ENG 9 HN FINAL REVIEW MHS
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Dramatic Irony
Audience knows more than character
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Situational Irony
Something different than expected happens
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Verbal irony
Speaker says opposite of what they mean on purpose
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Setting
Time, place, culture of the story
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Plot structure
exposition, rising action, falling action, resolution
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Exposition
at beginning where it sets up the story
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Rising action
first action that starts the plot
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Climax
turning point where nothing can go back to how it was before
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Falling action
beginning of the end, things return to normalcy or worse based on resolution
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Resolution
conclusion of the story, problems normally resolved
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Metaphor
comparison without like or as
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Simile
comparison using like or as
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Imagery
descriptive language which appeals to the five senses
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Direct characterization
author states the character’s traits outright
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Indirect characterization
develops character through how they think, act, speak
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Theme
central idea of the narrative, lesson
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Diction
word choice
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Point of View
perspective from which the story is told
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Mood
feeling for the reader
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Tone
speaker’s attitude towards the discussed subject
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Allusion
reference to something
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Alliteration
rhyme scheme with same letter at start of words
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Oxymoron
phrase that appears contradictory
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Foreshadowing
indication of future events
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Personification
giving human like characteristics to an inhuman thing
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Hyperbole
exaggeration
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Motif
something repeated throughout that points to the theme
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Symbol
represents something else
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Characteristics of an epic poem
Verse (as opposed to prose), epic similes, heroic ideals, supernatural forces
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Epithet
descriptive device i.e “rosy-fingered Dawn”
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Epic simile
detailed often complex poetic comparison over several lines
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In Media Res
in the midst of things, starts during an event
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Invocation
appeal for aid
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Rhyme scheme
how smth rhymes
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Structure of a Shakespearean sonnet
14 lines, three quatrains and a concluding couplet, rhyming abab cdcd efef gg, unstressed stressed
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Iambic pentameter
ten syllables in five metric feet, unstressed stressed
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Monologue
long speech by one person
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Soliloquy
an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers
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Aside
talking to oneself/the audience when the other characters can’t hear
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Blank Verse
verse without rhyme that uses iambic pentameter
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Definition of nonfiction
real books
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Definition of narrative nonfiction
uses literary styles or tells a story
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Bias
prejudice towards one thing
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Necessary parts of an introduction paragraph
hook, context, thesis
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Thesis statement
main point of your arg
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Assertion
arguable assertion
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Context
necessary background for ev
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Evidence
direct quote
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Interpretation
analysis of quote
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Transition
wrap up of first time
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MLA in-text citations for novels
author name, page number
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MLA citation for epic poems
name, book, lines
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MLA citation for poems
name, act, scene, line
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Correct formatting for book titles, play titles, poem titles, etc.
italicized
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Proper tense for writing English essays
present
