Vocab D day quiz

Round Character

1. characters that are developed in a multidimensional way, with many details about their personality and interactions with others and an important role in the story

Flat Character

1. characters that the audience has limited information about and plays a minor role in the story

Example: people in the crowd (extras), Wicked Witch West

Dynamic Character

1. a character that changes from the beginning of the story to the end in his/her thoughts, words, actions, and interactions with others -  maybe as a result of their experiences or observations

Example: Beast from Beauty and the Beast

Static Character

1. a character that remains the same throughout the story in his/her thoughts, words, actions, and interactions with others

Example: Beauty from Beauty and the Beast

Figurative language/figures of speech

1. language the author uses in an imaginative, non literal way to make a comparison or produce a desired effect.

Example: imagery, irony, personification, metaphor, simile, hyperbole, etc.

Hyperbole

1. figurative language that is an exaggeration or overstatement for the purpose of emphasis. 

Example: It is so hot in this room that it feels like it is a thousand degrees. 

Situational Irony

1. figurative language that a situation or event that is the opposite of what is expected 

Example: the lifeguard had to be saved from drowning.

Simile

1. figurative language that is a comparison of two different thing,s using the words “like” or “as” 

Example: The house was as large as a castle.

Metaphor

1. figurative language that is a comparison of two different things

Example: The room is an oven. Life is a highway.

Onomatopoeia

1. figurative language that words that sound like the things they name

Example: buzz, ding, crackle, sizzle, hiss, murmur, roar

Imagery

1.  figurative language that the use of descriptive language that creates vivid images/pictures in the audience's mind through the use  of sensory information (sight, touch, hear, smell, taste)

Example: Thick tree roots clutched the ground, gnarled, and the screech of the 

owl in a nearby tree shattered the night silence, grabbing our attention.

Personification

1. figurative language that is giving human qualities to an object or an animal

Example: The clock is lying to us! The tree's leaves were dancing in the wind.

Oxymoron

1. igurative language that combines two contradictory words

Example: jumbo shrimp, deafening silence, perfect storm

Foreshadowing

1. the suggestion of events to come

Example: Elsa wears gloves to help her control her magic and later accidentally freezes the kingdom

Flashback

1.  the insertion of a scene that shows an earlier event or character reveals a memory

Example: There may be a flashback to an adult character’s childhood.

Denotation

1. the dictionary definition of a word

Example: immature (adj) - behaves or thinks in a way that is typical of someone much younger 

Connotation

1. an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning, an associated definition with a positive or negative quality

Example: brave vs. reckless, economical vs. cheap, curious vs. nosy

External Conflict

1. a type of conflict that places characters at odds with forces outside themselves, standing in the way of a character's motivations and creating tension as the character tries to reach their goals. 

Types: Character vs. character, character vs. society, character vs. nature, character vs. supernatural, character vs technology

Internal Conflict

1. a type of conflict where the character struggles with themselves concerning a decision or an issue/problem

Type: Character vs.self