11th Grade American Literature Exam Review Terms (49-72)

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Diction

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The word choices a writer makes

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Imagery

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Description intended to elicit a sensory response

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Diction

The word choices a writer makes

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Imagery

Description intended to elicit a sensory response

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Exposition

Introduces the characters, establishes the setting, and reveals the problem or conflict

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Plot

The events that occur in a story

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Rising Action

Incidents that either help or hinder the protagonist in finding a solution

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Climax

The peak or turning point of the action

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Falling Action

The part after the climax that gives any necessary explanation and ends with resolution

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Protagonist

The central character and the one with whom the reader often identifies

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Antagonist

A character (or force) that opposes the protagonist

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Mood

A feeling or emotion created by the words and setting

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Point of View

The perspective from which a story is told

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Second Person

The narrator addresses the reader directly using the word "you."

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Third Person

A speaker outside the action narrates the events using he, she, and they

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direct characterization

Author directly describes character

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indirect characterization

The author reveals to the reader what the character is like by describing how the character looks and dresses, by letting the reader hear what the character says, by revealing the character's private thoughts and feelings, by revealing the characters effect on other people (showing how other characters feel or behave toward the character), or by showing the character in action. Common in modern literature

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dialogue

Communication between two or more people

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internal conflict

A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character.

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external conflict

A character struggles against some outside force: another character, society as a whole, or some natural force

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idiom

A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.

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rhetoric

From the Greek for "orator," this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.

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first person POV

The point of view is told by the character that uses the first person pronoun "I".

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third person limited POV

This is a point of view in which the narrator is outside the story and reveals the thoughts of only one character, who is referred to as "he" or "she."

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third person omniscient POV

Point of view in which an all-knowing narrator who is privy to the thoughts and actions of any or all characters.

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structure

In poetry, described in terms of stanza, form, and meter. In other forms of writing, it refers to the organization of the piece--chronological, in media res, cause/effect, compare/contrast, etc.