final study guide

Question 1

Plot

Answer 1

the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.

Question 2

Characters

Answer 2

a person in a novel, play, or movie.

Question 3

Dynamic characters

Answer 3

A dynamic character is one who changes and evolves throughout the story.

Question 4

Static characters

Answer 4

A static character is a type of character who remains largely the same throughout the course of the storyline.

Question 5

Setting

Answer 5

the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.

Question 6

Theme

Answer 6

an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature.

Question 7

Point of View

Answer 7

the position from which something or someone is observed.

Question 8

first-person point of view

Answer 8

the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view me, we, I, and us.

Question 9

Third-person point of view

Answer 9

the narrator exists outside the events of the story, and relates the actions of the characters by referring to their names or by the third-person pronouns he, she, or they.

Question 10

third-person omniscient point of view

Answer 10

THIRD-PERSON OMNISCIENT NARRATION: This is a common form of third-person narration in which the teller of the tale, who often appears to speak with the voice of the author himself, assumes an omniscient (all-knowing) perspective on the story being told: diving into private thoughts, narrating secret or hidden events,

Question 11

Conflict

Answer 11

a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.

Question 12

Imagery

Answer 12

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Question 13

Irony

Answer 13

a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.

Question 14

Simile

Answer 14

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

Question 15

Personification

Answer 15

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Question 16

Symbolism

Answer 16

a tool of figurative language where an image, object, idea or symbol is used to represent something other than its literal meaning.

Question 17

Foreshadowing

Answer 17

Foreshadowing is a narrative device in which a storyteller gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

Question 18

Metaphor

Answer 18

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Question 19

Hyperbole

Answer 19

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Question 20

accept/except

Answer 20

accept (pronounced [ak-sept]) is a transitive verb meaning to willingly receive, allow, or approve of something or someone. Except (pronounced [ek-sept] is mainly used as a preposition meaning “excluding” or “apart from.”

Question 21

than/then

Answer 21

The word “then” means “at that time” and is used to talk about when things will happen. The word “than” is used to compare things.

Question 22

to/too/two

Answer 22

To is used as a preposition to express motion towards a destination or condition. But it has several other functions as well. Too is an adverb, which broadly means also or excessively. Two is a number, used as a way to express a unit of two people or things.

Question 23

real/really/

Answer 23

Real is an adjective meaning “genuine” or “authentic,” or having a “verifiable existence.” Really is an adverb used to add emphasis and means “in fact,” “genuinely,” or “indeed.”

Question 24

it’s/its

Answer 24

its (without an apostrophe) is a possessive pronoun, like his or her, for nouns that don’t have a defined gender. In contrast, it’s (with an apostrophe) is the shortened form, or contraction, of it is or it has.