English Test

Question 1

plot

Answer 1

a series of related events that make up a story climax

Question 2

exposition

Answer 2

opening of the story, background info, introduces the characters, establishes the conflict; setting

Question 3

rising action

Answer 3

series of complications in the story, tension rises build to its highest point of tension at the story’s climax

Question 4

climax

Answer 4

the key scene in the story when our emotional involvement is at its highest ( exciting, terrifying, thrilling)

Question 5

falling action

Answer 5

part of story with sharp decline in dramatic tension, follows the climax, leads to resolution

Question 6

falling action

Answer 6

part of story with sharp decline in dramatic tension, follows the climax, leads to resolution

Question 7

resolution

Answer 7

conclusion, sometimes called denovement, struggles are over

Question 8

setting

Answer 8

tells us when and where the story takes place, purpose to provide a background, establishes atmosphere or mood

Question 9

character vs. conflict

Answer 9

involves conflict between people, such as a family conflict, trouble with a bully, etc.

Question 10

character vs society

Answer 10

involves conflict between an individual and larger groups such as the outsider in an strange culture, a poor character’s struggle “to make it” in life

Question 11

character vs nature

Answer 11

conflict in wilderness, weather, like fighting a powerful hurricane, surviving a plane crash

Question 12

character vs self

Answer 12

conflict issue within themselves, overcoming serious problem

Question 13

theme

Answer 13

central idea, onsight, about life it reveals (not a plot)

Question 14

point of view

Answer 14

perspective from which the story is told

Question 15

omniscent

Answer 15

the narrator isn’t a character. narrator is able to tell us everything about every character. Almost like God

Question 16

first person

Answer 16

the first person is a character in the story who talks to us using “I” almost like the main character

Question 17

third person limited

Answer 17

the author tells the story from the viewpoint of just one character using he or she

Question 18

protagonist

Answer 18

the central character of the story

Question 19

antagonist

Answer 19

the character that the protagonist struggles with and must overcome

Question 20

round characters

Answer 20

complex, multi-dimensional, many qualities and traits

Question 21

flat characters

Answer 21

one or few characteristics, traits or qualities

Question 22

static characters

Answer 22

characters that don’t progress throughout the story

Question 23

dynamic characters

Answer 23

characters that change and progress throughout the story

Question 24

characterization

Answer 24

method a writer uses to communicate info about characters to readers

Question 25

direct characterization

Answer 25

author tells you right away who the character is

Question 26

indirect characterization

Answer 26

they don’t tell you right away who the character is

Question 27

symbol

Answer 27

image, object, character or action that stands for an idea beyond its literal meaning

Question 28

mood

Answer 28

overall feeling created by an author’s choice of words, emotion evoked form author

Question 29

tone

Answer 29

the author’s “tone of voice” it expresses the writers’ own attitude toward the elements of the story

Question 30

foreshawdowing

Answer 30

a writing technique that gives readers clues about events that will happen later in the story

Question 31

suspense

Answer 31

techniques used by author to keep readers interested in the story and wondering what will happen next

Question 32

irony

Answer 32

difference between what we expect happen and what actually happens

Question 33

verbal irony

Answer 33

speakers use verbal irony when the meaning they wish to communicate is different from, or actually opposite to, what their actual words seem to say

Question 34

situational irony

Answer 34

an event that is not just suprising but actually contrary to what we expected

Question 35

dramatic irony

Answer 35

happens when we know what will happen to a character, but the character does not know

Question 36

imagery

Answer 36

imagery is used of selected details to describe one thing in term of another thing