Academic English 1
I.
Mr. Fluhme
Literary Terms: Be able to define, identify, and apply*.
Plot
Character
Point of view*
Theme*
Setting
Framework story
Suspense
Foreshadowing
Tragic-comic
Conflict
External conflict
Internal conflict
Exposition
Complication
Climax
Resolution
Mystery
Detective story
Interpretive literature
Irony*
Situational irony*
Dramatic irony*
Verbal irony*
Short story
Tone
II.
Midterm Review Sheet
Static character
Denotation
Connotation
Flat character
Dynamic character
Simile*
Metaphor*
Proof
Criteria
Dialogue
Epiphany
Figurative Language*
Objective POV*
Omniscient POV*
First person POV*
Limited omniscient POV*
Objective
Subjective
Narrator
Drama
Actor
Set
Stage
Soliloquy*
Flashback
Direct characterization
Indirect characterization
Jargon*
Prose
Fiction
Implicit theme
Explicit theme
Critical analysis
Literal language
Thesis
Round character
Symbol
Monologue*
Escape literature
Single effect
Transitions
Dialect*
Act
Chronological order
Dramatist/Playwright
Universality
Anonymity
Imagery*
Mood
Literary Selections: Review themes of each of the selections as well as additional elements
of fiction.
“The Most Dangerous Game”
“The Lady, or the Tiger?”
“War”
“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”
“The Musgrave Ritual”
“The Scarlet Ibis”
“The Portable Phonograph”
“The Balek Scales”
“The Necklace”
“The Cask of Amontillado”
Our Town
III.
Vocabulary: Know the definitions of the words below.
I.
SHORT STORY UNITS
1. anguish
21. unscathed
2. appalled
22. venerable
3. careen
II.
4. craven
23. belligerent
5. devious
24. despair
6. distraught
25. discontented
7. exorbitant
26. savant
8. fervent
27. traipse
9. haggard
28. sentinel
OUR TOWN
10. heresy
29. vestige
11. imminent
30. alacrity
12. indolent
31. grave
13. inscrutable
32. tableau
14. insolent
33. bereaved
15. loath
34. cynicism
16. magnanimity
35. epitaph
17. pandemonium
36. lugubrious
18. reiterate
37. wean
19. retribution
38. diligent
20. solicitous
39. genealogy
40. legacy