Vocabulary for Fiction and Poetry Quiz 2

when a character suddenly realizes something significant about life

• apostrophe

• epiphany

• epistrophe

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

occurs when an author shows rather than tells us what the character

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a technique employed to describe events that have taken place before the story begins

• flashback

• in medias res

• foreshadowing

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the character causing conflict

• villan

• supervillan

• protagonist

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a character who exhibits a range of emotions

• sappy

• round (dynamic)

• square

• flat

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a hint at things that might happen later in the story

• imagery

• denouement

• foreshadowing

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a coming-of-age story

• building characterization

• bildungsroman

• romance

• thematic element

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a latin term meaning “in the middle of the action”

• in medias res

• media ras

• ras in media

• medium

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

the main character

• antagonist

• flat character

• foil

• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

this occurs when a narrator explicitly describes the background, motivation, temperament or appearance of a character

• direct characterizations

• realistic fiction

• indirect characterization

• omniscient point of view