#1 Test

Question 1

Introduction

Answer 1

Situation established

Question 2

Complicating incident

Answer 2

Start of the main conflict

Question 3

Suspense

Answer 3

Uncertainty; important information with held (after complicating incident)

Question 4

Flashback

Answer 4

• sudden switch in the story from the present to the past

- used to illustrate an important point or to aid in revealing more about characters (after suspense)

Question 5

Crisis

Answer 5

-a moment of intense conflict (after the flashback)

Question 6

Dilemma

Answer 6

2 undesirable choices (after crisis)

Question 7

Foreshadowing

Answer 7

Hints or warnings of important events to come, especially the climax (after dilemma)

Question 8

Climax

Answer 8

Turning point in conflict;

- point of highest emotional tension (after foreshadow)

Question 9

Denouncement/ falling action

Answer 9

• we see IF the conflict has been resolved and how;

- events that were hidden, missed, or thought unimportant are something made clear here (after climax)

Question 10

Conclusion

Answer 10

How the story ends (after falling action)

Question 11

Basic plot line elements

Answer 11

1) introduction
2) complicating incident
3) raising action
4) climax
5) falling action
6) conclusion

Question 12

Tone

Answer 12

Authors attitude towards his readers and his subjects

-tone is different from mood describes how the author feels towards his characters

Question 13

First person

Answer 13

Told as if experiencing it first hand

- uses I, We, Us etc.

Question 14

Third person omniscient

Answer 14

Has an all knowing, can enter the minds of all the characters

Question 15

Second person

Answer 15

-you

Question 16

Third person limited omniscient

Answer 16

Narrator is limited to the thoughts and feeling of only one major or minor character

Question 17

Objective

Answer 17

The narrator has no special knowledge inside the characters minds or thoughts

Question 18

Setting

Answer 18

• time
• place
• mood (atmosphere)

Question 19

Characterization

Answer 19

• revealed through dialogue, action and description

- know them by what they say, think and do

Question 20

Three principles of characterization

Answer 20

1) must have consistent behaviour
2) must be clearly motivated
3) must be plausible (realistic)

Question 21

Simile

Answer 21

• comparison using like or as

Question 22

Metaphor

Answer 22

A direct comparison between two things without using like or as

Question 23

Hyperbole

Answer 23

A exaggerated comparison

Question 24

Irony

Answer 24

A contrast between two elements

-intended meanings or outcome is different than expected

Question 25

Verbal irony

Answer 25

Difference between what is said and the actual meaning (sarcasm)
-hyperbole, understatement, sarcasm

Question 26

Dramatic irony

Answer 26

Says or believe something the what the reader knows

• character unaware of irony
• reader aware

Question 27

Situational irony

Answer 27

When what takes place contrasts in what is expected, no parties expect the outcome

Question 28

Theme

Answer 28

• central idea
• underlying purpose
• full sentence
• not to specific

Question 29

Moral

Answer 29

Stated or implied lesson in the story

Question 30

Types of conflict

Answer 30

Internal
- man vs. Self

External

• man vs. Man
• man vs. Environment

Question 31

Protagonist

Answer 31

Central/ main character

Question 32

Antagonist

Answer 32

Major character or force who opposed the protagonist

Question 33

Character foil

Answer 33

A character whose behaviour, attitudes and/or opinions contrast the protagonist or another main character

Question 34

Flat character

Answer 34

A limited, minor character with only one quality

Question 35

Round character

Answer 35

Many character traits are shown

Question 36

Dynamic character

Answer 36

Undergoes significant change

Question 37

Static character

Answer 37

A character who doesn’t change

Question 38

Stock/ stereotype

Answer 38

A flat character who appears so often his traits are known and predictable (wicked step mother)

Question 39

Satire

Answer 39

Literary work that ridicules the subject in exaggeration, reversal, incongruity, parody

Question 40

Exaggeration

Answer 40

Enlarge, increase or represent something beyond reasonable bounds

Question 41

Incongruity

Answer 41

To have things out of place or are absurd in the surrounding

Question 42

Reversal

Answer 42

To present something the opposite of normal order

Question 43

Parody

Answer 43

To imitate techniques and/ or style of a person, place or thing

Question 44

5 types of myths

Answer 44

1) creation
2) nature
3) ritual
4) catastrophic
5) etiological myths (origin myths)

Question 45

Symbol

Answer 45

-any object, image, character, action beyond literal meaning