midterm literature exam

Question 1

Exposition

Answer 1

explantation of the story, setting, developing conflicts, characters introduced

Question 2

Setting

Answer 2

where the story takes place

Question 3

Protagonist

Answer 3

main character of the story usually good

Question 4

Antagonist

Answer 4

character that gets in the way of the protagonist

Question 5

Inciting incident

Answer 5

event that makes the conflict clear and gets the story to start

Question 6

conflict

Answer 6

main problem in the story

Question 7

Rising Action

Answer 7

leading up to the climax/building up to the climax/leading up to the big point in the story

Question 8

Climax

Answer 8

the middle of the story where something big happens

Question 9

Falling Action

Answer 9

nearing the end of the story

Question 10

Resolution

Answer 10

end of the story

Question 11

Person vs. Self

Answer 11

Macbeth vs macbeth - protagonist vs protagonist

Question 12

Person vs. Person

Answer 12

macbeth vs macduff - protagonist vs. antagonist

Question 13

Person vs. Society

Answer 13

macbeth vs scotland - person fighting with injustice in society

Question 14

Person vs. Nature

Answer 14

macbeth vs forest; baskerville vs the moore - character faces another force

Question 15

Person vs. Technology

Answer 15

character faces technology problems - transformers

Question 16

Person vs. Supernatural

Answer 16

macbeth vs the witches; baskerville vs hounds - character faces supernatural

Question 17

theme definition

Answer 17

subject of the writing

Question 18

macbeth themes

Answer 18

1.) fate vs choice
2.) ambition
3.) guilt

Question 19

hound of the baskerville themes

Answer 19

1.) country vs city life
2.) superstition vs rationalism

Question 20

Symbolism Definition

Answer 20

the use of words or images to symbolize specific concepts, people, objects, events

Question 21

macbeth symbolism

Answer 21

Dagger - symbolizes macbeth is going crazy
Blood - symbolizes guilt macbeth and lady macbeth have for killing everyone
Sleep - macbeth killed sleep when he killed duncan he murdered sleep because sleep symbolizes innocence and peace of the soul and a war starts after duncan is killed

Question 22

hound of the baskerville symbolism

Answer 22

moor, hound

Question 23

Perspective

Answer 23

someone or something’s point of view

Question 24

Point of View

Answer 24

narrator’s position in the storage

Question 25

1st person

Answer 25

narrator tells the story from his own point of view

Question 26

2nd person

Answer 26

narrator is part of the story

Question 27

3rd person

Answer 27

narrator is outside of the story

Question 28

central idea

Answer 28

element of the story

Question 29

tone

Answer 29

mood of the book

Question 30

mood

Answer 30

temporary state of mind and being

Question 31

author’s purpose

Answer 31

reason for writing

Question 32

paraphrase

Answer 32

using different words than the original writer

Question 33

inference

Answer 33

conclusion based off evidence and reasoning

Question 34

Allegory

Answer 34

storey or poem with a hidden meaning

Question 35

Archtype

Answer 35

evil person who does something good or is forced to do something good

Question 36

Tragic hero

Answer 36

character who fails or dies at what there doing

Question 37

Protagonist

Answer 37

leading charecter

Question 38

Antagonist

Answer 38

person in the way of the protagonist in the story

Question 39

Foreshadowing

Answer 39

hint of a future event

Question 40

Metaphor

Answer 40

figure of speech/literary device