Adventure Vocabulary Andrew Grant. Adventure Protagonist lives by wits and skills consistently placed in in dangerous situations. “To Build a Fire”- Main.

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Adventure Vocabulary Andrew Grant

Adventure Protagonist lives by wits and skills consistently placed in in dangerous situations. “To Build a Fire”- Main character struggles to survive in a snowstorm.

Symbol Stands for or represents something else. “Moby Dick”- The whale symbolizes evil.

Archetype Patterns in literature found around the world. “Red Badge of Courage”-The archetype is just like any other war story.

Epigraph Quote at the beginning of a chapter in a book.

Romanticism Literary and artistic movement, focused on imagination. “to build a fire”- the man was romantic with his dog?

Wilderness Gothic Medieval, wild, or mysterious “to build a fire”- weird story about how he manages to survive.

Captivity Narrative Someone being held captive. “To Build a Fire”- The main character isnt being held by a person physically but lost in a snow storm.

Imagery Descriptive or figurative launguage that creates images. Uses the 5 senses. “Red Badge of Courage”- very descriptive about the blood and gore in the war scenes.

Style Writers use of language. -The only thing I can think of is Shakespeare and how he talks.

Metaphor One thing spoken as something else. “Moby Dick”- The whale seems to be referred to as evil.

Conflict Stuggle between opposing forces. Internal- Struggle within the character External-Struggle between character and outside force. “Red Badge of Courage”- struggle within Henry and his fear of war.

Realism Using details of real life. Stressed actual events instead of imagery. “Red badge of courage”- A real actual war its about.

Naturalism Literary movement Viewed people as helpless victoms of nature. “To Build a Fire”- In the artic surrounded by nature.

Historical Details Details that show time period of a work. “Red Badge of Courage”- you can tell the time period because it’s a based around a war that we are aware of.