All the Terms

Question 1

Antagonist

Answer 1

The force(s) that work against the protagonist, such as other people, things, society, or themselves.

Ex. Voldemort from Harry Potter

Question 2

Connotation

Answer 2

What a word infers or suggests

Ex. The connotation of a snake could be evil.

Question 3

Internal Conflict

Answer 3

Man vs. Himself

Ex. You vs. Your Problems

Question 4

Contrast

Answer 4

Stress the differences of things, qualities, events, or problems.

Question 5

External Conflict

Answer 5

Man vs. Man/Group of People
Man vs. Environment
Man vs. Society
Man vs. The Unknown (Supernatural)

Question 6

Theme

Answer 6

The central idea of the story. The theme is not usually stated by the author. Instead the reader must discover the theme by questioning and examining the meaning of the story.
It’s kind of like the moral of a story.

Question 7

How can you find the theme of the story?

Answer 7

• Title
• Main character (Change and what happen to them)
• Statements
• Conflict

Question 8

Dynamic Charater

Answer 8

A character who changes during the story.

Ex. Bilbo Baggins went from hobbit homebody to adventurous brave hero.

Question 9

Denotation

Answer 9

The literal meaning or definition of a word.

Ex. The denotation of ‘snake’ is a reptile.

Question 10

Objective or Dramatic Point of View

Answer 10

The opposite of the omniscient point of view. Like a roving camera or a fly on the wall where the events are recorded without judgement or comment. Very little of the past or future is given; story is set in the present. The author does not show the feelings or thoughts of the characters. The reader must judge these things by himself/herself.

Question 11

Suspense

Answer 11

A narrative technique, whereby an author creates uncertainty or anxiety in the reader/audience about what will happen next and/or the outcome of the story. Suspense is generally resolved when the story meets its climax.

Ex. Scary movies or Mysteries

Question 12

Desciption

Answer 12

To describe a person, you would explaining your relationship, their physical characteristics, personality traits, their job, and in what way is special or different from others. Also, a description is creating a picture using words. A descriptive essay must use many specific details and appeal to the reader’s senses. (The 5 senses)

Question 13

Falling Action

Answer 13

Part of the plot, which occurs after the climax.

Question 14

Omniscient Point of View

Answer 14

The author tells the story in third person and he/she knows everything about all the characters.

Question 15

Direct Presentation

Answer 15

The narrator tells the reader everything about the character.

Question 16

Narrator

Answer 16

The person telling the story.

Question 17

Plot

Answer 17

The sequences of events in a story

Question 18

Stereotyped Character

Answer 18

A ‘flat character’ who is a certain type.

Ex. A Summit :P

Question 19

Stock Character

Answer 19

A stereotyped character.

Question 20

Limited Omniscient Point of View

Answer 20

The author tells the story in third person, but he tells it from the viewpoint of one character and presents the story through their eyes.

Question 21

What are the 5 parts of the plot?

Answer 21

• Introduction
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action
• Conclusion (also called denouement)

Question 22

Point of View

Answer 22

Who is telling the story.

Question 23

First Person Point of View

Answer 23

The narrator tells the story in first person using “I”. The reader sees and knows only as much as the narrator.

Question 24

Static Character

Answer 24

A character that does not change or grow over the course of the story.

Question 25

Irony

Answer 25

A mode of expression, through words (verbal irony) or events (situational irony) conveying a reality different from and usually opposite to appearance or expectation.

Question 26

Setting

Answer 26

Refers to time, place, mood of a story.

Question 27

Protagonist

Answer 27

The character in the center of the conflict.

Question 28

Verbal Irony

Answer 28

Sarcasm is a type of verbal irony. Verbal irony is when someone says something, but meant the opposite.

Ex. Saying “Oh great!” after something bad happened.

Question 29

Resolution

Answer 29

The point of closure in a story, when the principal dramatic complication or dilemma is worked out(usually at the end or very near the end of the story). Also referred to as the conclusion or denouement.

Question 30

Situational Irony

Answer 30

Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.

Ex. A professional pickpocket has his own pocket picked as he is the act of picking someone else’s pocket.

Question 31

Satire

Answer 31

A form of irony that ridicules the faults of humanity, but always in the interest of society.

Question 32

Rising Action

Answer 32

Part of the plot; a series of steps that developed the conflict as it builds to a climax. The rising action begins with an initial incident.

Question 33

Dramatic Irony

Answer 33

Irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.

Ex. King Oedipus, unknowingly kills his father, and says that he will banish his father’s killer when he finds him.

Question 34

Sarcasm

Answer 34

A verbal irony. When a speaker makes a statement in which its actual meaning differs sharply from the meaning of the words expressed. Sarcasm is a cutting or sneering remark.

Ex.

Question 35

Round Character

Answer 35

A character who is complex and many sided; presented in detail.

Question 36

Flashback

Answer 36

When the present action is a story is temporarily interrupted so that the reader can witness pass events.

Question 37

Flat Character

Answer 37

A character with one or more traits.

Question 38

Foil

Answer 38

A character that serves by contrast to stress opposing traits in another character.

Question 39

Indirect presentation

Answer 39

When we know what a character by what he or she says, does, or thinks or by how others react to the character.

Question 40

Foreshadowing

Answer 40

Hints or clues to help the reader anticipate the outcome of the story.