English Mid-Terms

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Exposition
The book’s introduction in which characters, setting, and primary conflict are introduced
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Rising Action
The first incidents which spark the conflict in the story as it rises towards the climax
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Climax
The turning point where the conflicts are at the peak
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Falling Action
The part where conflicts begin to resolve based on the lessons learned in the climax
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Resolution/Denouement
The part of the story where the conflicts resolve, and the effect of the main conflict is seen
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Simile
A phrase that compares two or more similar things in order to describe something (often use words such as like or as)
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Metaphors
A phrase that LITERALLY compares two things by using words such as IS
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Symbolism
The use of physical things to represent larger ideas such as peace
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Personification
The use of human characteristics with non-human nouns
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Caesura
A pause that occurs in a line of poetry
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Enjambment
The continuation of a sentence or phrase from a line of poetry to the next
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Meter
The rhythm of a line or stanza in poetry
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Rhythm
The repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the flow of a piece of literature
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Chorus
A part of literature in which that is repeated following each verse
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Acts and Scenes
Acts are the divisions used in plays while scenes are their subdivisions
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Stage Directions
Instructions written into a play that detail the movement of things and people
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Aside
A short address in which a character directly addresses the audience
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Soliloquy
A speech in which a character separately expresses him or herself to the audience
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Monologue
An extended speech by one person in a piece of literature
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Fate
A conflict or struggle between a character and his or her destiny
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Determinism
A theme in literature in which a character(s) does not have free will over his or her destiny
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Prophecy
A prediction that causes itself to come true
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Protagonist
The leading character in a piece of literature
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Antagonist
The leading opposition to a story’s protagonist
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Drama
A form of literature meant to be performed as a play
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Tragedy
A form of drama in which a character struggles against evil forces and conflicts
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Comedy
A form of drama that is very lighthearted and cheerful
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Setting
The time, place, and environment that something takes place
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Conflict
Struggles between opposing forces in literature that guide the plot
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Hubris
Pride
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Peripety/Peripeteia
A plot twist that occurs during or after the climax
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Hamartia
The fatal flaw of a main character
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Catharsis
The process by which a character cleanses or purifies their emotions or feelings
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Vehicle
Word used to describe the tenor
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Tenor
Thing being described