Academic Language Fiction

Question 1

What does plot mean

Answer 1

A series of related events that make up a story

Question 2

What are subplots

Answer 2

A minor plot that relates in some way to the story

Question 3

What does inciting/incident mean

Answer 3

The event in the story that causes the conflict

Question 4

Conflict/problem/issue mean

Answer 4

A struggle between two opposing forces external and internal.

Question 5

What is external conflict

Answer 5

Occurs between a character and another character, society, or force of nature.

Question 6

What is internal conflict

Answer 6

Occurs within one character such as emotional turmoil or doubts

Question 7

What does resolution/outcome mean

Answer 7

Conflict is resolved and the story is brought to a close

Question 8

What does climax mean

Answer 8

Point in the story that creates the greatest suspense or interest

Question 9

What does exposition mean

Answer 9

Introduction of a story or book when the character and setting are first described

Question 10

What does theme/central idea mean

Answer 10

An insight or idea about life

Question 11

Protagonist

Answer 11

The main character in a piece of literature

Question 12

What does antagonist mean

Answer 12

Another character opposing the protagonist

Question 13

What is mood

Answer 13

Overall feeling of a work of literature

Question 14

What is tone

Answer 14

The attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject or character

Question 15

What is foreshadowing

Answer 15

Use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the story

Question 16

Symbolism

Answer 16

A person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in it self

Question 17

First person

Answer 17

Is from the aspect of a character told using pronouns like “I” “me” “my” “we” “us” “or” “our”

Question 18

Second person

Answer 18

the narrator uses “you” to describe the reader’s thoughts, actions, and background or may speak directly to the audience using “you,” “you’re,” and “your.”

Question 19

Third person

Answer 19

The narrator only has access to the thoughts and emotions of one character, usually following that character through the story and describing events that they experience

Question 20

Characterization-

Answer 20

The way a writer reveals the personality of a character

Question 21

S

Answer 21

What he/she says (allowing us to hear the character speak),

Question 22

T

Answer 22

What he/she thinks (reveals the characters and feeling

Question 23

E

Answer 23

What everyone says about him/her (showing hownpther reacts to the character

Question 24

A

Answer 24

What his/her actions are(showing the character in action/shat they do

Question 25

L

Answer 25

What he/she looks like(describing the appearance of a character

Question 26

Figurative language

Answer 26

Figures of speech not literally true

Question 27

Imagery

Answer 27

Language that appeals to the five senses

Question 28

Alliteration

Answer 28

The repetition of constant sound in two or more close words or syllables (Peter piper picked a pecko)

Question 29

Meatphors

Answer 29

Comparison between two unlike things

Question 30

Similes

Answer 30

Comparison between two unlike things using like or as

Question 31

Idioms

Answer 31

A phrase that means something diffuthat what is actually said

Question 32

Onomatopoeia

Answer 32

A word associated with a sound Ex: Soam,sizzle

Question 33

Personification

Answer 33

The act of giving human characteristics to something not human

Question 34

Irony

Answer 34

Difference between what is meant and what is said

Question 35

Verbal irony

Answer 35

The difference between what is said and what is written

Question 36

Situational irony

Answer 36

Occurs when what happens is very different from what we expected would happen

Question 37

Dramatic irony

Answer 37

Occurs when the audience or the reader knows something the character does not.