English I Midterm Notes
LITERATURE VOCABULARY: Plot, Theme, Characterization, Point of View
TERM
DEFINITION
PLOT
Setting
Exposition
Conflict
Internal
External
-
Person v Person
-
Person v Nature
-
Person v Society
-
Person v Technology
-
Person v Supernatural
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
THEME
CHARACTERIZATION
Flat
Round
Static
Dynamic
Protagonist
Antagonist
POINT OF VIEW
Narrator
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
Limited vs. Omniscient
EXAMPLE
LITERARY TERMS
TERM
DEFINITION
EXAMPLE
SYMBOLISM
IMAGERY
IRONY
Dramatic
Situational
Verbal
FLASHBACK
FORESHADOWING
ALLUSION
PUN
DIALOGUE
PERSONIFICATION
SIMILE
METAPHOR
SUSPENSE
ELEMENTS OF STYLE
TERM
TONE
MOOD
DICTION
DEFINITION
EXAMPLE
SYNTAX
GRAMMAR
ERROR
EXAMPLE OF ERROR
MISSING COMMA:
Introductory Element
After we learned about bungee jumping we
were eager to try it.
MISSING COMMA:
Compound Sentence
Rodeo acts are enjoyable to watch but they
are difficult to describe.
MISSING COMMA:
Nonrestrictive Element
Paul my brother has gone bungee jumping in
Australia.
COMMA SPLICE
VAGUE PRONOUN
REFERENCE
LACK OF PRONOUNANTECEDENT
AGREEMENT
PRONOUN SHIFT
The sun is high, put on some sunblock.
Despite the heat wave, they say that Seattle
is a cool city.
If a person wants to succeed in corporate life,
they have to know the rules of the game.
If you eat sensibly and watch your caloric
intake, most people should be able to
maintain their desired weight.
SENTENCE FRAGMENT
Many of his customers coming back three or
four times over the summer.
RUN-ON SENTENCE
We followed the map we ended up in Canada
instead.
SUBJECT-VERB
DISAGREEMENT
TENSE SHIFT
A strategist behind the scenes create the
candidate’s public image.
Priya was watching the great blue heron take
off when she slips and falls into the swamp.
FAULTY PARALLELISM
I outlined the letters slowly and with care.
WRONG TENSE/VERB
FORM
By the time Ian arrived, Jill had left.
MISSING/MISPLACED
POSSESSIVE
APOSTROPHE
Overambitious parents can be very harmful
to a childs well-being.
WRONG/MISSING VERB
ENDING
I’m suppose to go to the store now.
REVISED SENTENCE
MISPLACED/DANGLING
MODIFIER
We saw dinosaurs on a field trip to the
natural history museum.
ITS/IT’S CONFUSION
The car is lying on its side in the ditch.
Odyssey Information
SETTING
PLOT EVENTS (WHAT HAPPENED?)
Calypso’s Island
Circe’s Home (Aeaea)
Land of the Dead
Sirens, Scylla, & Charybdis
(in sea)
Island of Helios
Eumaeus’ Cave (Ithaca)
Odysseus’ Palace (Ithaca)
THEME
HOSPITALITY
RESPECT FOR THE GODS
LOYALTY
PRIDE/HONOR
EXPLANATION
IMPORTANCE OF
LEADERSHIP
JUSTICE
CHARACTER
DESCRIPTION
CALYPSO
CHARYBDIS
CIRCE
CYCLOPS
SCYLLA
SIRENS
TEIRESIAS
TELEMACHUS
PENELOPE
ODYSSEUS
ATHENA
HELIOS
HERMES
POSEIDON
ZEUS
HOMER/MYTHOLOGY BACKGROUND
WHAT IS A MYTH?
WHO ARE THE FOLLOWING GODS/GODDESSES?
Aphrodite
Apollo
Ares
Artemis
Demeter
Hades
Hephaestus
Hera
Hestia
WHAT ARE EPICS?
WHAT TWO EPICS
ARE CONTRIBUTED
TO HOMER?
HOW IS THE
ODYSSEY A
LITERARY MODEL?
WHAT ARE
RHAPSODES?
WHAT IS AN
EPITHET?
WHO WAS
“HOMER?”
WORD MEANINGS
ODYSSEY VOCABULARY WORDS/ DEFINITIONS
CONTEND
FORMIDABLE
MUSTER
RAVAGE
PROFUSION
SAGE
ADVERSARY
STEALTH
RANCOR
ABOMINABLE
ARDOR
TUMULT
INCREDULITY
ADVERSITY
DISDAIN
REVELRY
ADORN
RESTITUTION
GLOWER
LAVISH
ALOOF
PLIANT
TREMULOUS
GREEK AFFIXES
A, an
not
Abiotic
Amphi
Both/ on both sides, around, about
Amphibian
Anti
Instead, against, in opposition to
Antidode
Bi
Chron
Dyn
Dys
Ec, ex
Ecto
Endo
Exo
Inter
Mal
Mis
Mono
Hypo
Hyper
Meta, et
Para, par
Peri
Pre, pro
Poly
Trans
Un
Semi
Sub
-ic, -tic
-ical
-oid
-ism
-ish
-less
-sis
-ness
-er
PERSUASION
TERM
Inductive
reasoning
Deductive
reasoning
Ethos
DEFINITION
EXAMPLE
Pathos
Logos
Syllogism