English 9 Review: Lessons 1-3 Flashcards

A vocabulary-style flashcard set covering characterization, plot elements, and key literary works including The Pardoner's Tale, Romeo and Juliet, and Oliver Twist.

Geoffrey Chaucer

The author of The Pardoner's Tale.

Greed

The main lesson of The Pardoner's Tale, which suggests this trait can lead to destruction.

The three rioters

The main characters in The Pardoner's Tale who drink, gamble, and turn against each other.

Characterization

The way an author shows what a character is like.

Direct characterization

When the author directly tells the reader what the character is like.

Indirect characterization

When the reader discovers a character's traits through speech, thoughts, effects on others, actions, and looks.

STEAL

The acronym for indirect characterization: S – Speech, T – Thoughts, E – Effect on others, A – Actions, L – Looks.

Character vs. Character

The type of conflict shown when the three rioters turn against each other.

Character vs. Self

A conflict where a character struggles with whether to do what is right or follow their desires.

William Shakespeare

The author of Romeo and Juliet.

Tragedy

The genre of the play Romeo and Juliet.

Montagues and Capulets

The two families that are enemies in Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo

A young man from the Montague family who falls in love with Juliet.

Juliet

A young woman from the Capulet family who falls in love with Romeo.

Friar Laurence

The character who helps Romeo and Juliet in hopes that their marriage will end the family feud.

Mercutio

Romeo's friend whose death becomes an important turning point in the play.

Tybalt

Juliet's cousin who is aggressive and hates the Montagues.

Exposition

The beginning of the story where the characters, setting, and main conflict are introduced.

Rising action

The plot stage where Romeo and Juliet meet, fall in love, and secretly marry.

Climax

The major turning point involving Mercutio and Tybalt's deaths and Romeo's banishment.

Falling action

The plot stage where Friar Laurence creates a plan for Juliet to escape her arranged marriage.

Resolution

The conclusion where Romeo and Juliet die and their families realize the consequences of their feud.

Spectacle

Everything the audience sees on stage, such as costumes, scenery, lighting, and actions.

Dialogue

What characters say to one another, which can reveal personality, emotions, and conflict.

Parallel plot

Two storylines that develop alongside each other.

Episodic plot

A story that progresses through a series of connected events or episodes.

William Wordsworth

The author of the poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.

Field of daffodils

The main subject the speaker describes and remembers in Wordsworth's poem.

Rhyme

The repetition or similarity of sounds, especially at the ends of lines.

ABABCC

The rhyme pattern of the poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.

Meter

The rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Diction

The author's choice of words.

Tone

The speaker's or author's attitude toward the subject.

Mood

The feeling created in the reader.

Charles Dickens

The author of Oliver Twist.

Workhouse

An institution where poor people lived and worked under strict conditions while receiving assistance.

Gruel

A thin liquid food or porridge.

Pauper

A very poor person.

Wretched

Miserable or very unhappy.

Consolation

Comfort.

Beadle

An official associated with a church, parish, or institution.