English 1.2 (LITERATURE TERMS)

Question 1

Frame story

Answer 1

Story that frames another story or stories.

Question 2

Third-person narrator

Answer 2

Outside voice.

Question 3

First-person narrator

Answer 3

Told by a character.

Question 4

Claim or central idea

Answer 4

Key message about the topic.

Question 5

Specific details

Answer 5

Evidence to support the central idea.

• Facts
• Examples
• Numerical data
• Personal observations
• Expert opinions

Question 6

Complex characters

Answer 6

Show strengths and weaknesses and experience a mix of emotions.

Question 7

Dynamic

Answer 7

Characters that change.

Question 8

Static

Answer 8

Unchanging characters.

Question 9

Characterization

Answer 9

The way a writer develops a character´s traits and personality.

Question 10

Dialogue

Answer 10

The character´s spoken words.

Question 11

Internal monologue

Answer 11

A kind of “conversation” or dialogue with the character itself.

Question 12

Rhetorical devices

Answer 12

Patterns of words to support and emphasize ideas, create rhythm, and make a work memorable.

Question 13

Parallelism

Answer 13

The use of similar grammatical structures to express related ideas.

Question 14

Rhetorical question

Answer 14

A question with an obvious answer or the point a writer wants to prove.

Question 15

Charged language

Answer 15

Strong words that appeal to emotions.

Question 16

Metaphor

Answer 16

One thing is spoken as if it were something else.

Question 17

Simile

Answer 17

Comparison of two unlike things with the words “like” or “as”.