Lit Terms Dank

Question 1

Plot

Answer 1

The chain of events in a story

Question 2

Exposition

Answer 2

The start of a story, which provides background information about the characters and setting

Question 3

Rising action

Answer 3

The point at which the story takes off and begins to build toward a climax (is caused by a complication)

Question 4

Falling action

Answer 4

The events after the climax when the story begins to wrap up

Question 5

Resolution

Answer 5

The ending of a story; usually the conflict is resolved

Question 6

Conflict

Answer 6

A struggle between two or more forces

Question 7

Man vs. man

Answer 7

A struggle between two more more characters

Question 8

Man vs. nature

Answer 8

A struggle between a character and a force of nature

Question 9

Man vs. society

Answer 9

A struggle between a character and his/her society

Question 10

Man vs. self

Answer 10

An internal struggle that occurs in a character’s own mind

Question 11

Setting

Answer 11

The time, place, and circumstances of a story

Question 12

Characterization

Answer 12

The way the author develops the personalities of his/her characters

Question 13

Flat character

Answer 13

Isn’t well developed; reader only knows one or two of the traits

Question 14

Round

Answer 14

A round character has many traits and feels like a real person…

Question 15

Static

Answer 15

A character that doesn’t grow/change during the story

Question 16

Dynamic

Answer 16

Undergo growth and change during a story

Question 17

Protagonist

Answer 17

The main character, who usually starts the action

Question 18

Antagonist

Answer 18

The character who works against the protagonist (sometimes a force rather than a character)

Question 19

Stock

Answer 19

An instantly recognizable, stereotypical character e.g. dumb jock, villain

Question 20

Theme

Answer 20

The message the author is trying to get across to readers

Question 21

Point of view

Answer 21

The type of narrator that is used to tell the story

Question 22

First-person narrator

Answer 22

A character tells the story; the narrator says “I” and the narrator can only tell what the character hears, sees, and experiences.

Question 23

Third-person narrator

Answer 23

An outside narrator; they say “he” and “she”

Question 24

Second-person narrator

Answer 24

A rarely used type of narration that uses the pronoun “you” as in the reader is the main character