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Question 1

Literary terms?

Answer 1

Action - what happens in a story: the events or conflicts.
• For example, in the story of “Little Red Riding Hood,” the rising action includes everything that takes place after Little Red sets off for Grandma’s house-up to the moment she comes face to face with the Big Bad Wolf. In other words, most of the story is rising action, which is often case.

Question 2

Allegory?

Answer 2

Action - what happens in a story: the events or conflicts.
• For example, in the story of “Little Red Riding Hood,” the rising action includes everything that takes place after Little Red sets off for Grandma’s house-up to the moment she comes face to face with the Big Bad Wolf. In other words, most of the story is rising action, which is often case.

Question 3

Allusion?

Answer 3

Reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event.
• For example: Chocolate is his Kryptonite. The word “kryptonite” alludes to, or hints at, the hero Superman.
• If I’m not home by midnight, my car might turn into a pumpkin.
• Kyle got a large amount of stock for helping get rid of his partner as CEO, but the thirty pieces of silver didn’t keep his conscience from troubling him.

Question 4

Analogy?

Answer 4

Comparison of two or more similar things or situations. An analogy is saying something is like something else to make some sort of explanatory point. For example, “Life is like a box of chocolates-you never know what you’re gonna get.”
The pot calling the kettle black.
• Something is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
• Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic: It looks like you’re doing something helpful but really it will make no difference in the end.
• Screendoor on a submarine
• Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.

Question 5

Anecdote?

Answer 5

An anecdote is a brief telling or story of an interesting, and sometimes funny, incident or occurrence. We often give anecdotes in our everyday lives. We give an anecdote when we tell our friends or family about something funny or interesting that happened during our day. The difference between a short story and an anecdote is that an anecdote is quick and tries to get to the point of the story.

Question 6

Antagonist?

Answer 6

The person or thing working against the main character of the story.

Question 7

Autobiography?

Answer 7

An author’s account of their own life as opposed to a biography which is a person’s life written by someone else.

Question 8

Characterization?

Answer 8

The method the author uses to reveal or describe characters. Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. … Example: “The patient boy and quiet girl were both well mannered and did not disobey their mother.”
• An acronym, PAIRS, can help you recall the five methods of characterization: physical description, action, inner thoughts, reactions, and speech.

Question 9

climax?

Answer 9

point or turning point in a story where the conflict is resolved

Question 10

Conflict?

Answer 10

Conflict is the problem or struggle in a story. If there is nothing to overcome, there is no story. Conflict in a story creates and drives the plot forward.
• Some examples of types of conflict in a story:
• Character vs. Self. This is an internal conflict.
• Character vs. Character
• Character vs. Nature
• Character vs. Supernatural
• Character vs. Technology
• Character vs. Society

Question 11

Denouement?

Answer 11

Is the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved (the ending)

Question 12

Diction?

Answer 12

Is the author’s choice of words. There are different types of diction: elevated, neutral, informal, and poetic.

Question 13

Didactic?

Answer 13

Literature that sets out to teach the reader something.

Question 14

Dramatic Monologue?

Answer 14

To be or not to be…
• Note: A monologue is a long speech delivered to other characters.

Question 15

Soliloquy?

Answer 15

A soliloquy is a long speech where a character talks to himself/herself or voices his/her thoughts aloud for the benefit of the audience.

Question 16

Empathy?

Answer 16

• The ability to understand and share the feelings of another and to imagine what it is like to be in their situation.

Question 17

Epic?

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• Is a long poem, often from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.
• Beowulf
• The Iliad and The Odyssey

Question 18

Epitaph?

Answer 18

a short poem or verse written in memory of someone

Question 19

Epithet?

Answer 19

a nickname or descriptive term that’s added to someone’s name that becomes part of common usage. For example, in the name Alexander the Great, “the Great” is an epithet or Ivan IV, the Terrible

Question 20

Fable?

Answer 20

A short, simple story that teaches a lesson. It often includes animals that look and talk like people. Examples include:
• The fox and the grapes
• The lion and the mouse
• The tortoise and the hare.

Question 21

Farce?

Answer 21

Is based on highly humourous and highly improbable plot. Examples include: Saturday Night Live, Home Alone, Mr. Bean. Farce makes use of highly exaggerated and funny situations aimed at entertaining the audience.

Question 22

Figure of speech?

Answer 22

used to create a special effect or feeling by making some type of interesting or creative comparison. Common types include:
antithesis, hyperbole, metaphor, metonymy, personification, simile, understatement.

Question 23

Flashback?

Answer 23

Returning to an earlier time in a story.

Question 24

Foil?

Answer 24

character who serves as a contrast or challenge to another character.

Question 25

Foreshadowing?

Answer 25

Gives hints or clues of what is to come later in a story. verb

Question 26

Genre?

Answer 26

Is a category or type based on style, form, content, or conventions. Examples include: mystery, thriller, romance, horror, western, science fiction, fantasy, dystopian and others.

Question 27

Gothic Novel?

Answer 27

Fiction characterized by gloomy castles, ghosts, the supernatural with a mysterious, chilling, or frightening story. Examples include Dracula and Frankenstein.

Question 28

Hubris?

Answer 28

The flaw of excessive pride or self confidence that leads to the downfall of a character.

Question 29

Imagery?

Answer 29

The use of sensory words or phrases to create a picture in the reader's mind. • He felt like the flowers were waving hello. • The F-16 swooped down like an eagle after its prey. • The lake was left shivering by the touch of morning wind. • The pot was as red as a tongue after a cherry-flavoured ring pop.

Question 30

Irony?

Answer 30

Is the opposite of what one would normally expect.

Question 31

Local Colour?

Answer 31

Using details that are particular to a certain place or region.

Question 32

Malapropism?

Answer 32

• A play on words when two somewhat similar words are jumbled by the speaker. Here are a few classic Yogi Berra examples: • "Even Napoleon had his Watergate." • "It ain't the heat, it's the humility." • "He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.

Question 33

Melodrama?

Answer 33

An exaggerated sensational form of drama characterized by the heavy use of romance, suspense, and emotion. Often used in soap operas.

Question 34

Mood?

Answer 34

The feeling aroused in the reader: happy, sad, bitter, peaceful, anxious, annoyed, other.

Question 35

Motif?

Answer 35

An often repeated idea or theme that keeps coming up in a work. • A motif is a recurring idea or concept throughout a text.

Question 36

Myth?

Answer 36

• A traditional story that attempts to explain natural phenomena or practices and beliefs in a society.

Question 37

Oxymoron?

Answer 37

Is a combination of contradictory terms. "Small crowd" • "Old news" • "Open secret" • "Living dead" • "Deafening silence", • "Only choice" • "Pretty ugly" "Awfully good" • "Almost exactly" • "Same difference" • "Minor Mass Execution"

Question 38

Parable?

Answer 38

A short story that illustrates a particular belief or moral.

Question 39

Paradox?

Answer 39

statement that seems contrary (opposite) but can also be true. • less is more • do the thing you think you cannot do • you're damned if you do and damned if you don't • the enemy of my enemy is my friend

Question 40

Parody?

Answer 40

Is a copy intended to make fun of something.

Question 41

Pathos?

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Is when the author tries to evoke pity or compassion from the audience.

Question 42

Plot?

Answer 42

sequence of events in a story.

Question 43

Poetic justice?

Answer 43

Describes when a character gets what he deserves in the end. Similar to Karma. What comes around goes around.

Question 44

Protagonist?

Answer 44

The main character in the story

Question 45

Pun?

Answer 45

Play on words • A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired. • No matter how much you push the envelope, it will still be stationery. • A pessimist's blood type is always B-negative.

Question 46

Satire?

Answer 46

Is used to make fun of human vice or weakness with the hope of correcting the behaviour.

Question 47

Slapstick?

Answer 47

• Is a simple form of comedy through the use of exaggerated usually physical tomfoolery. For example: slipping on a banana peel. The Three Stooges and Abbot and Costello are classic slapstick.