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Literary Terminology Created by Educational Technology Network
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Characters Figurative Language “Two Kinds” Plot Language 10 20 30 40 50
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An undeveloped character who lacks complexity
Characters - 10 An undeveloped character who lacks complexity
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What is a “flat character”?
Characters – 10 What is a “flat character”?
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A character that stays the same throughout the story
Characters - 20 A character that stays the same throughout the story
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What is a “static character”?
Characters – 20 What is a “static character”?
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Characters - 30 Two characters who are against each other in a story; sometimes the hero vs. the villain
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What is “protagonist and antagonist”?
Characters – 30 What is “protagonist and antagonist”?
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Author directly and clearly describes features of a character
Characters - 40 Author directly and clearly describes features of a character
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What is “direct characterization”?
Characters – 40 What is “direct characterization”?
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Characters – 50 True or false – AND EXPLAIN: Static characters are also always flat characters
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Characters – 50 What is “false; these are not necessarily related or dependent upon one another”?
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Figurative Language - 10 Define “imagery.”
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Figurative Language – 10 What is “language the author uses to appeal to any one of the five senses; uses language to create a sensory experience”?
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Figurative Language- 20 Define “allusion.”
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Figurative Language – 20 What is “a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing”?
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Explain the difference between a simile and a metaphor.
Figurative Language- 30 Explain the difference between a simile and a metaphor.
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Figurative Language – 30 What is “a simile uses ‘like’ or ‘as’ and a metaphor doesn’t use ‘like’ or ‘as’”?
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Figurative Language - 40 Define hyperbole. BONUS 10 POINTS: Create an original example of hyperbole.
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What is “a deliberate and extreme exaggeration”?
Figurative Language – 40 What is “a deliberate and extreme exaggeration”?
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Figurative Language - 50 Define understatement. BONUS 10 POINTS: Create an original example of an understatement.
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What is “the presentation of something as much less than reality”?
Figurative Language – 50 What is “the presentation of something as much less than reality”?
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Explain what point of view Amy Tan uses in “Two Kinds.”
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“Two Kinds” – 10 What is “first person; the story is a personal narrative delivered directly from Jing-Mei”?
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Provide THREE examples of allusions in “Two Kinds.”
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“Two Kinds” – 20 (answers vary)
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Share and explain an example of visual imagery from “Two Kinds.”
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“Two Kinds” – 30 (answers vary)
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“Two Kinds” - 40 Use the following words to describe Jing-Mei: flat, round, static, dynamic.
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“Two Kinds” – 40 What is “Jing-Mei is a dynamic and round character because she changes, and she’s highly developed”?
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Find and explain THREE similes from the story.
“Two Kinds” - 50 Find and explain THREE similes from the story.
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“Two Kinds” – 50 (answers vary)
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Plot - 10 Define plot.
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What is “the order and structure of events in a story”?
Plot – 10 What is “the order and structure of events in a story”?
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Define conflict. BONUS 10 POINTS: Explain the two types of conflict.
Plot - 20 Define conflict. BONUS 10 POINTS: Explain the two types of conflict.
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Plot – 20 What is “a struggle between opposing characters around which the action of a story occurs”?
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Plot - 30 A mixture of situation and personality that impels a character to behave a certain way or do something
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Plot – 30 What is “motivation”?
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Plot - 40 A character “sees” what is beneath the surface and perceives its inner workings; a character’s realization
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What is “epiphany”? tactless (adjective): lacking sensitivity
Plot – 40 What is “epiphany”? tactless (adjective): lacking sensitivity
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Plot - 50 The author suggests or predicts an outcome of plot; clues that something important will happen soon
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What is “foreshadowing”?
Plot – 50 What is “foreshadowing”?
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Language - 10 Define diction.
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What is “an author’s word choice”?
Language – 10 What is “an author’s word choice”?
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Language - 20 Define tone.
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Language – 20 What is “writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward the subject and/or the audience”?
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Language - 30 Define dialect.
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What is “regional variety of language”?
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Language - 40 Explain the difference between denotation and connotation. BONUS 10 POINTS: Give an example of a word that has a differing denotation and connotation.
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Language – 40 What is “denotation – dictionary definition; connotation – feeling of a word”?
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Language - 50 Define style.
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What is “the way a literary work is written”?
Language – 50 What is “the way a literary work is written”?
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