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