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le guin
those who walk away from omelas
TERM 2
hurston
DEFINITION 2
sweat and gilded six bits
TERM 3
joyce
DEFINITION 3
araby and eveline
TERM 4
oates
DEFINITION 4
where are you where have you been
TERM 5
vonnegut
DEFINITION 5
harrison bergereon
o' conners
a good man is hard to find
TERM 7
woolfs
DEFINITION 7
kew gardens
TERM 8
bartheleme
DEFINITION 8
the gamecity of churches some of us had been threatening
colbyme and miss mandible
TERM 9
Symbolism:
DEFINITION 9
the art of investing meaning in a thing which, in the context
of the story, comes to represent some other thing (e.g.
colors, animals, geography/place, numbers, metaphors,
inanimate objects)
TERM 10
Irony:
DEFINITION 10
the use of words being used in direct opposition to the literal
meaning
Narrator:
the person (voice) who relates the story
TERM 17
Protagonist/Hero:
DEFINITION 17
the central character who engages our interest and empathy
TERM 18
Antagonist:
DEFINITION 18
the force that opposes the protagonist
TERM 19
Exposition:
DEFINITION 19
the background information the reader needs to make sense
of the situation in which the characters are placed
TERM 20
Setting/Context:
DEFINITION 20
the geographical place or the
historical/social/political/economic environment
Rising Action:
a complication that intensifies the situation
TERM 22
Conflict:
DEFINITION 22
the characters central problem
TERM 23
Foreshadowing:
DEFINITION 23
a suggestion of what is yet to come
TERM 24
Suspense:
DEFINITION 24
when the reader is made anxious about what is going to
happen next
TERM 25
Climax:
DEFINITION 25
the moment of greatest emotional tension
