ela vocab quiz

Question 1

setting

Answer 1

The time and location in which a story
takes place

Question 2

plot

Answer 2

The plot is how the author arranges
events to develop his basic idea. The plot is a planned, logical series of events
having a beginning, middle, and end

Question 3

conflict

Answer 3

the struggle that the protagonist goes through in a story

Question 4

internal conflict

Answer 4

a struggle within one’s self; a
person must make some decision, overcome
pain, quiet their temper, resist an urge, etc.

Question 5

external conflict

Answer 5

a struggle with a force outside one self.

Question 6

character vs character

Answer 6

the leading character
struggles physically against another person, force of nature or animal

Question 7

character vs circumstance

Answer 7

the leading
character struggles against fate, or the circumstances of life.

Question 8

character vs society

Answer 8

The leading character
struggles against ideas, practices, or customs of other
people.

Question 9

character vs themselves

Answer 9

The leading
character struggles with himself/herself; with his/her
own soul, ideas of right or wrong, physical limitations,
choices, etc
Geri’s Game

Question 10

character

Answer 10

any person, animal, or figure represented in a literary work

Question 11

protagonist

Answer 11

main character

Question 12

antagonist

Answer 12

The opposition of
the main character

Question 13

dynamic character

Answer 13

Dynamic (Round) - can realise, change, develop or adjust to
situations. They are complex, and have many sides. They
usually change in the story because they profit from
experiences

Question 14

static character

Answer 14

one that doesn’t change throughout the telling of the story.have one or two characteristics that never
change, develop, or grow.

Question 15

innocent eye

Answer 15

The story is told through the eyes of a
child (his/her judgment being different from that of an
adult

Question 16

1st person

Answer 16

The story is told by the protagonist or one
of the characters who interacts closely with the
protagonist or other characters (using pronouns I, me, we,
etc). The reader sees the story through this person’s eyes

Question 17

3rd person

Answer 17

the narrator does not participate in the
action of the story as one of the characters, but lets us
know exactly how the characters feel. We learn about the
characters through this outside voice

Question 18

objective

Answer 18

the author tells what happens without stating
more than can be inferred from the story’s action and
dialogue. The narrator never discloses anything about
what the characters think or feel, remaining a detached
observe

Question 19

omniscient

Answer 19

A narrator who
knows everything about all the characters is all knowing

Question 20

theme

Answer 20

the moral of the story

Question 21

thematic statement

Answer 21

a complete sentence that expresses a theme.