English 2

Question 0

Round character

Answer 0

Highly developed character with many traits

Question 1

Character

Answer 1

Individuals who participate in the action of the literary work.

Question 2

Flat character

Answer 2

Character that exhibits few traits and is not well developed

Question 3

Static character

Answer 3

One who remains the same throughout the story

Question 4

Dynamic character

Answer 4

Changes throughout the story

Question 5

Indirect characterization

Answer 5

When an author indirectly tells you about them. Describing physical appearance and presents characters thoughts speech and actions. And through the thoughts speech and actions of other characters.

Question 6

Direct characterization

Answer 6

Writer tells you exactly what the character is like

Question 7

Theme

Answer 7

Underlined message about life or human feature that the writer shares with the reader

Usually not directly stated but inferred

Question 8

Protagonist

Answer 8

Main character in a work of literature who is involved in the central conflict

Question 9

Antagonist

Answer 9

Is the principle character in force against the protagonist

Question 10

Allusion

Answer 10

Indirect reference to a famous person, place, event or literary work

Question 11

Diction

Answer 11

Writer or speakers choice of words and way of arranging the words in sentences

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Plot

Answer 12

The sequence of events in the story

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Setting

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Time and place of the action of the work

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Foil

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Is a character who provides a striking contrast to another character

Question 15

Foreshadowing

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Writer use of hints or clues that will to suggests events later in the story

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Tone

Answer 16

The attitude the writer take towards a subject

Question 17

First person point of view

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Narrator as one of the characters we know what they know

Question 18

Third person omniscient

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All-knowing point of view. Know all thoughts of all of the characters

Not a character in the story

Question 19

Third person limited

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Know what only what one character knows and feels

Not a character in the story

Question 20

Situationally Irony

Answer 20

What happens is the opposite of what is expected

Question 21

Verbal irony

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Speaker says one thing but means another

Question 22

Dramatic irony

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When the reader knows something important the character doesn’t know

Question 23

Flashback

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When the author interrupts the story to present events that occurred at a different time

Question 24

Imagery

Answer 24

Language that appeals to the senses

Touch
Taste
Feel
Smell
Hear

Question 25

Metaphor

Answer 25

A comparison of two unlike things that doesn’t use like or as

Question 26

Simile

Answer 26

Comparison of two unlike things using like or as

Question 27

Rising action

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When the conflict builds to the climax of the stour complications arise

Question 28

Climax

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Point of most tension usually the turning point of the story

Question 29

Falling action

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Events follow the climax show the results of the decision or actions made at the climax

Question 30

Resolution

Answer 30

How the story ends

Question 31

Suspense

Answer 31

The Uncertainty or anxiety the reader feel when waiting to see what happens next

Question 32

Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

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Paradox

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A absurd statement that suggests an important truth

Question 34

Symbol

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Person place action or activity that stands for something

Question 35

Alliteration

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Repetition of comsonats or words

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds

Question 37

Onomatopoeia

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Use of words whose sounds echo their meaning
Pop
Sizzle

Question 38

Internal conflict

Answer 38

One that occurs within a character

Question 39

External conflict

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Character is in conflict with an outside force another character, nature