Vocab Words

Question 1

Irony

Answer 1

A broad term referring to the recognition of a reality different from the masking appearance: recognition of some incongruity: kinds of irony are:

Verbal
Situational
Dramatic
Third person

Question 2

Point of view

Answer 2

The perspective from which the story (narrative) is told, the way in which the reader is presented with the material of the story; kinda are

Omniscient
First person
Third person

Question 3

First person

Answer 3

Told by using “I”, in which the main character experiences what he saw or did

Question 4

Third person

Answer 4

In which a character relates the events as she/he witnessed them; observing the action but not participating in it

Question 5

Omniscient

Answer 5

When the author is the “all knowing” he knows what they are thinking, or what they are observing

Question 6

Plot

Answer 6

The progression of events in a literary work. The very very important events

Question 7

Setting

Answer 7

Actual geographic location, scenery, physical arrangements, location of windows and doors in a room, and time of day, climate or weather

Question 8

Theme

Answer 8

The observation of life which serves as the controlling idea in a literary work. A theme is seldom presented word for word but is more often found in an abstract idea, surfacing through actions and dialogues of the characters, the use of symbols and recurring images…

Question 9

Conflict

Answer 9

The problem in the story

Question 10

Protagonist

Answer 10

Person struggling to achieve the goal

Question 11

Antagonist

Answer 11

The person or force attempting to prevent the protagonist from achieving his goal

Question 12

Internal

Answer 12

Man verses himself (against elements within himself

Question 13

External

Answer 13

Man verses man (against another individual)

Question 14

Characterization

Answer 14

The creation of believable fictitious personalities

Question 15

Symbol

Answer 15

An object (physical) that represents an idea (abstract) ex. American flag

Question 16

Simile

Answer 16

A comparison using “like” or “ as”

Question 17

Metaphor

Answer 17

Comparison that does NOT use “like” or “as”

Question 18

Personification

Answer 18

Giving human qualities and characteristics to non human or non living things

Question 19

Aside/soliloquy

Answer 19

A speech by a character (alone) to express his thoughts aloud to audience (in absence of a character)

Question 20

Hyperbole

Answer 20

Exaggeration; ex: I was so hungry I could eat a bear

Question 21

Foreshadowing

Answer 21

The giving of hints or clues by the author early in the work of events to take place later in the work, building suspense

Question 22

Allusion

Answer 22

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; and indirect or passing reference

Question 23

Alliteration

Answer 23

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

Question 24

Flashback

Answer 24

A scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier then the main story.

Question 25

Rhyme sceme

Answer 25

The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

Question 26

Refrain

Answer 26

A phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem

Question 27

Free verse

Answer 27

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter