Hercek Midterm Review
Alliteration: repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession
Allusion: a reference to a well-known person, character, place, or event that a writer makes to deepen the reader's understanding of their work
Antagonist: a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary
Anthisesis: a contrast between two things
Aside: on or to one side
Assonance: repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse
Characterization: the act of creating and describing characters in literature
Conflict: a struggle or clash between opposing forces/ideas
Dialogue: a conversation between two or more people
Diction: the choice and use of words in writing or speech
Dramatic Irony: when the audience knows more than the character
Euphemism: substitution of a mild or pleasant expression for one that is too strong or unpleasant
Exposition: introduction or beginning of a story that reveals important background information
Figurative Language: words or phrases that are meaningful but not literally true
Flashback: a transition in a story to an earlier time, that interrupts the normal chronological order of events
Foreshadowing: alludes to a later point in the story
Genre: a category that authors use to describe the primary content and tone of their writing
Hyperbole: obvious and intentional exaggeration
Imagery: uses vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their head
Juxtaposition: act of placing two elements, characters, settings, ideas, words, or things side by side, or close together, to allow for comparison and/or contrast
Metaphor: Used to make a comparison without “like” or “as”
Mood: an emotional state of mind or feeling
Motif: an image, sound, word, or symbol that comes back again and again
Onamotapeia: naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
Oxymoron: a figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings
Personification: representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
Plot: cause‐and‐effect sequence of main events in a story
Point of View: refers to who is telling a story, or who is narrating it
Protagonist: character who drives the action--the character whose fate matters most
Repetition: using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech
Resolution: he conclusion of the story by the resolving of conflicts between characters
Rhyme: a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words
Rhyme Scheme: a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza
Setting: the time, place, and environment in which a story occurs
Simile: a comparison between two things, usually using the words “like” and “as”
Situational Irony: irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected
soliloquy: the act of talking to oneself
Speaker: the author's persona or perspective
Stereotype: clichéd or predictable characters or situations
Suspense: audience's excited anticipation about the plot or conflict
Symbol/Symbolism: (figure of speech in which) an object, a person, a situation, or an action that is used to represent something.
Theme: the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work
Tone: reveals the narrator's attitude as conveyed by their specific word choice
Verbal Irony: a statement in which the speaker's words are incongruous with the speaker's intent
Review:
Great Gatsby - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/summary
Hemingway Short Stories
A Day’s Wait - https://www.litcharts.com/lit/a-day-s-wait
Soldiers Home - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/inourtime/section27/
The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber - https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-short-happy-life-of-francis-macomber/summary
The Pedestrian - https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-pedestrian/summary
Old Man and the Sea - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/oldman/summary/
Fahrenheit 451 - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/451/summary/
Alliteration: repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession
Allusion: a reference to a well-known person, character, place, or event that a writer makes to deepen the reader's understanding of their work
Antagonist: a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary
Anthisesis: a contrast between two things
Aside: on or to one side
Assonance: repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse
Characterization: the act of creating and describing characters in literature
Conflict: a struggle or clash between opposing forces/ideas
Dialogue: a conversation between two or more people
Diction: the choice and use of words in writing or speech
Dramatic Irony: when the audience knows more than the character
Euphemism: substitution of a mild or pleasant expression for one that is too strong or unpleasant
Exposition: introduction or beginning of a story that reveals important background information
Figurative Language: words or phrases that are meaningful but not literally true
Flashback: a transition in a story to an earlier time, that interrupts the normal chronological order of events
Foreshadowing: alludes to a later point in the story
Genre: a category that authors use to describe the primary content and tone of their writing
Hyperbole: obvious and intentional exaggeration
Imagery: uses vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their head
Juxtaposition: act of placing two elements, characters, settings, ideas, words, or things side by side, or close together, to allow for comparison and/or contrast
Metaphor: Used to make a comparison without “like” or “as”
Mood: an emotional state of mind or feeling
Motif: an image, sound, word, or symbol that comes back again and again
Onamotapeia: naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
Oxymoron: a figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings
Personification: representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
Plot: cause‐and‐effect sequence of main events in a story
Point of View: refers to who is telling a story, or who is narrating it
Protagonist: character who drives the action--the character whose fate matters most
Repetition: using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech
Resolution: he conclusion of the story by the resolving of conflicts between characters
Rhyme: a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words
Rhyme Scheme: a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza
Setting: the time, place, and environment in which a story occurs
Simile: a comparison between two things, usually using the words “like” and “as”
Situational Irony: irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected
soliloquy: the act of talking to oneself
Speaker: the author's persona or perspective
Stereotype: clichéd or predictable characters or situations
Suspense: audience's excited anticipation about the plot or conflict
Symbol/Symbolism: (figure of speech in which) an object, a person, a situation, or an action that is used to represent something.
Theme: the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work
Tone: reveals the narrator's attitude as conveyed by their specific word choice
Verbal Irony: a statement in which the speaker's words are incongruous with the speaker's intent
Review:
Great Gatsby - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/summary
Hemingway Short Stories
A Day’s Wait - https://www.litcharts.com/lit/a-day-s-wait
Soldiers Home - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/inourtime/section27/
The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber - https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-short-happy-life-of-francis-macomber/summary
The Pedestrian - https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-pedestrian/summary
Old Man and the Sea - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/oldman/summary/
Fahrenheit 451 - https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/451/summary/
