HUM1 ON FICTION PDF PART 2

Question 1

A person in story, poem or play ; occasionally, it is an animal or object given human attributes

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CHARACTER

Question 2

A character whose attitudes and values are affected by the events in the story

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DYNAMIC CHARACTER

Question 3

A character whose personality, attitudes and beliefs remain fixed no matter what kinds of situations he encouters

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STATIC CHARACTER

Question 4

A term used by E.M Forster to denote a character having only a single trait or quality

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FLAT CHARACTER

Question 5

A term used by E.M Forster to refer to a multi-dimensional or a complex character

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ROUND CHARACTER

Question 6

A recognisable, ready-made figure such as a hard boiled detective or a dumb blonde

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STOCK CHARACTER

Question 7

The force that opposes the protagonist

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ANTAGONIST

Question 8

A main character who is less sophisticated, savory or admirable then a traditional hero, usually a character designed to undermine our expectations about heroes

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ANTI-HERO

Question 9

The chief figure in a narrative work who struggles against opposing forces, which are often personified by an antagonist

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PROTAGONIST/HERO

Question 10

The way in which an author presents and defines his characters in a literary work

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CHARACTERIZATION

Question 11

Characterisation through a narrator’s statements or explanation. (telling)

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DIRECT PRESENTATION

Question 12

Characterization through the action and speech of the characters themselves. (showing)

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INDIRECT PRESENTATION

Question 13

A suggestive or symbolic name that identifies the character’s major trait or basic nature.

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CHARACTERNYM

Question 14

The physical location and the specific time or historical period in which an action occurs

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SETTING

Question 15

The vantage point or angle form which an author tells a story and reveals the characters, setting and events

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POINT OF VIEW

Question 16

The voice in a work through which an author tells a story and reveals the characters, setting and events

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MASK/PERSONA

Question 17

One of the characters in the story narrates the events

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FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW

Question 18

An author tells the story from the perspective of a single character only

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LIMITED SUBJECTIVE POINT OF VIEW

Question 19

An author records in the third person only the actions and dialog of his characters, making no attempt to reveal or interpret their inner thoughts and feelings

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OBJECTIVE POINT OF VIEW

Question 20

The most common and conventional of the third person perspectives in which an author is literally “all knowing”, placing himself at some distance from events and freely interpreting and commenting on the thoughts, feelings and behavior of the character

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OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW

Question 21

A narrative technique in which an author represents character’s perceptions, thoughts and feelings, often conveying the actual flow of and the interplay between a character’s conscious, semiconscious or even unconscious operations

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STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question 22

The central idea or the understanding around which a story is constructed

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THEME