated by outside influence, not something you want to do → motivated by rewards or punishments 
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Intrinsic motivation
motivated from yourself, bring you joy, and fee your curiosity → doing what you need to do os to please ourselves and our curiosity
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Imagery
appeals to five senses
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Irony
The difference between what we expect to happen and what actually happened 
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Verbal irony
say opposite of what is meant 

EX: Sarcasm 
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Situational Irony
Situational irony: situation ends in a way that is not expected 

EX: Professor daughter drops out of college
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Dramatic Irony
audience knows more than the characters 

Ex: Horror movies 
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Point of View
Perspective from which the events in the story are observed and recounted
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First person
narrator is “I” in the story, biased and one-sided
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Second person
narrator reads as “you”, not common
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Third person Limited
outside observer of actions only, no thought or feelings
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Third person omniscient
know everything, know the characters what they think and how they feel Outside observer of actions, thoughts, and feelings
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Character
Central figure in story
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Dynamic character
changes during the plot of the story, grows
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Static character
stays the same through out the story
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Round character
well developed and complex figure in story, know a lot about them
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Flat Character
under-developed and simple figures in story, usually background characters and do not know a lot about them
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Direct characterization
author telling you directly what character is, described by author
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Indirect Characterization
author shows reader through thoughts, interactions, what people say about them

Shows important details through actions, speech, thoughts, and looks.

S.T.E.A.L
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Acronym S.T.E.A.L
indirect characterization

**Speech**- What do they say? How do they communicate with others? How do they speak?

**Thoughts**- what they are thinking? How do they feel? **Effect on others**- How doe the character make others feel? How do others react to them?

**Actions**- What does the character do? How do they behave?

**Looks**- What does the character look like? How does the character dress?

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Rhetoric
the art of argument and discourse
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Ethos
appealing the audience's values, needs, and traditions → get them to trust you

**credibility**

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Pathos
appealing to audiences **emotions**
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Logos
appealing to audiences **logic** and reason
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Tragic Hero
Tragic hero is relatable and extraordinary but has one flaw like ambition or stubbornness that causes him to make one huge mistake that sends there life downhill
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Allusion
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
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Anachronism
things out of place in the time period the work takes place in

EX: cavemen warming up dinner with microwave
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Antagonist
bad guy, creates conflict
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Protagonist
good guy, usually main character
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Assonance
the repetition of a sound of a vowel in poetry

Ex: the k__**i**__nd Kn__**i**__ght r__**i**__des b__***y***__
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climax
most important and tense part of story
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conclusion
end of story
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connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning (positive, neutral, negative)

EX: “dicipline” has a negative connotation

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Elision
the omission of a sound or syllable when speaking
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Exposition
beginning of story (settings, characters)

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Falling Action
events after climax, works towards resolution, tensions start to resolve
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Figurative Language
a way of expressing oneself that does not use a word's strict or realistic meaning. Makes writing more complex and sound better.
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flashback
event in the story that happened before the plot
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foreshadow
a warning of indication of a future event
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hyperbole
exaggerated statements
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metaphor
applies a description to something that is not applicable
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mood
how the reader feels by the atmosphere of the work, usually setting
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Motif
something that is repeated throughout a work
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Onomatopoeia
word that represents/describes sound

EX: BAM, POP, POW
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Paradox
self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.
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Personification
describing something nonhuman with human characteristics
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proverb
A short saying that can be applied to many different situations
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pun
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.
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resolution
solution to a conflict
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simile
comparison of two unlike things using like or as
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symbol/symbolism
something that represents something else
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theme
main idea
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tone
the attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject.
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conflict
problem in story
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conflict with self
refers to the main character's inner struggle. This type of conflict often involves a character choosing between two conflicting obligations, facing their flaws and fears, or coming to terms with their own nature.
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conflict with person
the main character's goal is obstructed by another character or multiple characters
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conflict with nature
when the protagonist, either alone or together with the other characters, is in direct opposition to the forces of nature
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conflict with society
the struggle for agency or power in society.

Person vs. group
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rising action
intro of conflict, character development, tensions rise
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soliloquy
an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
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aside
a character may turn to the audience to make an observation or remark that the other characters can't hear
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When to use an in-text citation?
immediately after a direct quote, fact/statistic, paraphrasing, or a borrowed idea

(Authors last name Page number)
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MLA heading
name

teacher’s name

class and block

date

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top right page = last name + page number
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How to refrence works in MLA
Title of **book/novel** = *italicized* (__underlined__ when hand written)

Title of **poem/short story/ article** = “quotations”

Title of **magizine** = __underlined__
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Page formating in MLA
* Times New Roman 12 font
* double spaced
* indent first line of every new paragraph
* **1’ margins**
* Tile of YOUR essay = normal → no **B,** __U,__ *I*