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Question 1

plot

Answer 1

basic events that form a whole narrative

Question 2

exposition

Answer 2

important background info

Question 3

rising action

Answer 3

conflict becomes clear, main character experiences complications

Question 4

climax

Answer 4

the point at which the story’s suspense, emotions, and tensions peak

Question 5

falling action

Answer 5

opposite causes behind the rising action

Question 7

denouement

Answer 7

often the shortest part, learn how conflict has reached a resolution

Question 8

narrative

Answer 8

formed by plot

Question 9

conflict

Answer 9

the ways authors present these events

Question 10

suspense

Answer 10

literary device that uses tension to make the plot more interesting

Question 11

tragedy

Answer 11

protagonists situation worsens

Question 12

resolution

Answer 12

the end, the outcome

Question 13

flashbacks

Answer 13

explaining what happened prior to the story

Question 14

foreshadowing

Answer 14

hint at event to come

Question 15

in medias res

Answer 15

the middle of the action

Question 16

protagonist

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main character

Question 17

antagonist

Answer 17

usually the villian

Question 18

coming of age or bildungsroman

Answer 18

follows usually a child becoming an adult

Question 19

epiphany

Answer 19

a life changing realization

Question 20

round characters

Answer 20

often most realistic

Question 21

flat characters

Answer 21

many antagonists are flat characters, sometimes they change and grow

Question 22

foil

Answer 22

flat characters traits illuminate or highlight protagonists traits

Question 23

stock characters

Answer 23

comic relief

Question 24

direct characterization

Answer 24

narrator describes character

Question 25

indirect characterization

Answer 25

learn about characters from what they say/ do

Question 26

setting

Answer 26

creates expectations for readers

Question 27

second person pov

Answer 27

can be effective, heighten the intensity and urgency of the situation

Question 28

first person pov

Answer 28

readers have the most direct experience of what happens in the story

Question 29

third person pov

Answer 29

uses pronouns such as she, he, it and they, they have a perspective that keeps them at a distance

Question 30

omniscient

Answer 30

narrator that knows what the character is thinking or feeling

Question 31

limited omniscient characters

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only know and relate to one major or minor character think or feels

Question 32

omniscient narrator

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shares what all characters think or feel instead of limiting the narrators perspective

Question 33

allegory

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entire literary work in which abstract ideas appear in concrete ways

Question 34

archetypes

Answer 34

symbols in allegory

Question 35

theme

Answer 35

issues and questions establish