English 11 Honors Final Exam Review

Verbal Irony

When a character says the opposite of what they are really thinking
Example: When I step outside into pouring rain and state, ‘What a lovely day!’

Dramatic Irony

When the audience or readers know something that the characters do not.

Situational Irony

When the opposite of what you’d expect to happen happens.

Denotation

Literal, dictionary definition

Connotation

Associations that suggest beyond a word’s literal meaning

Foil

A character that serves to highlight the characteristics of another through contrast

Metonymy

the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing.

Motif

A recurring element, such as an image, idea, or symbol, that appears throughout a literary work

Postmodernist Literature

Characterized by its rejection of traditional narrative forms and a focus on fragmented narratives, unreliable narrators, and metafiction

Alliteration

The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of closely positioned words

Assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds within closely positioned words

Consonance

The repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of closely positioned words

MLA Header

Last name + pg number

MLA Heading

Name, Teacher Name, Course Name, Due Date

How are entries in a Works Cited page ordered?

Alphabetically by author’s last name. If not available, then by title.

Works Cited entry order

Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Year.