English 10 - Semester I Exam Review - Key Terms

Theme

• central idea, topic, or point of a story, essay, or narrative is its theme
• the time, place, and situation where a story takes place
• informative or descriptive information about a character (what they look like, sound like, etc. directly stated in the text), and often uses the narrator, the protagonist, or the character themselves
• last paragraph of an essay, argument and main points are restated, essay is wrapped up

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

Emerges

• become apparent, important, or prominent
• a one or two sentence encapsulation of your paper’s main point, main idea, or main message
• last paragraph of an essay, argument and main points are restated, essay is wrapped up
• become apparent, important, or prominent

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

Characterization

• any time the author uses details to teach us about a person
• the point at which the highest level of interest and emotional response is achieved
• central idea, topic, or point of a story, essay, or narrative is its theme
• of, affecting, or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group; applicable to all cases

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Direct Characterization

• informative or descriptive information about a character (what they look like, sound like, etc. directly stated in the text), and often uses the narrator, the protagonist, or the character themselves
• a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary
• a literary device that is designed to inspire emotions from readers
• a literary device that uses symbols, be they words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Indirect Characterization

• when an author uses behavior, speech, and appearance, as well as the opinions of other characters to give information or a description of a character
• an argument based on the ethics or credibility of the person making the argument
• a one or two sentence encapsulation of your paper’s main point, main idea, or main message
• a character with little to no complex emotions, motivations, or personality

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Flat Character

• a character with little to no complex emotions, motivations, or personality
• an assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt
• a thing designed to catch people's attention
• a scene that takes place before a story begins

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Round Character

• has a fully fleshed out profile and changes throughout the story
• a literary device that is designed to inspire emotions from readers
• an argument based on the ethics or credibility of the person making the argument
• a one or two sentence encapsulation of your paper’s main point, main idea, or main message

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Static Character

• does not change over the course of the story
• last paragraph of an essay, argument and main points are restated, essay is wrapped up
• a rhetorical device that includes any content in an argument that is meant to appeal to logic
• the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Dynamic Character

• personality or view on life changes over the course of the story
• the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
• when an author uses behavior, speech, and appearance, as well as the opinions of other characters to give information or a description of a character
• has a fully fleshed out profile and changes throughout the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Universal

• of, affecting, or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group; applicable to all cases
• a thing designed to catch people's attention
• middle paragraph(s) of an essay where evidence and resoning is provided
• a rhetorical device that includes any content in an argument that is meant to appeal to logic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5