Humanities Practice (Your Own Terms)

Antagonist

"Bad guy" A character or force in conflict with the main character

Which of the following is NOT an element of Romanticism? (Civilization as a spiritual force , The supernatural , Individuality , or Intuition )

"Civilization as a spiritual force" --> Not an element of Romanticism The romantics wanted to express their emotions through art and embraced imagination, individuality, nature as a source of spirituality and intuition. Civilization as a spiritual force was NOT an element of this literary period.

A narrative essay functions to __________________ .

"Tell a story"

(Evaluative Essay) One tool to make your evidence more effective is:

Compare and Contrast

Which report uses informational reporting that contains facts about monitoring and controlling operations?

Decision-Making (Reports)

Imagery

Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

Resolution

End of the story where loose ends are tied up ( Part 5/5 of "Parts of Plot in Fiction" )

falling action

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution ( Part 4/5 of "Parts of Plot in Fiction" )

Climax

Most exciting moment of the story; turning point ( Part 3/5 of "Parts of Plot in Fiction" )

Narrator

Person telling the story

What are the three major plot elements in a melodrama?

Provocation, pangs, and penalty

Which is likely the most popular form of dramatic comedy?

Romantic comedy

verbal irony

Saying the opposite of what you mean, sometimes for humorous effect

Three ways to organize a descriptive essay include:

Spatially, General to Particular, Chronologically

Which report provides critical feedback and updates on projects?

Status (Reports)

Which genre of non-fiction literature is memoir a subcategory?

autobiography

In Jim's narrative essay about his family, certain parts are written in extreme detail, while others are written in more general terms. These differences illustrate the concept of _____ in a narrative.

"Pacing" (Choosing what to put into writing, where and when, etc.)

When writing an informative essay, what are the most important parts of the introduction?

A "thesis and a hook" to grab the reader

Fable

A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters

Genre

A category or type of literature (or of art, music, etc.) characterized by a particular form, style, or content.

Simile

A comparison using "like" or "as"

Irony

A contrast between expectation and reality

Exposition

A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances. ( Part 1/5 of "Parts of Plot in Fiction" )

Which of the following is essential for a dramatic comedy?

Characters who change for the better

Which is not a characteristic of a lyric poem? (short in length , expressing intense emotion , musical quality , or tells a story?

Does not "tell a story"

Bourgeois dramas

Dramas about the middle class or average person "Bourgeoisie" - French Middle Class

High Fantasy

Fantasy stories that take place in another world. (Examples: Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter, LOTR, and Game of Thrones)

Which report examines the success of past or current decision making?

Feasibility (Reports)

Genre (origin of word)

French ---> "a kind"

Which of the following is a characteristic of classical drama? -Allegorical -Highly symbolic Religious

Highly symbolic Drama shifted from classical symbolism to more religious based AFTER the period of classical drama.

Which report provides advantages and disadvantages of taking a specific course of action such as whether to purchase a competitor?

Investigating business opportunities

dramatic irony

Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.

How is black comedy different from other forms of satirical comedy?

It tends to be darker in tone and deal with things like death, abuse, and violence.

Why was Pygmalion influential in the history of melodramas?

It was recognized as one of the first melodramas, and led to the creation of operettas.

In Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest, who is actually Ernest?

Jack

The three key elements of the evaluative essay are

Judgment, Criteria, Evidence

farcire

Latin --> "to stuff or fill"

What characteristic has the MOST impact on the effectiveness of a narrative essay over all the others?

Organization

A human resource manager for a small company is revising the company's employee handbook. Which report type should the human resource manager generate for this project?

Policy (Reports)

How were morality plays different from previous forms of theater endorsed by the church?

Rather than just retelling Bible stories, they were allegorical.

Alliteration

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

During what literary period did the melodrama gain popularity?

Romantic Period

"Harlem" by Langston Hughes (symbolism)

The African-American experience

Melodramas were commonplace in which dramatic movement?

The Romantic Movement

style (in writing)

The author's choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone in order to communicate with the reader.

second person narrator

The narrator tells a listener what he/she has done or said, often has words like "you" or "you're" (narrator talking about the reader)

How are primitive theater and Greek theater similar?

Their emphasis on ritual.

Which of the following is NOT one of the characters in a melodrama?

Typically, the melodrama includes a hero, a heroine, a villain, the villain's accomplice, a faithful servant, and a maidservant. An unfaithful servant is NOT part of this lineup.

Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening

a caged parrot and mockingbird, a pigeon house, and a broken-winged bird are all symbols representing the Confines/restriction of female gender roles

Unity of Action (Aristotle)

a play should have one main action that it follows, with no or few subplots (Aristotle's belief of how a plot SHOULD be)

Catharsis

a release of emotional tension / making the audience feel pity or fear for a character

Allegory

a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

tactile imagery

descriptive language that appeals to the sense of touch

Urban Fantasy

fantasies which features real-world places and situations (not necessarily --> In a "city")

thrillers

focus on ordinary people who try to defend against extraordinary villains or supernatural circumstances.

Legend (Characteristics of)

legends are grounded in reality, but also include miracles or incredible events

Theme

the deeper message or meaning in literature

Locked room mystery

A crime committed under seemingly impossible circumstances

Ode

A lyric poem to show a fondness/excitement for a particular topic "Ode to Joy" --> Celebration to a certain degree

rising action

A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax. ( Part 2/5 of "Parts of Plot in Fiction" )

verse

A single line of poetry

fantasy literature

A story containing unreal, imaginary features.

fantasy

A story containing unreal, imaginary features. (Magic or supernatural)

Folktale

A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition

realistic fiction

A story using made-up characters that could happen in real life. Tend to be written in the present or near-distant past

drama

A story written to be performed by actors

myth

A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the events that occur in the real world

How do a soliloquy and an aside differ?

An aside addresses the audience when other characters are on stage, while a soliloquy addresses the audience when the character is alone on stage.

situational irony

An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

Animal Farm symbolizes

Animal Farm --> symbolizes thoughts on government and used real-life political personalities to comment on their actions (was an allegory for Russian leaders during Russian Revolution 1917)

In which of the following media is drama NOT performed? ( TV , theatre , books , radio )

Answer --> "books" as DRAMA is meant to be performed

Lysistrata

Aristophanes' comedy about the Great Peloponnesian War Was an anti-war comedy

direct characterization

Author directly describes character by telling you

The portion of the evaluative essay where you establish the purpose of what you're evaluating is called

Background

In the story Oedipus, what happens during the catastrophe?

He gouges his own eyes out and begs for exile/banishment

What do we call humor that is geared toward an educated group and uses social satire, wit, and subtle characterization?

High comedy

indirect characterization

The character is revealed throughout the story and readers can judge character as they interpret the story

Setting

The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.

Cozy Mysteries

light and less violent mystery, with amateur crime solvers in small or tight-knit towns

Narrative (writing style)

linear events ---> regular story

Mystery (Fiction)

literature that focuses on solving a crime or crime-related puzzle

Protagonist

main character

Police Procedural (Mystery Fiction)

mysteries solved by police forces and professional detectives

hardboiled (fiction)

mysteries that are gritty, violent, and very realistic.

descriptive (writing style)

paints a picture to describe each scene fully, making the reader see moments in their head

Soft Boiled Mystery

realistic, yet more humorous, and less-violent mystery stories

social environment

the entire human environment, including political and cultural interaction with others

limited third person

the narrator is outside the story; tells the story from the vantagepoint of only one character; they can enter the mind if this chosen character but cannot tell what any other characters are thinking except by observation.

omniscient third person

the narrator knows and tells about what each character feels and thinks

objective third person

the narrator knows or reveals nothing about the characters' internal thoughts, feelings, and motivations but sticks to the external facts of the story

inner city

the part of the city immediately surrounding the central business district of a city

Symbolism

the use of symbols to represent larger ideas adding an additional meaning to what is said.

What do fables, folktales, myths and legends have in common?

they are all forms of entertainment

Shakespeare used both prose and verse in his plays, but mainly verse. Why did he sometimes use prose?

to show "low class" of characters

suburban sprawl

unplanned development by many different entities, often as part of urban outgrowth (suburbs increasing in a metropolitan area)

Imagery

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Ambiguous writing

when there is more than one interpretation

Diction

word choice

Prose

written or spoken language in its ordinary form, sentence and grammar included exception -->