Literary Elements/grammar

Question 1

What is a dynamic character?

Answer 1

Has important inner change

Question 2

What is a static character?

Answer 2

Does not change significantly throughout the story

Question 3

What is a round character?

Answer 3

A well developed character with realistic emotions and feelings

Question 4

What is a flat character?

Answer 4

Does not display emotional depth

Question 5

What is 2nd person?

Answer 5

Giving instructions to someone

Question 6

What is 1st person?

Answer 6

Uses “I” and “we”

Question 7

What is 3rd person limited?

Answer 7

Only 1 persons thoughts

Question 8

What is 3rd person omniscient?

Answer 8

U know all peoples thoughts, like god

Question 9

What is 3rd person objective?

Answer 9

You don’t know any persons feelings or thoughts

Question 10

What is the setting of a story?

Answer 10

Time, place, circumstances, atmosphere

Question 11

What is a character?

Answer 11

The people whom the events happen

Question 12

What is a protagonist?

Answer 12

Around whom the action develops;the main character

Question 13

What is an antagonist?

Answer 13

The opposing force in the conflict with the main character

Question 14

What 6 elements are in every story?

Answer 14

Setting, character, plot, conflict, point of view and theme

Question 15

What is a plot?

Answer 15

Sequence of events that make the action of the story

Question 16

What is the conflict?

Answer 16

Struggle that arises between the protagonist and some other person or thing

Question 17

What is the point of view?

Answer 17

The manner he story is told/ who is telling the story

Question 18

What is the theme?

Answer 18

The general idea, universal. NOT the subject

Question 19

What is an alliteration?

Answer 19

Repitition of similar sounds

Ex: peter piper picked a peck of peppers

Question 20

What is an allusion?

Answer 20

Refers to a subject, place, event or literary work

Question 21

What is a diction?

Answer 21

Tone of writing influenced by word choice

Ex: saying ‘like’ all the time

Question 22

What is a flashback?

Answer 22

Before the present time

Question 23

What is a foreshadowing?

Answer 23

Hints that reveal something that’s going to happen

Question 24

What is a hyperbole?

Answer 24

Exaggeration

Ex: I am so tired I cannot walk another inch

Question 25

What is an imagery?

Answer 25

Creates a mental image, very descriptive. Uses the senses

Question 26

What is verbal irony?

Answer 26

Sarcasm

Question 27

What is situational irony?

Answer 27

What’s expected isn’t what happens

Question 28

What is dramatic irony?

Answer 28

Audience knows more than a character knows

Question 29

What is a metaphor?

Answer 29

Comparison NOT USING ‘LIKE’ | Ex: Henry was a lion on the battlefield

Question 30

What is an oxymoron?

Answer 30

Contrasting concepts used together | Ex: he possessed a cold fire in his eyes

Question 31

What is a personification?

Answer 31

Human traits with inanimate objects | Ex: the raging winds

Question 32

What is a pun?

Answer 32

Word suggests two or more meanings

Question 33

What is a simile?

Answer 33

Comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ | Ex: hungry as a horse

Question 34

What is a symbol?

Answer 34

An object or action that means something more | Ex: a dove= peace

Question 35

What is repitition?

Answer 35

Same word or phrase | Ex: one fish two fish red fish blue fish

Question 36

What is an internal conflict?

Answer 36

Struggle within the heart or mind of the individual ex: man vs fear

Question 37

What is external conflict?

Answer 37

Struggle with forces outside of oneself ex: man vs man

Question 38

How are characters revealed?

Answer 38

Explanation, description, speech, environment

Question 39

1st on plot chart?

Answer 39

Exposition——beginning

Question 40

2nd on plot chart?

Answer 40

Initiating incident——- begins major event or conflict

Question 41

3rd on plot chart?

Answer 41

Rising action——- things that prevent easy solution

Question 42

4th on plot chart?

Answer 42

Climax——- highest point of interest

Question 43

5th on plot chart?

Answer 43

Falling action

Question 44

6th on plot chart?

Answer 44

Denouement——- to untie, resolution

Question 45

What is a synonym?

Answer 45

Word or phrase that means the same or nearly as another word in the same language Ex: pretty and attractive

Question 46

What is the present tense?

Answer 46

Tells something that’s happening

Question 47

What is the past tense?

Answer 47

Tells something that happened

Question 48

What is the tense agreement?

Answer 48

Keep the same tense throughout the sentence

Question 49

What are the parts of a speech?

Answer 49

Noun, pronoun,verb,adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, interjection

Question 50

What is an adverb?

Answer 50

Usually ends in ly

Question 51

What is a preposition?

Answer 51

Indicates location | Ex: in/ on

Question 52

What is conjunction?

Answer 52

Word used to connect words | Ex: and, but

Question 53

What is interjection?

Answer 53

Expresses strong feeling, almost always with an exclamation mark Ex: whew!what!wow!

Question 54

What are the parts of a sentence?

Answer 54

Subject, predicate, object and clauses

Question 55

What is the subject?

Answer 55

Who or what the sentence is about | The noun, pronoun

Question 56

What is predicate?

Answer 56

Rest of sentence

Question 57

What is the object?

Answer 57

Word or group of words that receive the action of a verb

Question 58

What is a clause?

Answer 58

Contains both a subject and predicate

Question 59

What is a connotation?

Answer 59

Added meaning that suggests something positive Ex: positive of casual: informal or relaxed Negative: too informal, not caring

Question 60

What is denotation?

Answer 60

A words exact meaning | Ex: casual is not fancy or formal

Question 61

What is a run on sentence?

Answer 61

When a sentence grows beyond control

Question 62

What is an incomplete sentence?

Answer 62

Lack a subject, verb or some other essential part—-incomplete thought Ex: since he came to New York.

Question 63

What is a transitional word/ phrase?

Answer 63

Words or phrases that connect ideas