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Question 1

Plot

Answer 1

Sequence of events that form a story

Question 2

Basic situation/exposition

Answer 2

Opening of a story where characters, setting, and the conflict are introduced.

Question 3

Conflict/ Inciting events

Answer 3

Move the plot forward and provide tension + motivation

Question 4

Resolution/ Denoument

Answer 4

End of a story, loose ends are tied up and questions are answered

Question 5

Climax

Answer 5

The intense point of something, culmination or apex

Question 6

Flashback/flashforward

Answer 6

Interruption in present action to show what happened earlier/later

Question 7

Frame Tale

Answer 7

An “outer” story that creates the situation in which the main story is told

Question 8

Perspective/point of view

Answer 8

Identifies who is telling the story

Question 9

Indirect Characterization

Answer 9

Character is revealed through appearance, speech, actions, etc.

Question 10

Protagonist

Answer 10

Main character

Question 11

Antagonist

Answer 11

A character in force of conflict with the main character

Question 12

Foil

Answer 12

A character who acts as a contrast with another

Question 13

Stock Character

Answer 13

a stereotypical character, ie. dumb blonde, jock

Question 14

Archetype

Answer 14

An original model on which something was replicated, ie. Dumbledore

Question 15

Setting

Answer 15

Time and place of story

Question 16

Verismultitude

Answer 16

Appearing to be true, likely, or possible

Question 17

Mood/atmosphere

Answer 17

The feeling created by a literary work

Question 18

Dramatic Irony

Answer 18

When a reader is aware of something a character isn’t

Question 19

Verbal Irony

Answer 19

A figure in speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

Question 20

Situational Irony

Answer 20

An outcome that turns out to be the opposite of what is expected

Question 21

Symbol

Answer 21

Object that represents an idea

Question 22

Theme

Answer 22

Central idea of a work of literature

Question 23

Tone

Answer 23

A writers/speakers attitude toward subject

Question 24

Genre

Answer 24

A major category/type of literature like horror os sci-fi

Question 25

Allusion

Answer 25

Reference to another work of literature, person, or event for a purpose

Question 26

Tactile imagery

Answer 26

Language that appears to sense of touch

Question 27

Olfactory imagery

Answer 27

Language that appears to sense of smell

Question 28

Gustatory imagery

Answer 28

Language that appears to sense of taste

Question 29

Visual imagery

Answer 29

Language that appears to sense of sight

Question 30

Auditory imagery

Answer 30

Language that appears to sense of hearing

Question 31

Figure of speech

Answer 31

device used to produce figurative language (not intended to be literal)

Question 32

Metaphor

Answer 32

Comparison without using like or as

Question 33

Extended metaphor

Answer 33

A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences

Question 34

Conceit

Answer 34

Fanciful, clever extended metaphor

Question 35

Simile

Answer 35

Comparison using the words like or as

Question 36

Hyperbole

Answer 36

Exaggeration for specific effect

Question 37

Understatement

Answer 37

Mile language used to express something clearly more serious

Question 38

Analogy

Answer 38

Comparison that used the formula "A is to B as C is to D"

Question 39

Metonymy

Answer 39

Substitution of a name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant (throne for the power of a monarch)

Question 40

Oxymoron

Answer 40

Figure of speech that combines seeming contradictory terms consecutively to create a layer of meaning

Question 41

Paradox

Answer 41

A statement that seems self contradictory but actually revels a layer of meaning

Question 42

Personification

Answer 42

Giving human qualities to something non-human