jeopardy assignment
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Jeopardy
AP Literature and CompositionHaley Haggard
Direct Characterization
Information about a characterrevealed
through description (adjectives)
Character with one or twopredominant traits
Information about a characterrevealed
through actions, words,thoughts
Unusual set of circumstances for which the reader craves an explanation; used to create
suspense
Mystery Surprise Conflict
Denotation
Exact meaning of wordImplied meaning of wordApparent contradiction
that may hold someuniversal truth
Representing an abstract meaning through objects
AllegoryAllusion Assonance
Frame
Story within a storyThe organization of a
workRepetition of stressed and
unstressed syllables
Conveying a meaning that is literal opposite of actual
meaning
IronyVerbal Irony Paradox
Indirect Characterization
Information revealedabout character through
thoughts, actions,words
Information revealedabout character through
adjectives
Changing character
A private daily record of experiences or feelings
Diary Journal Narrative
Medieval romance
Stories about adventureswith a king or a knight
and a herowith a quest
An old fashioned love storyAdventurous story with
legendary heroes
Word choice
DictionTone Style
Writing that mocks the subject
Satirical EssayIronic Essay Humorous Essay
Figurative language
Figure of speech –Not literalSomething is literally stated
Language thatentertains
Style
Way something issaid or expressed
How the author feels aboutthe subject
The reason forwriting
Repetition of consonants
ConsonanceAlliteration Assonance
The reason the author writes about a topic
Purpose SyntaxTone
Syntax
Study of rules ofarrangement
in writingComplex and many sided
Controlling idea ofa work
Connotation
Implied meaning Repetition of vowels Literal meaning
Daily record of observations
JournalStream of consciousness Diary
Writer’s attitude towards subject or audience
ToneStyle
Diction
Words associated with the five senses
Imagery Metaphor Simile
Verbal Irony
Saying or writingone thing and
meaning another
Contradiction withapparent universal
truth
Something happeningthat is not expected
Like or as to compare
SimileMetaphorImagery
Style
The reason why the authorchose a certain topic
Author’s attitude towardssubject or audience
The way the authorwrites
Giving human characteristics toobjects
or animals
PersonificationImagery Alliteration
Situational Irony
What happens isnot expected
Contradiction withuniversal truth
Saying one thing andmeaning another
Form
Organization of a workthat gives it unityWay that an author writes
All elements work togetherto achieve
central purpose
Central character in a story
ProtagonistAntagonistRound Character
Paradox
Contradiction with someuniversal truth
What happens is not expected
Something is said,while something else
is meant
Makes the reader eager to find out what will
happen next
Suspense MysteryPlot manipulation
Reference to historical event
Allusion AlliterationImagery
Clash of actions, goals or ideas
Conflict Dilemma Plot manipulation
Repetition of vowel sounds
AssonanceConsonance Alliteration
Structure
Sequence of eventsAll elements working together
to achieve thesame goal
Controlling idea
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Alliteration Assonance Consonance
A force conflicting with the main character
AntagonistProtagonistDynamic Character
Rhyme
Repetition of all soundsStructure that gives a
work unityPattern of stressed and
Unstressed syllables
Nonrealistic story
Fantasy Epic Drama
Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Rhythm/MeterRhymeStructure
Allegory
Story with a second meaningbelow the first
meaningReference to history
Object that means morethan what it is
Metaphor
Comparison of two dissimilarthings, without like
or as
Object that means morethan it appears on the
surface
Comparisonwith like or as
Sequence of events in a story
StructurePlot
Artistic unity
Something that means more than what it suggests on the
surface
Symbol Alliteration Motif
Objective point of view
Narrator disappearsinto roving camera
Author disappears intoone of the characters
Viewpoint of one ofthe characters
First person point of view
Author disappears intoone of the characters
Author has unlimitedKnowledge
Author takes on rovingsound camera
Shows thoughts going through character’s head for
a period of time
Stream of consciousness First Person Point of View Indirect Characterization
Told from the perspective of one of the characters
First PersonThird Person LimitedThird Person Unlimited
Omniscient point of View
Unlimited knowledge inthird person Third person limited
First Person
Controlling idea
ThemePlotStructure
Dynamic character
Changes throughoutthe course of the workThe main character
in a work
A character that remainsgenerally the same
Character stays the same from beginning to end
Static Character Flat CharacterRound Character
Recognizable, stereotypical figure
Stock CharacterStatic Character Flat Character
Literary Fiction
Serious story that intendsto broaden understanding
and awarenessof life
A story intended forentertainment
All literary elements in astory work together
to achieve a central purpose
Round Characters
Complex and many sidedChanges throughoutthe story
Remains the same characterfrom the beginning
to the end
Have one or two predominant traits
Flat CharactersStatic CharactersStock Characters
Plot manipulation
Situation with an unjustifiedplot turn
When all literary elementsin a story work together
to achieve a central purpose
A character has to choosebetween two decisions,
both undesirable
Condition where all literary elements work together to achieve a central purpose
Artistic unityDilemmaPlot manipulation
Unhappy ending
Ending that turns outunhappily
Ending that turnsout well
Unexpected ending
Ending that turns out well for protagonist
Happy EndingUnhappy ending Surprise ending
Surprise Ending
Completed unexpectedending Ending that turns out
unhappily
Ending that turns outwell
Unexpected plot turn
SurpriseSurprise endingPlot manipulation
Dilemma
A character must choosebetween two decisions,
both undesirable
Unusual set of circumstancesused to create suspense
Makes the readerwant to keep
reading
Fiction intended for entertainment
Commercial fictionFantasyLiterary fiction
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