mid term

Question 1

conflict

Answer 1

the struggle between opposing forces that emerges as the action develops

Question 2

protagonist

Answer 2

seen as the good guy, main character

Question 3

antagonist

Answer 3

someone or something that opposes the protagonist. seen as bad guy cases protagonist to act. could be person or not

Question 4

exposition

Answer 4

basic info readers need to understand the events that follow

Question 5

crisis

Answer 5

peak in the story’s action a moment of considerable tension, a decisive action or event

Question 6

resolution or denouement

Answer 6

french “untying of the knot”

draws the action to a close and accounts for all remaining loose ends

Question 7

flashback

Answer 7

out of sequence to examine an event or situation that occurred before the tim that the story’s action is taking place

Question 8

foreshadowing

Answer 8

introduction early in a story of situations, events, characters, or objects that hint at things to come.

Question 9

character

Answer 9

fictional representation of a person/animal/ect

Question 10

foil

Answer 10

is a supporting character whose role in the story is to highlight a major character by presenting a contrast to him or her.

Question 11

round

Answer 11

well developed, closely involved in and responsive to the action

Question 12

flat

Answer 12

barley developed or stereotypical character

Question 13

dynamic character

Answer 13

grows and changes in the course of a story reacts to events

Question 14

static character

Answer 14

may face challenges but will remain essentially unchanged ex. selfish and arrogant

Question 15

motivation

Answer 15

the reasons behind his or her behavior

Question 16

setting

Answer 16

a work of fiction establishes its historical, geographical, and physical context

Question 17

point of view

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the vantage point from which events are presented

Question 18

narrator

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the person telling the story determines what details are included int he story and how they are arranged

Question 19

persona

Answer 19

means “mask”

Question 20

first person

Answer 20

I or We

Question 21

major character

Answer 21

can be narrator, most the time a main character

Question 22

minor character

Answer 22

plays a small part in story

Question 23

observer

Answer 23

reports events experienced or related by others

Question 24

unreliable narrators

Answer 24

whether intentionally or unintentionally misrepresents events and misdirects readers

Question 25

plot

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it is how what happens is revealed, the way in which a story's events are arranged

Question 26

third person

Answer 26

he, she, they narrator not a character

Question 27

omniscient

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all knowing narrators some third

Question 28

limited omniscient

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third person

Question 29

objective narrators

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third person who tell a story from an objective point of view outside of characters minds

Question 30

style

Answer 30

the way in which a writer uses language, selecting and arranging words to say what he or she wants to say

Question 31

tone

Answer 31

the attitude of narrator or author of a work toward the suject matter, characters, or audience

Question 32

alliteration

Answer 32

repetition

Question 33

imagery

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words and phrases that describe what is seen, heard, smelled, tasted or touched

Question 34

metaphors and similes

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figures of speech that compare two dissimilar items

Question 35

symbol

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is a person, object, action, place or event that in its literal meaning suggest a more compelx meaning

Question 36

universal/archetypal symbols

Answer 36

ex grim reaper are known by most people

Question 37

conventional symbols

Answer 37

are also likely to suggest the same thing to most people

Question 38

theme

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a work of literature and its central or dominant idea

Question 39

plot

Answer 39

define subject plot and expressed values and ideas of the story