English Final

Allusion

an indirect or passing reference made to draw something to mind without mentioning it

Antagonist

A character or force in conflict with the main character

autobiography

A self written account of a person's life; emphassis on authors developing self

biography

story of a person's life written by another person

character

A person in a story

Characterization

a description of qualities and behaviours that make a character unique

Citation

A written reference to give due credit to an author for a quote used within your writing

Conflict

A struggle between opposing forces; incident that drives story

context

the circumstances surrounding a situation or event to paint a full picture about the situation

discursive

invoving discussion/debate

Epiphany

A moment of sudden realization

Foreshadowing

subtle hints alluding to coming future events

free indirect discourse

a style of third person narration which combines characteristics of third person with essence of first person. Gives first person info without first person narration

Gothic

Relating to the gothic era. Traits of gloom, darkness, sadness

Imagery

Evoked images when reading a passage

Irony

the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, for humorous effect.

memoir

an account based on the author's personal experiences; emphasis on events or people author has seen or known

personaification

giving human traits to something that isn't human

Plot

Sequence of events in a story

point of view

the narrator's position in relation to the story being told

narrative voice

The voice of the narrator telling the story

Protagonist

Main character in a story

Realism

the quality of representing a story or situation accurately or in a way that is true to life.

Discourse

Communicating an idea through language/talking

Rhetoric

An Argument used to persuade you

Setting

where and when the story takes place; can have big effect depending on context

Subplot

Subordinate plot in a written work/2nd plot; usually happens concurrently

Symbol

A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.

Thesis

An argument that backs up your point of view with proof

The Story of an Hour Author

Kate Chopin

When I was a child I read books author

Marilyn Robinson

The Story of an Hour plot

A woman believes her husband to be dead, but dies of heart failure when she realizes he is alive.

When I was a child I read books plot

Ponders abouy language origins ans community, and how the 2 relate

Heartache author

Anton Chekhov

Heartache plot

Cab driver loses son and tries to find someone to talk to about it. Ends up talking fo horse

Araby author

James Joyce

Araby plot

Boy with crush on friends sister tries to go to bazaar to get gift for her. Ends up at bazaar late, cannot get gift. Goes home sad and empty handed

The Fall of the House of Usher author

Edgar Allen Poe

the fall of the house of usher plot

man visits mysteriously ill friend (Roderick) in old castle. weird stuff happens. Friends sister dies (Madeline) and they bury her. Man starts acting weird. Sister was still alive. Scares roderick to death. House collapses into lake/tarn

The Lamp at Noon author

Sinclair Ross

The Lamp at Noon plot

Farmer's wife wants to leave farm as there is drought and duststorm. Farmer says no it'll get better. Wife begs and later leaves with baby. Baby dies in storm. Wife goes crazy

A father's faith author

Miriam toews

A father's faith plot

Woman describes her town, community, and father's suicide. Talks about religion and its effects on a community

The watchdog and the thief author

Nicholas Carr

Watchdog and the thief plot

Talks about what the internet and other mediums for consuming info are doing to our brains

Finding father author

Richard wagamese

Finding father plot

Ojibway man goes on journey to find origins/"father". Finds 'father' in the nature and surroundings of his birthplace

Tenth of December author

George Saunders

Tenth of December plot

Imaginative boy tries to save terminally ill man from freezing himself to death. Kid falls in lake and old man has to save him. Kid ends up saving his life. Old man not suicidal anymore

Allegory

A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself.

Archetype

a recurrent symbol or motif in literature (ex Icarus)

Chorus

a person or group of people who act as a narrator, commentator, or general audience to the action of the play

literary convention

A defining feature of a particular literary form. Ex a sonnet having 14 lines

Diction

A writer's or speaker's choice of words

figurative language

Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.

iambic pentameter

a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable

Imagism

a movement in early 20th-century English and American poetry that sought clarity of expression through the use of precise images

Metaphor

A comparison without using like or as

Mood

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

morality play

a kind of drama with personified abstract qualities as the main characters. Taught a lesson

pastoral

A work of literature preaching the (untrue) virtues of rural life

Simile

A comparison using "like" or "as"

Soliloquy

A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage

Sonnet

a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

Speaker

the voice/narrator of the poem

Tone

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

Dark Ways poem author

Dorothy Livesay

Dark Ways poem main ideas

Something has come in between 2 lovers, perhaps lies, infidelity, or emotional unavailability and built a wall between then. Leave them expelled from their joint love. Similarities to Adam and Eve in eden

Raleigh Was Right poem author

William Carlos Williams

Raleigh was right poem main ideas

The country is no longer the safe and perfect land that they preached of in pastoral poems. War and not fun things have infected it. Poem written during world war 2. Response to the passionate sheepheard

Song poem author

C Day Lewis

Song poem main ideas

Effectively speaker saying come and be with me. You'll have a shitty, sad life and we'll be poor and hungry but come anyway. Poem written during great depression. Response to the passionate sheepheard

The passionate sheepheard to his love poem author

Christopher Marlow

The Passionate Sheepheard to his Love poem main ideas

Pastoral poem extolling the virtues of a simple country life and how perfect life will be. False however

The nimphs reply to the sheepheard poem author

Sir Walter Raleigh

The nimphs reply to the sheepheard poem main ideas

Response to the passionate sheepheard. Poem warns against listening to honey tounged shepherds who try to convince you everything will be perfect in the country. Life always eventually sucks and the country won't protect you from that. Shepherd could be seen as Satan in a way, like how Satan tricked eve with his charming lies.

"Poem" author

William Carlos Williams

Main ideas of "Poem"

Imagery, almost as if you are the cat

The red wheelbarrow poem author

William Carlos Williams

The red wheelbarrow main ideas

Imagery ig

In the station of the metro poem author

Ezra pound

In the station of the metro poem main ideas

Imagism/imagery

Sonnet 18 author

William Shakespeare

Sonnet 18 main ideas

Effectively, damn you're the finest person I ever met, I'll never meet another person as perfect as you.

Mirror poem author

Sylvia Plath

Mirror poem main ideas

Effectively, Truth sucks but you gotta deal. Sugar coating only hurts you in the end but givung you a false perception of reality. Mirrors hurt but at least they're honest. Also ageing is a part of life. Sucks but it always happens and you can't prevent it

The solitary reaper poem main ideas

You don't need to understand something to appreciate it. Man didn't know why or what she was singing but still thought it was beautiful. Poem also incorporates rhyming, perhaps to add a musical aspect to match the subject matter

The solitary reaper poem author

William woodsworth

Three Brown Girls Singing poem main ideas

Music outlasts us and can soothe from all the terrible things going on in our lives

Three Brown Girls Singing author

M. Carl Holman

The Horses poem author

Ted Hughes

The horses poem main ideas

focus on nature's overwhelming impact on humans. The poet goes to the hilltop at dawn and walks down, encounteres the horses which are symbolic and central. Underlying the poem is the theme of the power of nature. The horses, in their stillness, may represent the spirit of the natural world; eternal and timeless.

Warren Pryor poem author

Alden Nowlan

Warren Pryor poem main ideas

a parent's sacrifice to create a better future for their children. can also be bound in other ways though. just as his parents were slaves to the field he is now a slave to his job. it's just a different form of suffering. His parents did all this for him to be happy but really he misses the farm and he wants to be there. The parents are living their dreams through him

Musee des Beaux Arts poem author

W.H. Auden

Musee des Beaux Arts poem main ideas

Suffering is always happening in the background. it can take many forms. what is the blessing for one person is the suffering for another. we all got our own shit to deal with that takes precedence over other peoples shit (icarus falling in to water painting)

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus poem author

William Carlos Williams

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus poem main ideas

we got our own shit to deal with that leaves us unaware of other struggles or feelings. maybe this is our default self obsession and narcissism

safety poem main ideas

fear under the guise of safety holds you back. being afraid to try new things leaves you full of regret.

safety poem author

W.H. New