ILA FINAL
Functions of setting
1. To provide a time and place for the characters and events 2. To aid in the understanding of characters and their actions 3. To create atmosphere 4. To facilitate plot development (to develop conflict)
Simile
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
A comparison without using like or as
Suspense
A feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next in a story; key element in fiction and drama; "hook" writer uses to keep audience interested
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Foreshadowing
A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.
Flashback
A scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.
External Conflict
A struggle between a character and an outside force
Internal conflict
A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character
Symbol
A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.
Onomatopoeia
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
Subplots
An additional plot contained within the main plot of a story
Situational irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
Direct Characterization
Author directly describes character
Indirect Characterization
Author subtly reveals the character through actions and interactions.
Character types
Confidante, dynamic, flat, foil, round, static, stock, protagonist, antagonist (SEE SEPARATE QUIZLET FOR THESE)
Gustov Freytag
Created the Freytag Plot Triangle
Imagery
Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
Three points of view
First person (uses "I"--narrator is a character in the story) Third-person limited ("he or she"--readers know the thoughts of one character) Third-person omniscient (reader knows thoughts of all characters)
Conotation
Implied meaning of a word (inferred meaning)
Prior knowledge + textual evidence =
Inference
Alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
SWBST
Somebody Wanted But So Then
Verbal irony
Someone says the opposite of what they mean (sarcasm)
Denotation
The exact dictionary definition of a word (literal meaning)
Universal Theme Statement
Themes that can be found in stories in any culture, place, or period
Dramatic irony
When the audience seems to know more about an event, a situation, or a conversation than the characters in the movie, show or book do
2 Types of Characterization
direct and indirect
Hyperbole
exaggeration
Plot Triangle
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, denouement
STEAL
how to communicate characterization (say, think, effects on others, actions, looks)
Two types of conflict
internal and external
Three types of irony
verbal, situational, dramatic
