English 2

Question 0

Round Character

Answer 0

Highly developed character with many traits

Question 1

Character

Answer 1

Individuals who participated the actions of a 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

One who changes throughout the story

Question 5

Indirect Characterization

Answer 5

An author indirectly tells you about them

• Physical appearance
• Characters own thoughts
• Characters speech and actions of other characters

Question 6

Direct characterization

Answer 6

The writer tells you exactly what that character is like

Question 7

Theme

Answer 7

Underlying message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader. Usually not directly stated, and must be inferred

Question 8

Protagonist

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Antagonist

Answer 9

The principle character that opposes the protagonist

Question 10

Allusion

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Diction

Answer 11

The writer or speaker’s choice of words and way of arranging words

Question 12

Plot

Answer 12

The sequence of events in a story

Question 13

Setting

Answer 13

Time and place of the action of the work

Question 14

Foil

Answer 14

Characters that are opposites

Question 15

Foreshadowing

Answer 15

Writer suggests later events that will happen on the story

Question 16

Tone

Answer 16

The attitude a writer takes towards a subject

Question 17

First person point of view

Answer 17

Narrator is part of the story, and we know as they know

Question 18

Third omniscient

Answer 18

We know the thoughts and feelings of all the characters

Question 19

Third person limited

Answer 19

Only know what one character thinks and feels

Question 20

Situational irony

Answer 20

What actually happens is the opposite of what is expected

Question 21

Verbal irony

Answer 21

Speaker says one thing but means another

Question 22

Dramatic irony

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Flashback

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Imagery

Answer 24

Language that appeals to the senses sight, smell, hearing, touch, tastes

Question 25

Metaphor

Answer 25

A comparison that does not use like or as

Question 26

Simile

Answer 26

A comparison of two things using like or as

Question 27

Rising action

Answer 27

When the conflict develops and builds towards the climax

Question 28

Climax

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The point of maximum interest, usually the turning point of the story

Question 29

Falling action

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The events that follow the climax and show the results of the important decision of the climax

Question 30

Resolution

Answer 30

How the story ends

Question 31

Suspense

Answer 31

The uncertainty that the reader feels when they are trying to find out what happens next

Question 32

Hyperbole

Answer 32

An exaggeration

Question 33

Paradox

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A seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that may nonetheless suggest am important truth

Question 34

Symbol

Answer 34

Person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself

Question 35

Alliteration

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Repetition or constant sounds at the beginning of words

Question 36

Assonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds

Question 37

Onomatopoeia

Answer 37

The use of words that sound like what they are

Question 38

Internal conflict

Answer 38

One that occurs within a character

Question 39

External conflict

Answer 39

One that occurs outside of a character in its environment