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Language Arts Mid Term
Language Arts with Rucker at Allen D Nease Senior High School
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By: Adrianna Roberts
Created: 2011-01-09
Size: 72 flashcards
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Created: 2011-01-09
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What is a story written to be performed?
Drama
What are 3 elements of a drama?
- Characters
- a setting
- a plot
What two specific characteristics of Drama set it apart from Prose?
- Dialogue
- Stage Direction
What is Prose?
The ordinary form of writing that is neither poetry of drama
In drama, what is Dialogue?
Conversations between characchters
In drama, what are Stage Directions?
- Describe the set
- describe special effects
- describe the way characters look and move
True or False: The directions "left and right" are oriented from the audience's point of view and are therefore opposite from the actor's viewpoint.
FALSE
Which is direction is closer to the audience "upstage" or "downstage"?
Downstage
such as movies, musicals and plays like this one make use of the plot, characters and setting of the novels on which they are based
Dramatic adaptations
The must be changed or adapted so the story can be delivered through dialogue or movement.
writing
What 4 elements do actors use to express emotion through the voice?
- tone of voice
- inflection
- volume
- tempo
The practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same sounds.
Alliteration
Give an example of Alliteration?
"The twisting trout twinkled below"
The people or animals in a story
Characters
What is another name for the main character in a story?
Protagonist
What is is the term for the character who stands directly opposed to the main character?
Antagonist
The process of presenting the different aspects of a character in a narrative?
Characterization
How do readers learn about the characters?
- what they say
- What they do
- What they think
- what they have and wear
- Where they are
- The people with whom the associate
- What others say about them
- Through the author's direct statement
Also called the "turning point", this is the high point in the action of the plot
Climax
is when characters are set in opposition to each other in literature
Conflict
What are some common conflicts in literature (at least 5 out of 6)
- a person in conflict with another person
- a person in conflict with his or her inner self
- a person in conflict with his or her society
- a person in conflict with fate
- a person in conflict with nature
- a person is in conflict with machines/technology
is word choice intended to convey a certain effect
Diction
The part of the work that introduces the characters, setting and basic situation.
Exposition
Words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of something else
Figures of speech
True or False: Figures of speech always involve some imaginative comparison between seemingly unlikely things?
True
True or False: Figurative language is used to produce images in a reader's mind and to express ideas in fresh, vivid and imaginative ways
True
What are 3 common examples of figurative language?
- simile
- metaphor
- personification
is a scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous event
Flashback
The use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action
Foreshadowing
a deliberate, extravagant and often outrageous exaggeration
Hyperbole
Give an example of a Hyperbole
"the shot heard 'round the world"
consists of the words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses
Imagery
What does imagery help produce?
Mood and tone
What two questions might students ask themselves when reading a piece containing imagery?
- What do I see, hear, taste, smell or feel?
- What effect is the author trying to convey with these images?
Name the 3 types or irony.
- Verbal Irony
- Situational Irony
- Dramatic Irony
irony happens when a speaker or narrator says one thing while meaning the opposite.
Verbal Irony
Give an example of Verbal Irony
"It is easy to stop smoking. I've done it many times"
irony occurs when a situation turns out differently from what one normally would expect.
Situational Irony
Give an example of situational irony
a deep sea diver drowns in a bath tub
irony occurs when a character or speaker says or does something that has different meanings from what he or she thinks it means.
Dramatic Irony
True or False: In dramatic irony, the audience and other characters understand the full implications of the speech or action of the ironic character.
True
Give an example of dramatic irony.
a character curses the murderer of his friend, not realizing that he is himself the murderer and so is cursing himself.
A comparison of two unlike things not using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
Give an example of a metaphor
Time is money
The atmosphere or predominate emotion in a literary work
Mood
What descriptions set the mood?
- light
- shadow
- colors
- shapes
- smells
- sounds
What are some emotion-based adjectives that can create mood?
- sad
- gloomy
- foreboding
- suspenseful
- ominous
- dreary
- brooding
- tragic
- hopeless
- happy
- romantic
- mysterious
Words that mimic the sounds they describe
Onomatopoeia
Give 3 examples of Onomatopoeia
- hiss
- buzz
- bang
a kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects human characteristics
Personification
Give an example of personification
"The wind cried in the dark"
The sequence of events or actions in a short story, novel or play
Plot
the perspective from which the narrative is told
Point of View
Describe the "First-person" point of view
First person pronouns (I, me, my, we, us, our) are used to tell the story
Describe the "Third-person" point of view
Third person pronouns (he, him, she, her, they, them) are used to tell the story
True or False: An author may choose to use more that one point of view in a given work.
True
The outcome of the conflict in a plot.
Resolution
the time and place in which events in a short story, novel, play, or narrative
poem take place.
Setting
a comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words “like” or “as.”
Simile
Give an example of a simile
“The warrior fought like a lion.”
A symbol is...
any object, person, place, or action that has both a meaning in itself and that
stands for something larger than itself, such as quality, attitude, belief, or value.
the arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a
sentence.
Syntax
Syntax is also known as
sentence structure
the central message of a literary work
Theme
True or False: Theme is the same as the subject
False - It is not the same as a subject, which can be expressed in a word or two: courage, survival, war, pride, etc
True or False; The theme is the idea the author wishes to convey about that subject.
True
How is theme expressed?
It is expressed as a sentence or general statement about life or human nature.
True or False: A literary work has only one theme and which is directly stated and not implied.
False -A literary work can have more than one theme and most themes are not directly stated but are implied.
Regarding the theme, The reader must......
think about all the elements of the work and use them to make inferences, or reasonable guesses, as to which themes seem to be implied.
the writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience, and it
is conveyed through the author's choice of words and detail
Tone
To misinterpret tone is to.......
misinterpret meaning
Name 5 types of tone
- serious
- humorous
- sarcastic
- indignant
- objective
About this deck
By: Adrianna Roberts
Created: 2011-01-09
Size: 72 flashcards
Views: 82
Created: 2011-01-09
Size: 72 flashcards
Views: 82
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