| A | B |
|---|
| characterization | The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities |
| methods of indirect characterization | thought, action and dialogue |
| protagonist | Rip |
| antagonist | Dame Van Winkle |
| Irving's purpose | to entertain and to inform the reader about the events surrounding the revolution |
| plot | the what happens during the story |
| exposition | the beginning of the story in which the characters are setting are introduced |
| rising action | the events which lead to the climax and present the conflicts |
| conflicts within "Rip Van Winkle" | man vs. man, man vs. himself, man vs. supernatural |
| falling action | the events that occur after the climax |
| climax | the "turning point" of the story in which Rip reveals himself to his daughter and is recognized by one of his neighbors |
| advances the plot | rising action |
| Irving's use of words "noble," "blue," and "crown" | an association with the colony being tied to the British monarchy |
| theme | a topic broad enough to cover the scope of the entire work |
| change is constant and necessary for progress | the theme of Rip Van Winkle |
| point of view | the manner in which an author reveal the story |
| 3rd person limited | the point of view of Rip Van Winkle |
| tone | the author's attitude regarding his/her subject |
| mood | the feeling the reader gets from the piece |
| humorous | what the author's tone may be described as |
| frame narrative | a story within a story |
| the finding of the story among Deidrch Knickerbocker's papers | frame of Rip Van Winke short story |
| the use of the frame story and very vivid descriptions using excellent adjectives | examples of Irving's "style" |
| common Romantic literary techniques | remote setting, improbable plot, experimentation with new writing styles, writing on two levels |
| alliteration example from R.V.W. | He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head |
| alliteration | the repitition of the intial consonant sound |
| assonance | similar vowel sounds in the stressed portion of a word |
| assonance example from R.V.W. | they clambered up a narrow gully, apparently the dry bed of a mountain torrent. |
| example of simile in R.V.W. | for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar’s lance, |
| Rip Van Winkle before the nap | pre-Revolution America |
| Rip Van Winkle after the nap | post-Revolution America |
| Dame Van Winkle | tyrannical England |
