Irony And Etc

Question 1

Rising action

Answer 1

• the main conflict is introduced after the inciting moment

- the tension or excitement mounts with each critical incident

Question 2

Climax

Answer 2

• the point of highest tension, excitement, or interest
• may also be called the turning point; usually immediately follows the main crisis
• some stories end in the climax; they leave the reader hanging

Question 3

Falling action

Answer 3

• the tension breaks or calms down
• conflicts are resolved or mysteries are explained
• usually brief
• also called dénouement ( unravelling in French )

Question 4

Resolution

Answer 4

The final moments of the falling action

-readers have to interpret the resolution for themselves; this is called an indeterminate or inconclusive ending

Question 5

Foreshadowing

Answer 5

• gives the reader a hint of what is to happen later in the story
• prepares the reader for eventual outcome of action or upcoming changes in character

Question 6

Sub plots

Answer 6

• less important than the main plot

- sometimes provide insight to the main plot through mirroring or contrast

Question 7

What are the 3 main types of conflict ?

Answer 7

1. Character vs character ( external)
2. Character vs environment ( external)
3. Character vs himself or herself ( internal )

Conflicts can be physical, psychological, emotional or moral

Exists between protagonists and antagonist

Question 8

Protagonist

Answer 8

• main character whose actions and thoughts the reader is chiefly interested in following
• not always “ the hero “ or “ the good guy “
• there may be more than one protagonist

Question 9

Antagonist

Answer 9

• the enemy or adversary that opposed the protagonist
• not always a person
  
  • environment, a supernatural force, a social or cultural tradition, emotions
• not always “ the bad guy “
• there may be more than one antagonist

Question 10

Direct presentation

Answer 10

The author or someone else in the story tells the reader what a particular character is like

Question 11

Indirect presentation

Answer 11

The author shows the reader what the character is like by revealing what the character thinks , says or does

Question 12

Epiphany

Answer 12

A moment of significant insight or realization for a major character . An epiphany usually occurs at the end of the story

Question 13

Foil

Answer 13

A foul is a character ( minor ) who highlights the qualities of another character ( usually protagonist ) by having contrasting qualities

Question 14

Flat character

Answer 14

Character traits are not well-developed, can also be a stock character

Question 15

Round character

Answer 15

• complex and many-sided ; portrayed in detail; usually dynamic too
• we gain insight to their thoughts, conflicts and contradictory traits

Question 16

Static character

Answer 16

Remains unchanged throughout the story

Question 17

Dynamic character

Answer 17

• influenced by events that take place

- by the end of the story , this character’s personality , Outlook or status has changed

Question 18

Stock or stereotype character

Answer 18

• a character that is based on fixed familiar patterns
• has been presented so often in literature that his or her characters is immediately recognizable ( the knight in shinning armour , the mad scientist )

Question 19

First person point of view

Answer 19

• narrator is a character in the story

- reader sees and knows only as much as the narrator does

Question 20

Third person limited omniscient narrative

Answer 20

• third person point of view
• narrator is not a character in the story
• narrator presents the story and commentary from the perspective of only one character , as if staying by his or her side all the time
• readers find out the observations , thoughts , and feelings of only that character, the other characters are presented externally

Question 21

Third person omniscient narrative

Answer 21

• third person point of view
• the narrator knows everything from all-seeing , God-like perspective and remains “ outside “ the story
• free to enter the mind of any of the characters, without restriction, revalue their thoughts, feelings and actions at any time or place may also provide commentary from multiple perspectives

Question 22

The purpose of exposition

Answer 22

• to rouse the reader’s interest
• to start the action of the story
• to introduce the main characters
• to describe the setting ( time and place) of a story
• to suggest the central idea of the story
• to tell how the story came to be written or published

*some stories may start in media red or “ in the middle of things “ The preceding events are narrated at a later point in the story