unit 1 test

Question 1

What is an allusion

Answer 1

An indirect reference to a well known person, place, thing, quality, piece of literature etc

Question 2

What is Foreshadowing

Answer 2

a hint to events that will occur later in the story

Question 3

what is a flashback

Answer 3

a move back in time to an earlier incident

Question 4

Symbolism

Answer 4

a use of an object (color, animal, etc) which represents more then it would seem on the surface

Question 4

What are the 3 types of irony

Answer 4

verbal, situational, dramatic

Question 4

verbal irony

Answer 4

when a character says one thing but means the opposite
AKA Saracasm

Question 5

Situational Irony

Answer 5

when the outcome of a situation is opposite of what the reader is led to expect

Question 5

dramatic Irony

Answer 5

when the reader / audience knows something that another character(s) does not know

Question 6

Pathetic Fallacy

Answer 6

when the setting is used to echo or symbolize what is happening emotionally to the characters

Question 7

Personification

Answer 7

giving human traits to inanimate objects

Question 8

Suspense

Answer 8

a feeling of tension / anticipation created when the reader is unsure is what is gonna happen next

Question 9

Simile

Answer 9

a comparison between 2 things using the words like or as

Question 10

Metaphor

Answer 10

a comparison between 2 things where one becomes he other

Question 11

Imagery

Answer 11

using language that appeals to the senses through the use of details, adjectives and figures of speech

Question 12

what is a possible theme of paid up member

Answer 12

karma
lying
revenge

Question 13

what is a possible theme of lamb to the slaughter

Answer 13

deception
gender roles
appearances

Question 14

what is a possible theme of the tell-tale heart

Answer 14

conscience
The pressure of guilt
madness / mental disorder / mental health

Question 15

what is a symbolic interpretation about the eye ? in tell tale heart

Answer 15

judgement

Question 16

what is a pro of 1st person

Answer 16

very strong effect from someone’s experience
strengthens the experience of the reader

Question 17

what is a con of 1st person

Answer 17

it may be biased or unreliable

Question 18

what is a con of 2nd person

Answer 18

allowing reader to make choices impacts theme and message (the most important thing)

Question 19

what is a pro of 2nd person

Answer 19

makes the reader feel like they are in the story

Question 20

what is a con of 3rd person

Answer 20

reader is a little more distanced from the story and charecters

Question 21

what is a pro of 3rd person

Answer 21

the reader can make their own decisions about characters (the story is told with less judgement)

Question 22

what is 1st person

Answer 22

the speaker is the subject uses words lime "I" , "me" , "we"

Question 23

what is 2nd person

Answer 23

uses the word "you" - like a chose your own adventure story

Question 24

what is 3rd person

Answer 24

external narrator who is not in the story - the story is told from the outside perspective

Question 25

what are the 3 types of 3rd person

Answer 25

omniscient, limited omniscient, objective

Question 26

what is 3rd person omniscient

Answer 26

the reader is aware of the thoughts and feelings of all characters (all seeing, all knowing)

Question 27

what is 3rd person limited omniscient

Answer 27

the reader is aware of the thoughts and feelings of some characters

Question 28

what is 3rd person objective

Answer 28

the reader can only see actions, not what the characters are thinking