Plot structure (p.85)
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Difference between flat character and round character
Flat characters are two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work. By contrast, round characters are complex and undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader.
Breadwinner
"the member of a family who earns the money to support the others".In heterosexual relationships, the breadwinner is most often the male, with the model being consistent with patriarchical family norms. The earner works outside the home to provide the family with income and benefits such as health insurance.
Bring home the bacon: Earn a living, provide the necessities of life
Foreshadowing or guessing ahead
is a literary device by which an author hints what is to come. Foreshadowing is a dramatic device in which an important plot-point is mentioned early in the story and will return in a more significant way. It is used to avoid disappointment. It is also sometimes used to arouse the reader.
Flashback
A flashback is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point in the story. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened before the story's primary sequence of events to fill in crucial backstory.
In the opposite direction, a flashforward (or prolepsis) reveals events that will occur in the future.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Boy Who Cried Wolf is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 210 in the Perry Index. From it is derived the English idiom "to cry wolf", defined as "to give a false alarm" in Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable and glossed by the Oxford English Dictionary as meaning to make false claims, with the result that subsequent true claims are disbelieved.
prefix & suffix：
Ver-/vir-: ture
eg. verify (v.): to prove that something exists or is true, or to make certain that something is correct.
verification (n.)
eg. verdict (n.): an opinion or decision made after judging the facts that are given, especially one made at the end of a trial
（根據事實作出的）意見，決定；（尤指）判決，裁決
eg. virtual (adj.): almost a particular thing or quality
virtual reality: a set of images and sounds, produced by a computer, that seem to represent a place or a situation that a person can take part in.
eg. veritas: truth
Anti-: opposite, against
eg. antipathy (noun): a feeling of strong dislike, opposition, or anger.
eg. antipodal (adjective): on the opposite side of the globe; pertaining to the antipodes.
eg. antihero (noun): a protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose, and the like.
pro- : in favor of
eg. protagonist (noun): Ⅰ. The leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
Ⅱ. A proponent for or advocate of a political cause, social program, etc.
Antagonist (noun): a person who is strongly opposed to something or someone
Nov-: new
eg. innovation (noun): (the use of) a new idea or method
eg. renovate (verb): to repair and improve something, esp. a building
eg. nouveau (adjective): newly or recently created, developed, or come to prominence
chron-: time
eg. synchronous (adjective): happening or done at the same time or speed
eg. chronicle (noun): a record to tell the history of something
eg. chronic (adjective): a disease or something bad) continuing for a long time:
acute (adjective): In medicine, acute describes severe conditions, illnesses, or injuries that need immediate care.
reach the verdict: an official judgment made in a court
return/deliver a verdict (=say whether someone is guilty or not)
*pay someone a compliment: to say something nice about someone or to someone
= praise, congratulate, compliment.
*pay one's last respects: To visit the place where the remains of a dead person has been prepared for burial or cremation.
*pay someone a visit: visit someone.
new words:
*allegory (noun):
a story, play, poem, picture, or other work in which the characters and events represent particular moral, religious, or political qualities or ideas
*parable(noun):
a short, simple story that teaches or explains an idea, especially a moral or religious idea
*hypothesis (noun)假設、假說:
a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
*chronological (adjective)按時間順序排列的:
following the order in which a series of events happened.
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