English II

Question 0

Round character

Answer 0

Highly developed character with many traits.

Question 1

Character

Answer 1

Characters are the individuals who participate in the action of a literary work.

Question 2

Flat character

Answer 2

Few traits and not well developed we know very little about them

Question 3

Static character

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Remains the same throughout the story

Question 4

Dynamic character

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One who changes throughout the story

Question 5

Indirect characterization

Answer 5

Direct comments about a characters personality Physical appearance
Present the characters blights speech and actions
Thoughts speech and actions of other people

Question 6

Direct characterization

Answer 6

Tells you exactly what that character is like

Question 7

Theme

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Underlying message about life and human nature that the writer shares with the reader usually not stated but must be inferred

Question 8

Protagonist

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

Question 9

Antagonist

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Principal character or force in oppositions to a protagonist

Question 10

Allusion

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

Question 11

Diction

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A writers or speakers choice of words and way of arranging the words in sentences.

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Plot

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Sequence of events in a 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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A character that provides a striking contrast to another character

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Foreshadowing

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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 the subject

Question 17

First person POV

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Narrator is one of he characters 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 character

Outside narrator

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Third person limited

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Only know what one character thinks and feels

Outside narrator

Question 20

Situational Irony

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What actually happens is the opposite of what happens

Question 21

Verbal irony

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The speaker says one thing but means another

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Dramatic irony

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When the audience or reader knows something important that the character doesn’t know

Question 23

Flashback

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When an author interrupts the story to understand the readers present situation

Question 24

Imagery

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Language that appeals to the senses 
Sight
Hearing
Touch 
Smell
Taste

Question 25

Metaphor

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

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Simile

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A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

Question 27

Rising action

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

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Climax

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Point of maximum interest and usually the turning point in the story

Question 29

Falling action

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Follow the climax and show the results of the important decisions or actions that happened at the climax

Question 30

Resolution

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How the story ends

Question 31

Suspense

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Uncertainty or anxiety as they wait to find out what is going to happen next

Question 32

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 place object or activity that stands for something beyond itself

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Alliteration

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Repetition of constant sounds

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds

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Onomatopoeia

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Use of sounds echo their meanings such as buzz, whisper, gargle

Question 38

Internal conflict

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One that infers with a character

Question 39

External conflict

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Characters on conflict with an outside force
Man vs nature
Man vs psychical obstacle
Man vs man