Flashcards
curious incident of the dog in the night
Cards in this deck (16)
- 1Antagonistcharacter or force against which another character struggles,, generally the villain, but not always bad
- 2CharacterisationThe means by which writers present and reveal character, examples:through speech, dress, manner and actions
- 3AntagonistA character or force against which another struggles. Generally the main villain, but not always bad.
- 4CharcaterziationThe means by which writer presents and reveal a person.Although techniques of it are complex, writer's typically reveal characters through their speech, dress,manor, and actions
- 5conflictA struggle between opposing forces in a story or play. Usually resolved by the end of the work.
- 6DialogueThe conversation of characters in a literal work.
- 7Figurative languageA form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than literal meaning of their words.
- 8FlashbackAn interruption of a works chronology to describe or present an incident that occurred prior to the ,main event of a frames work action.
- 9ForeshadowingHints of whats to come in the action of a play or story. Often shown by clues in the speech in the text.
- 10ImageryThe pattern of related comparative aspects of language, particularly of images in a literary work.
- 11IronyA contrast of discrepancy between what he said and what he meant, or between what happens and what is expected to happen.
- 12Litteral language:A form of language in which writers and speakers mean exactly what their words denote.
- 13PathosThe audience feel pity for the character
- 14ProtagonistThe main character of a text
- 15ResolutionThe sorting out of a situation
- 16SyntaxThe grammatical order of words in a sentence