ELA study guide

Question 1

a person in a story

Answer 1

Character

Question 2

the method an author uses to reveal the characters and their personalities (dialogue, thoughts, actions, description)

Answer 2

Characterization

Question 3

the main character/hero of the story

Answer 3

Protagonist

Question 4

the person/thing opposing the protagonist “bad guy”

Answer 4

Antagonist

Question 5

the action in a story (what the story is about)

Answer 5

Plot

Question 6

The bottom left=exposition, middle left=rising action, top/middle=climax, middle right=falling action, bottom right=resolution.

Answer 6

Plot Line/Freytag’s Pyramid

Question 7

Characters and setting are established and the conflict, or problem, is introduced.

Answer 7

Expostions

Question 8

The conflict begins to affect the characters, complicating their lives.

Answer 8

Rising Action

Question 9

The conflict is faced during the main, most dramatic event of the story.

Answer 9

Climax

Question 10

The story begins to slow down, showing results of the climax.

Answer 10

Falling Action

Question 11

The story is tied up and concluded

Answer 11

Resolution

Question 12

the problems/complications in a story that trigger the action

Answer 12

Conflict

Question 13

a character has a problem with another character

Answer 13

Character v. Character

Question 14

a character has a problem making a decision

Answer 14

Character v. Self

Question 15

a character has a problem with a natural happening/event

Answer 15

Character v. Nature

Question 16

a character has a problem with an element of society (laws, rules, government)

Answer 16

Character v. Society

Question 17

a character has a problem with what seems to be an uncontrollable problem (destiny)

Answer 17

Character v. Fate

Question 18

the convesation carried on by the characters

Answer 18

Dialogue

Question 19

the person telling the story

Answer 19

Narrator

Question 20

Point Of View- storyis narrated/told by one of the characters

Answer 20

First Person

Question 21

\Point Of View- story is narrated/told by someone outiside of the story

Answer 21

Third Person

Question 22

when the author brings the story back to an earlier time inorder to make the present more clear

Answer 22

Flashback

Question 23

a hint of what’s to come later in the story by giving hints and clues

Answer 23

Foreshadowing

Question 24

the feeling a piece of literature arouses in the reader (how does it make you feel?)

Answer 24

Mood

Question 25

shapes the piece of literature as a whole and wether the piece should be read as serious, funny, dramatic, ect.

Answer 25

Tone

Question 26

a reference to well-known person, place, event, literary, work, or workof art, often used to make a comparison.

Answer 26

Allusion

Question 27

the message about life/life lesson that you get from reading a piece of literature

Answer 27

Theme

Question 28

a reasonable conlusion drawn by the reader

Answer 28

Inference

Question 29

the general name given to literary techniques that involve surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions

Answer 29

Irony

Question 30

speaker says the opposite of what she/he means. (“Excellent! This day couldn’t start off any better!”)

Answer 30

Verbal Irony

Question 31

the reader is aware of something that the character isn’t (“Don’t go in there!”)

Answer 31

Dramatic

Question 32

an event occurs that contradicts expectations of the reader or characters (You study for a major test all night and the next day is a surprise snow day)

Answer 32

Situational