Final Exam English I Review

Round Character

1. characters that are developed in a multidimensional way, with many details about their personality and interactions with others and an important role in the story

Example: Superman, Harry Potter. 

Flat Character

1. characters that the audience has limited information about and plays a minor role in the story

Example: people in the crowd (extras), Wicked Witch West

Dynamic Character

1. a character that changes from the beginning of the story to the end in his/her thoughts, words, actions, and interactions with others -  maybe as a result of their experiences or observations

Example: Beast from Beauty and the Beast

Static Character

1. a character that remains the same throughout the story in his/her thoughts, words, actions, and interactions with others

Example: Beauty from Beauty and the Beast

Figurative language/figures of speech

1. language the author uses in an imaginative, non literal way to make a comparison or produce a desired effect.

Example: imagery, irony, personification, metaphor, simile, hyperbole, etc

Hyperbole

1.  figurative language that is an exaggeration or overstatement for the purpose of emphasis. 

Example: It is so hot in this room that it feels like it is a thousand degrees. 

Situational Irony

1. -figurative language that a situation or event that is the opposite of what is expected 

Example: the lifeguard had to be saved from drowning.

Simile

1. figurative language that is a comparison of two different thing,s using the words “like” or “as” 

Example: The house was as large as a castle.

Metaphor

1. figurative language that is a comparison of two different things

Example: The room is an oven. Life is a highway.

Onomatopoeia

1. figurative language that words that sound like the things they name

Example: buzz, ding, crackle, sizzle, hiss, murmur, roar.

Imagery

1. figurative language that the use of descriptive language that creates vivid images/pictures in the audience's mind through the use  of sensory information (sight, touch, hear, smell, taste)

Example: Thick tree roots clutched the ground, gnarled, and the screech of the 

owl in a nearby tree shattered the night silence, grabbing our attention.

Personification

1. figurative language that is giving human qualities to an object or an animal

Example: The clock is lying to us! The tree's leaves were dancing in the wind.

Oxymoron

1. figurative language that combines two contradictory words

Example: jumbo shrimp, deafening silence, perfect storm

Foreshadowing

1. the suggestion of events to come

Example: Elsa wears gloves to help her control her magic and later accidentally freezes the kingdom

Flashback

1. the insertion of a scene that shows an earlier event or character reveals a memory

Example: There may be a flashback to an adult character’s childhood.

Denotation

1. he dictionary definition of a word

Example: immature (adj) - behaves or thinks in a way that is typical of someone much

Connotation

1.  an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning, an associated definition with a positive or negative quality

Example: brave vs. reckless, economical vs. cheap, curious vs. nosy

External Conflict

1. a type of conflict that places characters at odds with forces outside themselves, standing in the way of a character's motivations and creating tension as the character tries to reach their goals. 

Internal Conflict

1. a type of conflict where the character struggles with themselves concerning a decision or an issue/problem

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