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Literature: Unit 2 Review
Flashcards reviewing Literature Unit 2.
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Literature
10th Grade
01/19/2011

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Term
Characters are the people around which ___.
Definition
stories revolve
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Characters usually have ___ emotions and thoughts.
Definition
human
Term
What is the name for the main character?
Definition
protagonist
Term
What is the name for the character hat works against the protagonist?
Definition
antagonist
Term
characters that are fully formed and developed by the author
Definition
round characters
Term
characters who serve a role in a story, but are not fully developed
Definition
flat characters
Term
Authors often present their themes and philosophies through the way they develop and present ___.
Definition
characters
Term
poetry that does not use rhyme or meter
Definition
free verse
Term
the arrangement of words in poetry based on rhythm, accents, and the number of syllable in a line
Definition
meter
Term
the pattern of rhymes made by the final words or sounds in the lines of a poem, typically designated by a different letter of the alphabet to represent each rhyme
Definition
rhyme scheme
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a regular pattern of sound and beats within a poem
Definition
rhythm
Term
where and when a literary work takes place
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setting
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the imaginary person who speak the words of a poem, not the poet
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speaker
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a subdivision or group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in prose writing
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stanza
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the attitude of the writer toward the topic or subject
Definition
tone
Term
Author: ____
Born: 1874
Uses traditional poetic structure and lots of natural imagery.
Wrote "Two Tramps in Mud Time"
Definition
Robert Frost
Term
What story is the following plot from:
Two tramps come along and the speaker has to make the decision whether to keep doing the work he loves or give it to someone who really needs it.
Definition
"Two Tramps in Mud Time"
Term
a person's job or profession
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vocation
Term
a hobby or something someone does for pleasure
Definition
avocation
Term
Author: ____
Born: Ann Harbor, Michigan in 1960
Life: Went to Standford but later dropped out and went to Harvard Medical School.
Definition
Ethan Canin
Term
a character experiences a clash or struggle with another character or with society or nature
Definition
external conflict
Term
How do Dade's mother and father's view on their son's success differ?
Definition
Dade's mother believes Dade will achieve success by dreaming and searching. Dade's father believes that hard works and discipline are the only ways to lead a good life.
Term
In "Star Food", what is Dade's internal struggle?
Definition
Dade's internal struggle is that he doesn't know what he wants in life. He doesn't "see" clearly and he doesn't even know what he wants to see.
Term
Author: ____
Born: Savannah, Georgia in 1925
Life: Spent time in a writer's colony in New York and was diagnosed with lupus in 1950.
Works: Many of her characters are considered grotesque and in most of her fiction, a major character has an experience of grace. She exposed the truth and decay of the South that she saw around her.
Definition
Flannery O'Conner
Term
a short tale that tells a lesson or moral, often about animals that think and act like people
Definition
fable
Term
Author: ____
Born: !860
Life: Often lived in poverty as a young man. Granfather had been a slave. Died of tuberculosis. His short stories helped to revolutionize the traditional short story format and to introduce modern forms of fiction writing.
Definition
Anton Chekhov
Term
Author: ____
Born: 1912 in Omaha, Nebraska. Dropped out of high school during the Depression and became involved in the labor and union movement of the 1930s. Had a baby at 19. Won the O. Henry Award in 1961 for her book "Tell Me a Riddle".
Definition
Tillie Olsen
Term
Author: ___
Life: Born in 1952 in Akron, Ohio. Won the Pultizer Prize for poetry in 1987 and was appointed as commonwealth Professor of English on the faculty of the University of Virginia in 1993. She served as the First African American Poet Laureate of the United States from 1993 to 19995.
Definition
Rita Dove
Term
What is the metaphor of ironing in "I Stand Here Ironing"?
Definition
Although she can iron the shirts on the ironing board, she cannot iron out the problems that her daughter faces.
Term
What does the word "daystar" represent in the poem "Daystar"?
Definition
The word daystar represent a lightness or newness the mother feels when she gets her hour of freedom.
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