Infamous Vocab Test 2

First Person

“I” Narration

Third Person Objective

He/she narration in which the narrator is not apart of the story and makes no intrusions of thought

Third Person Limited Omniscient

He/she narration in which the narrator is not a part of the story and makes commentary on the thoughts and feeling of one character.

Third Person Omniscient

He/she narration in which the narrator is not a part of the story and makes commentary on the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters.

Masculine Rhyme

rhyme that falls on the stressed concluding syllables

Internal Rhyme

rhyme that occurs at some place before the last syllable

Feminine Rhyme

when rhyming stressed syllables are followed by an identical unstressed syllable

Static

character changes very little

Dynamic

character changes as a result of events

Flat

character easily summed up

Round

complex individual; cannot be captured by 1 word or phrase

Direct Characterization

author tells the reader information

Indirect Characterization

author shows the character in action and lets the reader make up his own interpretation

Abstract

unable to be touched; not concrete

Allegory

a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete forms

Alliteration

sound device; repetition of initial consonant sounds

Allusion

figure of speech which makes a brief /subtle reference to an historical or literary figure, event, or object with which the audience is assumed to be familiar

Ambiguity

the expression of an idea in language that leaves uncertainty as to the meaning

Anachronism

something out of its place in time or history “Julius Caesar riding his motorcycle”

Analogy

a comparison of two things, which are alike in SEVERAL respects, for the purpose of clarifying some difficult idea