NC English II EOC prep words you should know:

Central Idea:

The _______ is the central, unifying element of the story, which ties together all of the other elements of fiction used by the author to tell the story.

Characterization:

________ is a literary device that is used step-by-step in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story.

Conflict:

A _______ in literature is defined as any struggle between opposing forces.

Connotation:

__________ refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly.

Denotation:

_________ is generally defined as literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings.

Dialogue:

A _________ is a literary technique in which writers employ two or more characters to be engaged in conversation with one another.

Figurative Language:

________________ is when you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning.

Inference:

An _________ is an idea or conclusion that's drawn from evidence and reasoning.

Metaphor:

____________ is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics.

Objective Summary:

an _________ is a short statement or paragraph that tells what something is about but does not include irrelevant details or your opinions.

oxymoron:

An ___________ occurs when two contradictory words are together in one phrase.

personification:

__________ is a form of figurative language in which something that is not human is given human characteristics.

Point of View:

___________ is the angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation.

setting:

The _________ of a piece of literature is the time and place in which the story takes place.

Simile:

A __________is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things.

theme:

a ________ is the central topic a text covers.

purpose:

The authors goal: persuade, inform, entertain

Rhetorical Question:

A __________ may have an obvious answer, but the questioner asks it to lay emphasis to the point

Structure:

Narrative _____________, a literary element, is generally described as the structural framework that underlies the order and manner in which a narrative is presented to a reader, listener, or viewer

couplets:

A ______________ is a literary device that can be defined as having two successive rhyming lines in a verse, and has the same meter to form a complete thought.

rhyme scheme:

_______________ is a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza.

Stanza:

a __________ is a division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter, or rhyming scheme.

Antonyms:

An _____________ is a word that means the opposite of another word.

Synonyms:

A _________ is a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word.

alliteration:

____________ is a literary device where two or more words in a phrase or line of poetry share the same beginning consonant sound.

allusion:

An ___________ is a figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the readers' minds.

analogy:

An ____________ is a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it.

anecdote:

_______________ is defined as a short and interesting story, or an amusing event, often proposed to support or demonstrate some point, and to make the audience laugh.

archetype:

an ____________ is a typical character, an action, or a situation that seems to represent universal patterns of human nature.

dialect:

A __________ is the language used by the people of a specific area, class, district, or any other group of people.

exaggeration:

the describing of something and making it more than it really is.

flashback:

___________ are interruptions that writers do to insert past events, in order to provide background or context to the current events of a narrative.

foreshadowing:

____________ is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

hyperbole:

a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.

imagery:

When a writer attempts to describe something so that it appeals to our sense of smell, sight, taste, touch, or hearing; he/she has used ________.

dramatic irony:

___________ is defined as when an audience watching a play understands what's going on in a situation while the characters are unaware of what is happening.

situational irony:

irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.

verbal irony:

____________ is when what is said is the opposite of the literal meaning.

mood:

____________ is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.

motivation:

defined as a reason behind a character's specific action or behavior.

narrative:

A ___________ is a sequence of connected events, whether real or fictional.

onomatopoeia:

__________ is defined as a word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing.

paradox:

A paradox is a statement that contradicts itself and still seems true somehow.

parallel structure:

______________ is repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.

pun:

A _____________ is a play on words that produces a humorous effect by using a word that suggests two or more meanings, or by exploiting similar sounding words that have different meanings.

refrain:

a __________ in poetry is a regularly recurring phrase or verse, especially at the end of each stanza or division of a poem or song.

repetition:

____________ is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable.

soliloquy:

A ______________ is a super important monologue given by a character in a play who is alone on the stage

symbolism:

____________ is the practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea.

tone:

__________, is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.

understatement:

An _____________ is a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is.

unreliable narrator:

An ______________ is a narrator whose credibility has been seriously compromised.