languge arts

Question 1

exposition

Answer 1

beginning of the story

Question 2

rising action

Answer 2

events in the story become complicated

Question 3

climax

Answer 3

turning point of a narrative work is its point of highest tension and drama, or it is the time when the action starts during which the solution is given.

Question 4

falling action

Answer 4

what the characters are doing after the story’s most dramatic part has happened.

Question 5

resolution

Answer 5

when conflicts are resolved and the story concludes.

Question 6

man vs. man

Answer 6

when two people are fighting

Question 7

man vs. self

Answer 7

when a person is fighting against themself

Question 8

man vs. nature

Answer 8

someone against the weather

Question 9

man vs. society

Answer 9

someone against society

Question 10

indirect vs. direct

Answer 10

Direct characterization, or explicit characterization, describes the character through their physical description, line of work, or passions and pursuits. Indirect characterization describes a character through their thoughts, actions, speech, and dialogue.

Question 11

protagonist

Answer 11

the good guy/ usually the main character

Question 12

antagonist

Answer 12

the enemy protagonist

Question 13

flat

Answer 13

two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work

Question 14

round

Answer 14

complex and undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader.

Question 15

dynamic

Answer 15

undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude:

Question 16

static

Answer 16

doesn’t undergo any significant change in character, personality or perspective over the course of a story.

Question 17

simile

Answer 17

uses like or as in comparison

Question 18

metaphor

Answer 18

compares two things but doesn’t use like or as

Question 19

personification

Answer 19

assigns human qualities and attributes to objects or other non-human things.

Question 20

symol

Answer 20

are often characters, settings, images, or other motifs that stand in for bigger ideas. Authors often use symbols (or “symbolism”) to give their work with more meaning and to make a story be about more than the events it describes.

Question 21

imagery

Answer 21

includes figurative and metaphorical language to improve the reader’s experience through their senses