English 2

Question 0

Round character

Answer 0

Highly developed character with many traits.

Well develop

Question 1

Character

Answer 1

Individuals who participate in the actions of a literary work.

Question 2

Flat character

Answer 2

Character that exhibits few traits and not well develop. We know very few about them.

Question 3

Static character

Answer 3

One who remains the same through out the story.

Question 4

Dynamic character

Answer 4

One who changes through out the story.

Question 5

Indirect characterization

Answer 5

Writer make direct comments about the character’s personality through a narrators voice.Tells you about the characters physical appearance. Author present the characters thought, speech, and actions. Writer tells you about the thoughts, speech, and actions of other characters.

Question 6

Direct characterization

Answer 6

Writer tells you what the character is like.

Question 7

Theme

Answer 7

Underlying message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader. Usually not states directly but must be 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

The principle or force in opposition to a protagonist.

Question 10

Allusion

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Diction

Answer 11

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

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

A character who provides a striking contrast to another character

Question 15

Foreshadowing

Answer 15

A writers use of hint or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story

Question 16

Tone

Answer 16

The attitude a writer takes toward a subject.

Question 17

First person point of view

Answer 17

Narrater is One of the characters in the book and we the reader know what they know.

Question 18

Third-person omniscient

Answer 18

All-know point view. Know the thought feelings of all the characters. Not a person in the story, outside narrator

Question 19

Third-person limited

Answer 19

The reader knows what one character knows. Not a person in the story, outside narrator

Question 20

Situational irony

Answer 20

What actual happened is the opposite of what is happening

Question 21

Verbal irony

Answer 21

A speaker says one thing but means another

Question 22

Dramatic irony

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Flashback

Answer 23

When the author interrupts the story to present an event that occurred in a previous time.

Question 24

Imagery

Answer 24

Language that appeals to the senses.

5 senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch

Question 25

Metaphor

Answer 25

A comparison of two unlike things that does NOT use like or as.

Question 26

Simile

Answer 26

An comparison of two unlike things that DOES use like or as

Question 27

Rising action

Answer 27

When the conflict develops when the story events build toward the climax and complications arise.

Question 28

Climax

Answer 28

Point of maximum attention and the turning point of the story

Question 29

Falling action

Answer 29

The events that follow the climax and show the result and important decision that happened at the climax

Question 30

Resolution

Answer 30

How the story ends

Question 31

Suspense

Answer 31

The uncertainty of what’s going to happen next

Question 32

Hyperbole

Answer 32

An exaggeration

Question 33

Paradox

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Symbol

Answer 34

Person, place or activity that stands for something beyond itself

Question 35

Alliteration

Answer 35

Repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words

Question 36

Assonance

Answer 36

Repetition of vowel sounds

Question 37

Onomatopoeia

Answer 37

The use of sounds that echo the meaning.

Ex: Boom! Pop!

Question 38

Internal conflict

Answer 38

One that occurs within a character

Question 39

External conflict

Answer 39

Character in a conflict with an outside force

Ex:storm