Norton Guide - Key Terms - Chp 1 & 2

Match the term with it's meaning.

• struggle between opposing forces

• protagonist

• opposing character or force

• conflict

• neutral term from main character

• foil

• shared rules and expectations in society

• cultural norms

• character that contrasts another

• antagonist

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• internal narrator refers to themself

• frame narrative

• a scene from the past is out of order

• in medias res

• a scene from the future is out of order

• first person

• narrative that recounts another story

• flashback

• opening a plot in the middle of action

• flashforward

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• choice of words

• diction

• external narrator; uses she, he, they

• syntax

• diff. between whats expected and happens

• irony

• makes us view events with suspicion

• unreliable narrator

• word order; sentence type and length

• third person point of view

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• repetition of initial consonant sounds

• alliteration

• emotions/thoughts associated with words

• denotation

• attitude toward subject (or audience)

• connotation

• exaggerated language

• tone

• word's direct/literal meaning

• hyperbole

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• something that represents something else

• metaphor

• comparing two things with like or as

• symbol

• sensory detail used to evoke feeling etc

• simile

• comparison of two unlike things

• understatement

• purposely down playing real emphasis

• imagery

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• meaning derived from text

• thesis statement

• giving nonhumans humanlike qualities

• defensible

• reference to outside text

• interpretation

• able to be argued against; position

• allusion

• overall guiding argument for essay

• personficiation

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• opening line that guides paragraph

• commentary

• selected portions of the text in essay

• topic sentence

• layout of claims that support thesis

• line of reasoning

• explain how evidence proves thesis

• textual evidence