English Unit Test 1

Question 1

The series of events in a story

Answer 1

Plot

Question 2

The dramatic struggle between two forces in a story. Without it, there is no plot

Answer 2

Conflict

Question 3

A person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something more than itself

Answer 3

Symbolism

Question 4

Time and place and where the action occurs

Answer 4

Setting

Question 5

the vantage point from which a story is told

Answer 5

Point of view

Question 6

Actions taken have an effect exactly opposite from what was originally intended

Answer 6

Situational Irony

Question 7

An insight about human life that’s revealed in a literary work

Answer 7

Theme

Question 8

The way a writer reveals information about a character

Answer 8

Characterization

Question 9

The main character. The person for whom the reader roots

ex. Luke Skywalker

Answer 9

Protagonist

Question 10

The use of hints/clues to suggest what will happen later

Answer 10

Foreshadowing

Question 11

Statements that imply a meaning in opposition to their literal meaning

Answer 11

Verbal Irony

Question 12

In literature, this occurs when the audience knows an unwitting character is making a mistake. Often, these actions cause our guts to churn

Answer 12

Dramatic Irony

Question 13

Credible sources/Your credibility

Answer 13

Ethos

Question 14

Touching reader’s emotions

Answer 14

Pathos

Question 15

Using logical arguments/facts to prove a point

Answer 15

Logos

Question 16

A method developed by Aristotle to always win an argument. Include all three of these in an essay or debate and you’ll be the victor.

What are these three elements?

Answer 16

Rhetoric

Ethos- credibility
Pathos- reader’s emotions
Logos- facts

Question 17

The opponent who blocks the protagonist

ex. Darth vader

Answer 17

Antagonist

Question 18

When the protagonist is actually a villain of the story, but we empathize anyways

ex. Walter white/ Heisenberg

Answer 18

Antihero

Question 19

A character who serves as a direct contrast to another character as a device to emphasize the qualities of the main character

ex. Dr. Watson to Sherlock Holmes

Answer 19

Foil

Question 20

What are the two types of characterization?

Answer 20

Direct Characterization- things told to us directly

Indirect Characterization- Things we conclude ourselves

Question 21

A scene that interrupts the normal narrative timeline in order to provide information about something that happened earlier in the story

Answer 21

Flashback

Question 22

What are the types of interpersonal conflict?

Answer 22

• Human vs Human
• Human vs Nature
• Human vs Society

Question 23

What is internal conflict?

Answer 23

a conflict faced internally

man vs self

Question 24

What are the 4 types of Point of view?

Answer 24

• First person (used ‘I’ pronoun)
• Third-Person Limited (focus on one character only)
• Third-person omniscient (all-knowing)
• Third-person objective (journalistic/no inner thoughts)

Question 25

name some characteristics about theme

Answer 25

• It is rarely directly stated by the author
• Good literature has lots of possible, provable themes
• ask “what’s the authors message to me?”
• always more than one word
• shouldn’t sound like a hallmark card or a fortune cookie message
• Unique and compelling

Question 26

The writers attitude toward the character, subject, and audience of a story

Answer 26

Tone

Question 27

The climate or feeling of a literary work

Answer 27

Mood

Question 28

What is the difference between tone and mood?

Answer 28

A tone is a person and a mood is an environment

Question 29

Giving human qualities to an inanimate object

Answer 29

Personification

Question 30

The story

Answer 30

Narrative

Question 31

The mood created by setting, dialogue, and events int he story

Answer 31

Atmosphere

Question 32

A conversation/ direct speech between two or more characters

Answer 32

Dialogue