L.A Part B PAT Review

Question 1

Exposition/Introduction

Answer 1

• Beginning of story
• Setting, characters and necessary background information is revealed

Question 2

Rising Action

Answer 2

• Conflict is revealed
• Story becomes more complicated
• Between exposition and climax

Question 3

Climax

Answer 3

• Highest point of interest and action in story
• Turning point

Question 4

Falling Action

Answer 4

• Events and complications begin to resolve
• Reader finds out if conflict was resolved or not

Question 5

Denouement/Resolution

Answer 5

• Final outcome of story
• Untangling of events
• Find out what happens to characters in the end

Question 6

Sub-Plot

Answer 6

• Secondary strand of plot that supports the main story

Question 7

Protagonist

Answer 7

• Central character in story
• Not necessarily “good guy”
  Ex. Katniss

Question 8

Antagonist

Answer 8

• Works against protagonist
• Not necessarily “bad guy”
• Usually indicates conflict
  Ex. President Snow

Question 9

Theme

Answer 9

• Controlling idea or central insight
• Main idea of text
• Can be used to promote view or morals of author
  Ex. don’t judge a book by its cover

Question 10

Simile

Answer 10

• Comparison using like or as
  Ex. “your smile is as bright as the sun”

Question 11

Metaphor

Answer 11

• Comparison without the use of like or as
  Ex. “your a star”

Question 12

Personification

Answer 12

• Giving non-human objects human qualities
  Ex. the flowers are dancing in the wind

Question 13

Onomatopoeia

Answer 13

• Noise or sound
  Ex. “Boo!”

Question 14

Allusion

Answer 14

• Implied reference that is common knowledge
  Ex. “that’s his Achilles heel”

Question 15

Idiom

Answer 15

• An expression that holds a different meaning to its literal meaning
  Ex. beating around the bush

Question 16

Apostrophe

Answer 16

• A punctuation mark used to indicate possession (Harry’s book) or the omission of letters (can’t)

Question 17

Alliteration

Answer 17

• Occurrence of the same letter or sound at the begging of close adjacent words
  Ex. sally sells sea shell at the sea shore

Question 18

Mood

Answer 18

• Feeling story exudes to reader while reading

Question 19

Conflict

Answer 19

• When character wants something but something gets in their way

Question 20

Third-Person Omniscient

Answer 20

• When the third point of view has full access to the thoughts and feelings of characters

Question 21

Satire

Answer 21

• Use of imagery, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose stupid views
  Ex. Simons

Question 22

Parody

Answer 22

• Immitates another person or object

Question 23

Myth or Fable

Answer 23

• Fictitious or untrue

Question 24

Tone

Answer 24

• General character or attitude of writing

Question 25

Repetition

Answer 25

• When a word or phrase in used multiple times in short succession
  Ex. I’ve tried to do this over and over

Question 26

Foot Notes

Answer 26

• Notes placed on the bottom of the page

Question 27

Oxymoron

Answer 27

• When opposite terms appear after each other
  Ex. organized chaos

Question 28

Fable

Answer 28

• Story that teaches a moral lesson

Question 29

Denotation

Answer 29

• Literal meaning of a word or expression

Question 30

Connotation

Answer 30

• Abstract meaning of a word or expression