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

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A character that exhibits few traits and not well developed and know very little about them

Question 3

Static character

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One who remains the same throughout the story

Question 4

Dynamic character

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A character who changes throughout a story

Question 5

Indirect characterization

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the author describes the physical appearance, the author may present the characters own thoughts, speeches, and actions, the author may present pertinent thoughts, speech, and actions of other characters

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Direct characterization

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The author tells you what the character is

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Theme

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Life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader, usually are not stated directly but must be inferred

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Protagonist

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Main character that is involved in the central conflict

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Antagonist

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Principle character or force in opposition to a protagonist

Question 10

Allusion

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

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Diction

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

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Plot

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The sequence of events in a story is called the plot

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Setting

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Time and place of the action

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Foil

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A character who provides a striking contrast to another character

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Foreshadowing

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A writers use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in a story

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Tone

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The attitude a writer takes toward a subject

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First person point of view

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Narrator is one of the characters in the story and we as the reader know what they know

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Third person omniscient

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Thoughts and feelings of all the characters/not a character in the story

Question 19

Third person limited

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You only know what one character knows/not a character in the story

Question 20

Situational irony

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A contrast between what a reader or characters expects and what actually happens

Question 21

Verbal irony

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Speaker says one things but means another

Question 22

Dramatic irony

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When the audience knows something important that the character does not know

Question 23

Flash back

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Interrupts the chronological flow of the story

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Imagery

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Language that appeals to the senses/sight,taste,touch,smell,hearing

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Metaphor

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Comparing 2 things but not using the words “like” or “as”

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Simile

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Comparing 2 things using the words “like” or “as”

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Rising action

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Conflict develops, and complications arrive

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Climax

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The point of maximum interest, and the Turing point of the story

Question 29

Falling action

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Events that follow the climax and show the importance of the results of the decisions of the climax

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Resolution

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How the story ends

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Suspense

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The feeling of What we think will happen next in the story

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

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Paradox

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Seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that may nonetheless suggest an important truth

Question 34

Symbol

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Person plays object or activity that stands for something or means something to them

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds

Question 37

Onomatopoeia

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Words that sound like what they are