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1)
Model for which many characters are based; the character should meet most of the criteria to qualify as that archetype
 
Character archetype
2)
Colors associated with certain characters that can further explain characteristics
 
Color archetypes
3)
Numbers associated with characters that can further explain characteristics
 
Number archetypes
4)
A brief reference to a person, event, place, work of art, etc.
 
Allusion
5)
Term used to describe a contrast between what appears to be and what really is
 
Irony
6)
A hint given to the reader of what is to come
 
Foreshadowing
7)
Vantage point from which an author presents the actions and characters of a story
 
Point of view
8)
A feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work
 
Suspense
9)
A figure of speech involving a direct comparison, using like or as between 2 basically unlike things that have something in common
 
Simile
10)
The representation of abstractions, ideas, aniamls, or inanimate objects as human qualities
 
Personification
11)
Character mentioned only briefly
 
Minor character
12)
A series of happenings in a literary work
 
Plot
13)
The time and place in which the action of a narrative occurs
 
Setting
14)
The teller of the story; can be biest, which makes this person unreliable
 
Narrator(unreliable)
15)
The main character
 
Protagonist
16)
The person in conflict with the main character
 
Antagonist
17)
Figure of speech involving great exaggeration
 
Hyperbole
18)
Struggle between 2 opposing forces
 
Conflict
19)
The underlying meaning of a work
 
Theme
20)
A word or words used in such a way that the sound imitates the sound of the thing spoken of
 
Onomatopeia
21)
The turning point in a story when the action changes course and starts to resolve itself
 
Climax
22)
A character you know alot about
 
Round character
23)
Changing character
 
Dynamic character
24)
Character you dont know alot about
 
Flat character
25)
Character that stays the same
 
Static character
26)
A person or thing in a work or literature
 
Character
27)
Person, place, thing or idea
 
Noun
28)
Takes the place of a noun
 
Pronoun
29)
Modifies nouns
 
Adjectives
30)
Shows actions or helps to make a statement
 
Verb
31)
Modifies verbs and adjectives
 
Adverb
32)
Shows relationship between a noun and a pronoun and some other word in the sentence
 
Preposition
33)
Joins words, phrases, and clauses
 
Conjunction
34)
Expresses emotion but has no real connection with the rest of the sentence
 
Interjection
35)
One independent clause
 
Simple sentence
36)
2 or more independent clauses
 
Compound sentence
37)
One independent and one or more dependent clauses
 
Complex sentence
38)
Makes a statement and ends in a period
 
Declarative sentence
39)
Gives a command and ends in a period
 
Imperative sentence
40)
Ask a question and ends in a question mark
 
Interrogative sentence
41)
Expresses strong feelings and ends in an exclamation point
 
Exclamatory sentence
42)
Simple subject and its modifiers
 
Subject
43)
Takes the place of a direct object
 
Transitive verb
44)
Does not take the place of a direct object
 
Intransitive verb
45)
Noun/pronoun and is never in a prepositional phrase; follows the action verb
 
Direct object
46)
Noun/pronoun and is never in a prepositional phrase; comes before DO and after the verb
 
Indirect object
47)
Noun/pronoun that follows the linking verb and renames the subject
 
Predicate nomnitive
48)
God of the sky
 
Jupiter (Zeus)
49)
God of the underworld
 
Pluto (Hades)
50)
God of the sea
 
Neptune(Poseidon)
51)
Protector of marriage and married women
 
Juno(Hera)
52)
Goddess of wisdom, civilized life, the city, and battle
 
Minerva(Athena)
53)
God of music, healing, light, truth, and prophecy
 
Apollo
54)
Protector of the young
 
Diana(Artemis)
55)
Goddess of love and beauty
 
Venus(Aphrodite)
56)
God of war
 
Mars(Ares)
57)
God of thieves, travelers, and commerce
 
Mercury(Hermes)
58)
Goddess of the hearth and home
 
Vesta(Hestia)
59)
God of fire, blacksmiths, and volcanoes
 
Vulcan(Hephaestus)
60)
God of wine, revelry, fertility, and theater
 
Bacchus(Dionysus)
61)
Goddess of vegetation and fertility
 
Ceres(Demeter)
62)
Color archetypes for Pyramus and Thisbe (meanings)
 
White- purityred- bloodblack- death
63)
Color archetypes for The Odyssey
 
Purple- royalty, powergold/silver- wealth, power
64)
Character archetype- Pyramus and Thisbe
 
Star-crossed lovers
65)
Character archetype- Odysseus
 
The hero, the trickster
66)
Character archetype- Calypso
 
The temptress
67)
Character archetype- Athena
 
The mentor
68)
Character archetype- Penelope
 
The platonic ideal
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