FINAL

Question 1

TONE

Answer 1

Tone is the author’s attitude toward the writing (his characters, the situation) and the readers. A work of writing can have more than one tone. An example of tone could be both serious and humorous. Tone is set by the setting, choice of vocabulary and other details.

Question 2

MOOD

Answer 2

Mood is the general atmosphere created by the author’s words. It is the feeling the reader gets from reading those words. It may be the same, or it may change from situation to situation.

Question 3

antagonist:

Answer 3

The bad person in a story; opposes the protagonist.

Question 4

character:

Answer 4

A person portrayed in a novel, short story, or play. Characters can be animals or objects, also, but those are almost always personified.

Question 5

characterization:

Answer 5

The way the author describes a character. Direct characterization involves the author telling you what a character is like; indirect characterization is done through dialogue or actions, and is considered the best form of characterization.

Question 6

Climax

Answer 6

The point of highest action and suspense in a story

Question 7

conflict:

Answer 7

The problem in the story. Usually, the protagonist struggles against 1. nature 2. him/herself or 3. another character (the antagonist) or 4. against society.

Question 8

connotation

Answer 8

Meaning associated with the word

Question 9

denotation

Answer 9

dictionary definition of a word

Question 10

figurative language

Answer 10

words that mean more than their literal meaning

Question 11

foreshadowing:

Answer 11

Hints in a story of what is going to happen to the plot or a character.

Question 12

imagery:

Answer 12

Words the author uses to put a picture in the reader’s mind.

words that appeal to the 5 sences

Question 13

Irony

Answer 13

Irony- Verbal Irony vs. Situational Irony
Verbal- use of words to mean the opposite of what they say
Situational- The audience knows something the audience does not

Question 14

onomatopoeia:

Answer 14

Words imitating sounds.

Question 15

personification:

Answer 15

Attaching human characteristics to something that is not human.

Question 16

first-person:

Answer 16

The narrator is a character in the story and refers to himself as “I.”

Question 17

second person:

Answer 17

The reader is the main character. Narrator uses the pronoun “you” when referring to the main character.

Question 18

third person:

Answer 18

Neither the reader nor the narrator is the main character. Narrator uses the
pronoun “he” or “she” when referring to the main character.

Question 19

third-person omniscient:

Answer 19

The narrator can tell what is going on in the minds of all the characters.

Question 20

third-person limited:

Answer 20

The narrator can tell what is going on in one or two of the characters, usually the main character.

Question 21

prose:

Answer 21

Writing that isn’t poetry.

Question 22

protagonist:

Answer 22

The good person in a story. Usually the central character.

Question 23

setting:

Answer 23

Where the story takes place.

Question 24

simile:

Answer 24

A comparison using like or as. Hungry as a bear. Compare to metaphor.

Question 25

metaphor

Answer 25

:Saying something is something else for comparison. He was a monster. Compare with simile.

Question 26

stereotype:

Answer 26

Preconceived idea of what a person or thing is like.

Question 27

Symbol

Answer 27

a physical object teh represents an idea

Question 28

theme:

Answer 28

The main idea of a story. A theme must be written as a complete sentence. “Friendship” is a topic, but “Friends stick together” is a theme.