English Test 1

Question 1

main scheme or story line of literary work

Answer 1

plot

Question 2

plot diagram

Answer 2

esposition
rising action 
climax 
falling action 
resolution

Question 3

main problem in a story

Answer 3

conflict

Question 4

protagonist

Answer 4

leading character

Question 5

antagonist

Answer 5

character who opposes struggles against the protagonist

Question 6

round

Answer 6

changes through out story

Question 7

flat

Answer 7

stays the same

Question 8

a process of reasoning from a premise to a conclusion a logical deduction

Answer 8

inference

Question 9

another character in a story who contrast with the main character usually to highlight one of their attributes

Answer 9

foils

Question 10

setting

Answer 10

time place story takes place

Question 11

imagery

Answer 11

the words and phrases to create mental images for the reader

Question 12

verbal irony

Answer 12

meaning implied by a sentence/word is diffrent than the actual meaning

Question 13

dramatic irony

Answer 13

when the reader knows something the character doesn’t

Question 14

situational irony

Answer 14

when the opposite of what u expect happens

Question 15

a writers choice of words that reflected a distinct tome tot heir writing

Answer 15

diction

Question 16

the actual way in which the words and sentences are placed together

Answer 16

syntax

Question 17

central idea of a work of literature

Answer 17

theme

Question 18

quotes straight from the text that supports it

Answer 18

textual evidence

Question 19

definitive stance the narrators adopts in shaping a specific emotional perspective toward the story

Answer 19

mood

Question 20

symbolism

Answer 20

using an object or action that means something more than it’s literal meaning

Question 21

a figure of speech where by the author refers to a subject matter by way of an expressed or implied reference

Answer 21

allusion

most common: bible shakespeare mythology

Question 22

personal symbols created by an individual person

Answer 22

invented symbols

Question 23

symbols understood by groups of people universally recognized

Answer 23

inherited symbol

Question 24

Flashback

Answer 24

The depiction of an event that has taken place before the present time

Question 25

narrative

Answer 25

Voice how the story is conveyed Voice telling the story

Question 26

The narrator is a character within the story and can only interpret events from his or her perspective

Answer 26

first person

Question 27

The narrator reports faxed and interpret events from the perspective of a single character

Answer 27

thrird person limited

Question 28

and all knowing narrator reports faxed and may interpret events and or relate thoughts feelings of any character

Answer 28

third person omni

Question 29

facts of a narrative reported by a seemingly neutral impersonal observer

Answer 29

third person obj

Question 30

that sums up the central idea of your paper

Answer 30

thesis

Question 31

context

Answer 31

sets the framework

Question 32

subject

Answer 32

answers the who or the what that is being discussed

Question 33

claim

Answer 33

this is the argument the claim should always be debatable

Question 34

points

Answer 34

the body of the paper the info that supports the claim

Question 35

established through introductory phrase

Answer 35

context

Question 36

use nouns or noun phrases

Answer 36

subject

Question 37

use the verb

Answer 37

claim

Question 38

use a preposition term

Answer 38

points

Question 39

should be in general and funnel toward being more specific

Answer 39

intro paragraph

Question 40

starts off specific and ends general

Answer 40

conclusion

Question 41

richard edward connell

Answer 41

most dangerous game

Question 42

o henry

Answer 42

gift of the maji

Question 42

truman cat rope

Answer 42

a christmas memory

Question 43

james hurst

Answer 43

scarlet ibis

Question 44

nathanielchawthore

Answer 44

young goodman brown