Final exam study terms

Question 1

Theme

Answer 1

The meaning or message behind what you are reading

Question 2

Setting

Answer 2

Time and place

Question 3

Plot

Answer 3

The series of events

Question 4

Point of view

Answer 4

How the story is being told / Perspective [1st(I), 2nd(you),3rd(they) person]

Question 5

Antecedent action

Answer 5

The action before the story(background info)

Question 6

Exposition

Answer 6

Who, what, when, where, and why

Question 7

Complication/Initial incident

Answer 7

What starts the conflict

Question 8

Conflict

Answer 8

The problem the characters are going to face

Question 9

Rising action

Answer 9

Action that brings us to the climax

Question 10

Climax

Answer 10

The highest point of emotional intensity

Question 11

Falling action

Answer 11

Events that lead to the resolution

Question 12

Denouement/ Resolution

Answer 12

The ending to the story

Question 13

Antagonist

Answer 13

The force going against the protagonist

Question 14

Protagonist

Answer 14

The main character

Question 15

Comparison

Answer 15

Look for similarities

Question 16

Contrast

Answer 16

Look for differences

Question 17

Round character

Answer 17

Know a lot about/well-developed characters

Question 18

Flat character

Answer 18

Not well developed/ Don’t know a lot about

Question 19

Dynamic character

Answer 19

A character that changes

Question 20

Static character

Answer 20

A character that stays the same

Question 21

Stock character

Answer 21

typical/cliche characters

Question 22

Stereotype

Answer 22

societal views pushed on a person

Question 23

Dramatic irony

Answer 23

The viewer/reader is aware of something the character is not

Question 24

Verbal irony

Answer 24

When speech doesn’t match the situation

Question 25

Situational irony

Answer 25

Character tries to do something but ends up doing the opposite

Question 26

Simile

Answer 26

A comparison between two unlike things using like or as

Question 27

Metaphor

Answer 27

Comparing two things without using like or as

Question 28

Personification

Answer 28

Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman thing

Question 29

Paradox

Answer 29

A statement that contradicts itself/ at first does not make sense

Question 30

Understatement

Answer 30

The presentation of something as being less important than it is

Question 31

Litotes

Answer 31

An ironic understatement

Question 32

Hyperbole

Answer 32

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Question 33

Onomatopoeia

Answer 33

Sound words that are spelled the way they sound (“Buzz”)

Question 34

Alliteration

Answer 34

Multiple words starting with the same letter or sound

Question 35

Consonance

Answer 35

Repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence

Question 36

Assonance

Answer 36

Repetition of vowel sounds in a sentence

Question 37

Allusion

Answer 37

A reference to another piece of literature

Question 38

Verisimilitude

Answer 38

Trying to add realism or realistic qualities to something

Question 39

Foreshadowing

Answer 39

To predict something in the future

Question 40

Symbol

Answer 40

Something used to represent something else

Question 41

Prose

Answer 41

Writing without structure

Question 42

Stanza

Answer 42

A group of words or lines in poetry

Question 43

Free verse poetry

Answer 43

Poetry that allows you to write freely

Question 44

Aside

Answer 44

Express thought or emotion to the audience and not the characters

Question 45

Soliloquy

Answer 45

Thoughts or expressions that are given only by a single character

Question 46

Monologue

Answer 46

A long uninterrupted speech given by a single character

Question 47

Inference (n.) / Infer (v.)

Answer 47

An educated guess/conclusion

Question 48

Characterization (direct and indirect)

Answer 48

Direct: Being told. Indirect: Being shown

Question 49

Character motivation (internal and external)

Answer 49

Internal: emotion External: money

Question 50

Juxtaposition

Answer 50

Putting two things together to show the contrast/ emphasize

Question 51

Parallelism

Answer 51

Similar structure to show similarities

Question 52

Pun

Answer 52

A joke/ play on word

Question 53

Satire

Answer 53

to use humor to expose or criticize people’s stupidity

Question 54

Irony

Answer 54

The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite