English 9 finals semester 1

Question 1

A force or character who struggles against the protagonist

Answer 1

Antagonist

Question 2

Most exciting part of story, conflict can’t go any further

Answer 2

Climax

Question 3

Opposition of 2+ character/forces

Answer 3

Conflict

Question 4

Character description in which straight-forward details tell the reader about character. It uses another character, narrator, or protagonist himself to tell readers or audience about subject

Answer 4

Direct characterization

Question 5

Stories composed in verse or prose, usually for theatrical performance, where conflicts and emotion are expressed through dialogue and action

Answer 5

Drama

Question 6

Undergoes changes throughout narrative, due to conflict he encounters on journey

Answer 6

Dynamic character

Question 7

Long often book-length, narrative in verse form that retells the heroic journey of single person or group of persons

Answer 7

Epic

Question 8

Part of literary work or fiction where background to man conflict is introduced

Answer 8

Exposition

Question 9

Fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality

Answer 9

Fantasy

Question 10

Hinting at events that will occur later in the story

Answer 10

Foreshadowing

Question 11

Descriptive words/phrases used to create an impression

Answer 11

Imagery

Question 12

Characterization which reader must infer character traits by observing his/her thought process behavior, speech, way of talking, appearance, and manner of communication, with other characters, as well as by discerning, response of other characters

Answer 12

Indirect characterization

Question 13

Expression of one’s meaning by using language signifying the opposite, typically for humor or emphatic effect

Answer 13

Irony

Question 14

Particular style or category of works of art; especially a type of literary work characterized by a particular form, style, or purpose

Answer 14

Literary genre

Question 15

Word/phrase is applied to an object/action that’s not literally applicable

Answer 15

Metaphor

Question 16

Legend or traditional narrative, often based in part on historical events, that reveals human behavior and nature phenomena by its symbolism; often pertaining to actions of gods

Answer 16

Mythology

Question 17

Giving human characteristics to something not human

Answer 17

Personification

Question 18

Plot pyramid

Answer 18

Aka freytag’s pyramid. Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

Question 19

Verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that creates emotional responses

Answer 19

Poetry

Question 20

Central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel, or any other story

Answer 20

Protagonist

Question 21

All conflicts are resolved, sense of normalcy returns

Answer 21

Resolution

Question 22

Literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn

Answer 22

Satire

Question 23

Time and place of literary work revealed through exposition

Answer 23

Setting

Question 24

Reader’s anxiety resulting from author’s withholding of details

Answer 24

Suspense

Question 25

Use of a person, place, thing, or idea that means something in addition to itself

Answer 25

Symbolism

Question 26

Main idea or underlying meaning of story conveyed using characters, setting, dialogue, plot or combo of all. May be moral or message

Answer 26

Theme