Norton Guide - Key Terms - Chp 1 & 2

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• opposing character or force

• antagonist

• character that contrasts another

• protagonist

• struggle between opposing forces

• cultural norms

• shared rules and expectations in society

• foil

• neutral term from main character

• conflict

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• a scene from the future is out of order

• flashforward

• internal narrator refers to themself

• first person

• opening a plot in the middle of action

• frame narrative

• narrative that recounts another story

• flashback

• a scene from the past is out of order

• in medias res

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• choice of words

• third person point of view

• diff. between whats expected and happens

• unreliable narrator

• external narrator; uses she, he, they

• diction

• word order; sentence type and length

• irony

• makes us view events with suspicion

• syntax

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• word's direct/literal meaning

• connotation

• attitude toward subject (or audience)

• alliteration

• repetition of initial consonant sounds

• hyperbole

• emotions/thoughts associated with words

• denotation

• exaggerated language

• tone

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• comparison of two unlike things

• symbol

• comparing two things with like or as

• simile

• something that represents something else

• understatement

• sensory detail used to evoke feeling etc

• imagery

• purposely down playing real emphasis

• metaphor

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• overall guiding argument for essay

• defensible

• meaning derived from text

• allusion

• reference to outside text

• thesis statement

• giving nonhumans humanlike qualities

• interpretation

• able to be argued against; position

• personficiation

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• layout of claims that support thesis

• commentary

• selected portions of the text in essay

• topic sentence

• explain how evidence proves thesis

• textual evidence

• opening line that guides paragraph

• line of reasoning