8G Final Review

Question 1

Plot

Answer 1

The series of related events that make up a story.

Question 2

Exposition

Answer 2

Introduces the characters, setting, and the situation. (Basically conception of imaginary world the story takes place)

Question 3

Conflict

Answer 3

Struggle between 2 opposing forces

Question 4

5 types of conflict

Answer 4

Man vs. Self
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Society
Man vs. Technology/Fate
Man vs. Nature

Question 5

Rising Action

Answer 5

The major portion of the story which comprises all events or mini-climaxes that lead up to main climax

Question 6

Climax

Answer 6

Turning point of the story: emotional high point for main character

Question 7

Falling Action/ Denoument

Answer 7

final untangling of conflicts or difficulties that comprise the plot of the story

Question 8

Resolution

Answer 8

Outcome of the conflict.

Question 9

3 ways a writer can end their story

Answer 9

determinate ending
indeterminate ending
surprise ending

Question 10

Suspense

Answer 10

the quality in a story that makes readers ask, “What’s going to happen next?” or “How will this turn out?” and compels them to read on to find the answers to these questions

Question 11

Foreshadowing

Answer 11

hints in the narrative that suggest events that will follow

Question 12

Flashback

Answer 12

a non-sequential timeline for the plot in which the ending is given first, followed by the events leading up to the end

Question 13

Setting

Answer 13

The time and place of the action. Frequently important to the plot

Question 14

Direct Characterization

Answer 14

The narrator directly describes the character.

Question 15

Indirect Characterization

Answer 15

The writer shows us the character through action

Question 16

Protagonist

Answer 16

The central character in the conflict with whom the reader has the most sympathy

Question 17

Antagonist

Answer 17

The force(s) or people against the protagonist, usually a negative force

Question 18

Round Character

Answer 18

complex and many sided: they might require a full essay for analysis

Question 19

Flat Character

Answer 19

characterized by one or two traits: they can be summed up in a sentence

Question 20

Dynamic Character

Answer 20

A character who undergoes a permanent change through the course of the story.

Question 21

Static Character

Answer 21

The same sort of person at the end of the story as the beginning

Question 22

Foil

Answer 22

A character that functions as the “mirror image” of another character

Question 23

Point of View

Answer 23

the perspective of a narrator

Question 24

First Person (point of view)

Answer 24

The narrator is a character in the story and tells it from his/her perspective.

Question 25

Objective

Answer 25

The narrator acts like a camera that records only what it sees.

Question 26

Omniscient

Answer 26

The narrator can see into the minds of the characters and tells us all points of view

Question 27

Limited Omniscient

Answer 27

The narrator can see only into one other characters mind

Question 28

Theme

Answer 28

The controlling purpose or central idea of the story

Question 29

2 Reasons for Theme

Answer 29

to entertain

to dramatize a statement

Question 30

Literary Techniques that Enhance Theme

Answer 30

Irony
Mood 
Satire
Parody
Symbol

Question 31

Irony

Answer 31

a mode of expression conveying a reality different from and usually opposite to apearence or expectation

Question 32

Verbal Irony

Answer 32

a figure of speech in which the opposite is said from what is intended

Question 33

Dramatic Irony

Answer 33

The contrast between what a character says and what the reader knows to be true

Question 34

Situational Irony

Answer 34

The difference between what is and what would seem appropriate

Question 35

Mood

Answer 35

the atmosphere of feeling by a literary work, partly by a description of the objects or by the style of the descriptions

Question 36

Satire

Answer 36

The ridicule of some vice or imperfection

Question 37

Parody

Answer 37

A genre of work that imitates the style of another work, usually with mocking or comic intent

Question 38

Symbol

Answer 38

something that on the surface is just an object but also has another meaning

Question 39

Universal Symbols

Answer 39

embody universally recognizable meanings

Question 40

Constructed Symbols

Answer 40

given symbolic meaning by way of the author