Norton Guide - Key Terms - Chp 1 & 2

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• struggle between opposing forces

• cultural norms

• neutral term from main character

• foil

• shared rules and expectations in society

• protagonist

• opposing character or force

• conflict

• character that contrasts another

• antagonist

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• opening a plot in the middle of action

• first person

• a scene from the future is out of order

• flashforward

• a scene from the past is out of order

• frame narrative

• internal narrator refers to themself

• in medias res

• narrative that recounts another story

• flashback

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• external narrator; uses she, he, they

• diction

• word order; sentence type and length

• unreliable narrator

• choice of words

• irony

• diff. between whats expected and happens

• syntax

• makes us view events with suspicion

• third person point of view

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• word's direct/literal meaning

• tone

• emotions/thoughts associated with words

• connotation

• repetition of initial consonant sounds

• hyperbole

• exaggerated language

• alliteration

• attitude toward subject (or audience)

• denotation

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• something that represents something else

• simile

• comparison of two unlike things

• imagery

• purposely down playing real emphasis

• metaphor

• sensory detail used to evoke feeling etc

• understatement

• comparing two things with like or as

• symbol

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• meaning derived from text

• allusion

• giving nonhumans humanlike qualities

• interpretation

• able to be argued against; position

• personficiation

• overall guiding argument for essay

• defensible

• reference to outside text

• thesis statement

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• selected portions of the text in essay

• textual evidence

• layout of claims that support thesis

• line of reasoning

• explain how evidence proves thesis

• topic sentence

• opening line that guides paragraph

• commentary