English Midterm vocab

Question 1

the sequence of related events in a story

Answer 1

Plot

Question 2

a brief narrative with carefully limited action

Answer 2

Short Story

Question 3

the time and place in which a story happens

Answer 3

Setting

Question 4

a struggle between opposing forces

Answer 4

Conflict

Question 5

a struggle a character faces with himself or herself

Answer 5

Internal Conflict

Question 6

a character’s struggle against an outside force

Answer 6

External Conflict

Question 7

establishes background of characters and events

Answer 7

Exposition

Question 8

events that intensify the conflict

Answer 8

Rising Action

Question 9

the highest point of tension at which the outcome of the conflict is revealed

Answer 9

Climax

Question 10

events between the climax and the resolution

Answer 10

Falling Action

Question 11

any remaining issues are resolved and the story ends

Answer 11

Resolution

Question 12

the narrator is one of the characters

Answer 12

First Person Point of View

Question 13

the narrator is all knowing about the thoughts and feelings of the characters

Answer 13

Third Person Omniscient Point of View

Question 14

the narrator’s knowledge is restricted

Answer 14

Third Person Limited Point of View

Question 15

the underlying meaning or insight that an author conveys in a story (the “take-away”)

Answer 15

Theme

Question 16

expresses an author’s attitude toward the subject

Answer 16

Tone

Question 17

the feeling that the writer creates in the reader of a story

Answer 17

Mood

Question 18

the main character in a literary work

Answer 18

Protagonist

Question 19

the character or force in conflict with the main character

Answer 19

Antagonist

Question 20

a character, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself, but stands for something else (often an abstract idea)

Answer 20

Symbol

Question 21

literary technique that portrays the differences between appearance and reality, or expectation and result

Answer 21

Irony

Question 22

the contradiction between what a character thinks/knows/believes and what the audience knows to be true

Answer 22

Dramatic Irony

Question 23

words/speech used to suggest the opposite of what is meant

Answer 23

Verbal Irony

Question 24

an event that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, reader, or audience

Answer 24

Situational Irony

Question 25

details in a work that hint at upcoming events

Answer 25

Foreshadowing