1st Semester Final Reviwe

Question 1

Conflict

Answer 1

-struggle between opposing forces; the driving force of the story

Question 2

Internal conflict

Answer 2

-protagonist undergoes an emotional struggle with his/her own mind

Question 3

Person vs. person

Answer 3

External struggle between two or more individuals

Question 4

Person vs. nature

Answer 4

External struggle between person and an element of nature or the environment

Question 5

Person vs. society

Answer 5

External struggle between person and the community or group at large, often against the expectations or norms of the society

Question 6

Person vs. technology

Answer 6

External struggle between person and some type of technological force; could be animated or could be organizational

Question 7

Person vs fate

Answer 7

External struggle between person and a predetermined destiny or on otherworldly force or enemy

Question 8

Plot

Answer 8

Sequence of events or incidents that make up a story

Question 9

Exposition

Answer 9

Designed to arouse reader’s interest, background included

Question 10

Rising action

Answer 10

Complication or development of the conflict

Question 11

Climax

Answer 11

Turning point of the story; point of the most intense interest

Question 12

Falling action

Answer 12

Events that lead to resolution; de escalation of the suspense

Question 13

Resolution

Answer 13

Outcome of the conflict; wrapping up loose ends

Question 14

Flashback

Answer 14

A scene that presents events that happened before the main time frame of the story or previous event in the story

Question 15

Foreshadow

Answer 15

The use of clues to hint or preview what is going to happen later in the story; can be accomplished in many ways and degrees of subtlety

Question 16

Setting

Answer 16

The time, period, place, and environment in which the actions of the story takes place

Question 17

Mood

Answer 17

The atmosphere of feelings which pervades the story, usually created by the setting

Question 18

Tone

Answer 18

The emotional or mental state of the speaker/narrator

Question 19

Protagonist

Answer 19

The main character in a story

Question 20

Antagonist

Answer 20

Counter face of the main character like the villain

Question 21

Direct characterization

Answer 21

When the author plainly tells the reader something about the character

Question 22

Indirect characterization

Answer 22

When the reader learns aspects of the character from what other people in the story say or do

Question 23

S.T.E.A.L

Answer 23

Speech, Thoughts, Effects, Actions, Looks

Question 24

Round character

Answer 24

Complex or presented in details

Question 25

Dynamic character

Answer 25

Developing and learning in the course

Question 26

Flat character

Answer 26

Characterized by one or two traits

Question 27

Static character

Answer 27

Unchanged from the story’s beginning to end

Question 28

Point of View (POV)

Answer 28

The person or entity who “tells” the story

Question 29

First person

Answer 29

One characters tells the story from their perspective

Question 30

Third person limited

Answer 30

Author tells the story from the third person

Question 31

Third person omniscient

Answer 31

The author tells the story using the third person

Question 32

Unreliable narrator

Answer 32

The narrator is involved in the story- exists that they could be ignorant on some events

Question 33

Simile

Answer 33

Comparison using like or as

Question 34

Metaphor

Answer 34

Comparison not using like or as

Question 35

Personification

Answer 35

Attributing human like qualities to inanimate things (thoughts, actions, perceptions, words)

Question 36

Irony

Answer 36

The difference between what we expect or find suitable and what actually happens

Question 37

Verbal irony

Answer 37

Saying one thing but meaning another; opposite

Question 38

Situational irony

Answer 38

When an events turns out completly unexpected

Question 39

Dramatic irony

Answer 39

When the readers know something but other characters don’t

Question 40

Symbol (symbolism)

Answer 40

An object, event, person or animal that stands both for itself and for something else

Question 41

Allegory

Answer 41

Story, pictur, or piece of art that uses symbols to convey a hidden meaning

Question 42

Ambiguous

Answer 42

When the reader is not certain what has happened or what will happen next

Question 43

Idiom

Answer 43

A phrase or saying that means something other than the literal meaning

Question 44

Allusion

Answer 44

A reference, possibly indirect or implied to a person, event, place, thing, or text

Question 45

Hyperbole

Answer 45

An exaggeration - can be of an event, an issue, and a character

Question 46

Summary of “thank you Mama”

Question 47

Summary of “teenage wasteland”

Question 48

Summary of “most dangerous game”

Question 49

Summary of “The interlopers”

Question 50

Summary of “The ROcket”

Question 51

Summary of “Secret Life of Walter Mitty”

Question 52

Summary of “Goin fishing”