General Concepts of Literature

Question 1

• Imaginative narration
• entertain and make readers think and feel

Answer 1

Fiction

Question 2

• real-life narration
• history and facts

Answer 2

Non-fiction

Question 3

• within the common flow of language
• sentences and in paragraphs

Answer 3

Prose

Question 4

In verse, measure, rhythm, sound, and imaginative language

Answer 4

Poetry

Question 5

Time and place that the story occurs

Answer 5

Setting

Question 6

Representations of the human beings in the story

Answer 6

Character

Question 7

Sequence of events in the story

Answer 7

Plot

Question 8

Sets the scene by introducing the characters and settings

Answer 8

Exposition

Question 9

establishes the conflict

Answer 9

Rising Action

Question 10

Opposition of persons — basic tension, predicament, or challenge of the story

Answer 10

Conflict

Question 11

Protagonist vs. Antagonist

Answer 11

Person vs. person

Question 12

Conflict about the norms and laws

Answer 12

Person vs. society

Question 13

Personal struggle

Answer 13

Person vs. self

Question 14

Earthquake, storm, etc.

Answer 14

Person vs. nature

Question 15

White lady, Kapre, etc.

Answer 15

Person vs. supernatural

Question 16

The peak of the story — affirmation, decision, action, realizations

Answer 16

Climax

Question 17

Finishing of things right after the climax

Answer 17

Falling Action

Question 18

Matters are explained or resolved

Answer 18

Denouement/Resolution

Question 19

The end of the story

Answer 19

Ending

Question 20

• natural sequence of events — actions are arranged sequentially

Answer 20

Linear Plot

Question 21

The story emerges with an interruption in the chronological order (flashback)

Answer 21

Circular Plot

Question 22

The story commences in the middle part of the action

Answer 22

In Media Res

Question 23

An unexpected power — saving seemingly hopeless situation

Answer 23

Deux Ex Machina (God of the Machine)

Question 24

Determines the narrator of the story

Answer 24

Point of View

Question 25

1 of the story's character serves as a narrator (I, We)

Answer 25

1st Person POV

Question 26

Makes the reader a character in the story (You)

Answer 26

2nd Person POV

Question 27

The narrator is someone outside the story (he, she, they)

Answer 27

3rd Person POV

Question 28

- narrator knows or reveals nothing about the characters internal thoughts, etc EXTERNAL FACTS ONLY

Answer 28

Objective 3rd Person

Question 29

Narrator describes the internal thoughts, feelings, motivations of one character — main character

Answer 29

Limited 3rd Person

Question 30

Reveals the internal thoughts, feelings, and motivations, of ALL THE CHARACTERS ALL KNOWING

Answer 30

Omniscient Third Person

Question 31

Voice chosen by the author — for artistic purpose

Answer 31

Persona

Question 32

Significant value or truth about life — actions, occupations, and decisions of the characters. ex. Revenge, love, death, justice, violence

Answer 32

Theme

Question 33

Tells a story in verse ex. Iliad and Odyssey

Answer 33

Narrative Poetry

Question 34

Thoughts and feelings of the speaker intended to be sung

Answer 34

Lyric Poetry

Question 35

Written to be presented and acted on stage

Answer 35

Dramatic Poetry

Question 36

Types of Poetry

Answer 36

- Narrative - Lyric - Dramatic

Question 37

Long narrative poem — a hero embodies the values of the society ex. Tale of Gilgamesh

Answer 37

Epic

Question 38

Chivalric love and adventure or the supernatural ex. Knights and Soldiers

Answer 38

Metrical Take/Metrical Romance

Question 39

A simple narrative poem of a story — for melodious recital

Answer 39

Ballad

Question 40

Expresses emotional enthusiasm — praises of a person or event

Answer 40

Ode

Question 41

Deals with grief over the passing of a person

Answer 41

Elegy

Question 42

14 lines with an exact rhyme scheme ex. Petrarchan — octave: abbaabba sestet: cdecde or cdcdcd Shakespearean— abab cdcd efef gg

Answer 42

Sonnet

Question 43

Intended primarily to be sung — no story

Answer 43

Song

Question 44

All those lyrical poems that do not properly belong under any of the other category

Answer 44

Simple Lyric

Question 45

Story written in verse or dialogue — presented and acted on the stage in front of an audience

Answer 45

Dramatic Poetry