| A | B |
|---|
| realism | style of writing that attempts to depict life accurately as it really is |
| naturalism | portray life exactly as if it were being eamined through a scientists microscope |
| regionalism | emphasizes a specific geographic settings and characteristics people |
| irony | a discrepancy between appearances and reality |
| situational irony | discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what does |
| dramatic irony | character in the story thinks one thing is true but the audience knows better |
| verbal irony | when someone says one thing but really means something else |
| internal conflict | opposing forces within a person's mind |
| external conflict | conflicts can exist between two people |
| point of view | vantage point from which the writer tells a story |
| first person point of view | one of the characters in the story tells the story |
| 3rd person limited point of view | unknown narrator tells the story, but focus on the thoughts/feelings of one character |
| 3rd person omniscient point of view | narrator tells a story but tells about all the characters |
| 3rd person objective point of view | narrator who is totaly, impersonal and objective |
| theme | the insight about human life that is revealed in literary work |
| Naturalistic writers | Jack London and Frank Norris |
| Theme of "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" | every man for themselves |
| vernacular | language spoken by the people who live in a particular locality |
| Irony at the end of "Mystery of Heroism" | water was split |
| Irony in "Mystery of Heroism" | man that risk his life for a drink didn't get one |
