Unit 1 Review

A theme stated outright in a work of literature

• cultural context

• direct characterization

• explicit theme

• indirect characterization

The narrator has access to only one character's thoughts and reveals only this character's perspective.

• explicit theme

• direct characterization

• limited 3rd person point of view

• cultural context

the beliefs, customs, and thoughts characteristic of the time and place in which a work of literature was created

• cultural context

• indirect characterization

• explicit theme

• omniscient 3rd person POV

characterization that presents the characters' actions and words

and then allows the reader to infer their traits

• indirect

• direct

• explicit

• stated

stanza

• one line of poetry

• lines of poetry grouped together

• punctuation at the end of line of poetry

• comparison using "like" or "as"

straightforward details that tell the reader about the character

• explicit theme

• indirect characterization

• cultural context

• direct characterization

character flaw

• a weakness in a character

• a strength in a character

• surprise ending

• falling action

end-stopped line

• punctuation at the end of a line of poetry

• a poetic line that flows past a line and goes into the next

• descriptive words used to create a mental picture

• grouping of lines

a quatrain

• a line of poetry ending with punctuation

• a train mentioned in poetry

• four-line stanza

• four metaphors used in a stanza

enjambment

• 4 line stanza

• a comparison between 2 unlike things

• descriptive words used to create a mental picture

• a poetic line that flows past the end of one line and into the next