lit terms vocab (quiz 9.11.14)

Question 1

point of view/narration form

Answer 1

vantage point from which a narrative is told

Question 2

first person

Answer 2

speaker uses “I” or “me”

Question 3

second person

Answer 3

speaker addresses readier directly using “you.” often the speaker still refers to him or herself as “I” along with addressing the reader as “you,” so if you see “I,” don’t automatically assume first person

Question 4

3rd person omniscient

Answer 4

narrator uses “he,” “she,” and character names and knows the thoughts and feelings of 2+ characters

Question 5

3rd person limited (omniscient)

Answer 5

narrator uses “he,” “she,” and character names and knows the thoughts and feelings of ONLY 1 character

Question 6

3rd person objective

Answer 6

narrator uses “he,” “she,” and character names and knows the thoughts and feelings of ZERO characters

Question 7

perspective

Answer 7

the screen or set of ideas, attitudes, beliefs an circumstances through which a person or character sees the world

Question 8

tone

Answer 8

author’s attitude towards subject. tone is created through the combined effects of various features of language in text. tone is a major feature in establishing the overall impression of the piece of writing.

Question 9

atmosphere/mood

Answer 9

the prevailing mood created by a piece of writing. it refers to the feeling created in the reader (as opposed to tone, which is the writer or speaker’s attitude toward the subject, events, or other characters)

Question 10

structure

Answer 10

the way a text or passage is constructed or put together. this might include the order in which topics are covered, the amount of time that is spent on each topic, and what topics are included and which are left out

Question 11

story

Answer 11

the events (in actual order) that are related in a text

Question 12

plot

Answer 12

the events as they are related in the text (note that the story may therefore be different from the plot) you might think of plot as a way that events are “packaged” in the narrative

Question 13

narrative arc

Answer 13

the graphical representation of the rise and fall of dramatic tension throughout a text. exposition, complication, climax, resolution

Question 14

exposition

Answer 14

typically found at the story’s beginning, this is where characters, settings, and situations are introduced

Question 15

complication

Answer 15

where actions and events complicate the initial situation

Question 16

climax

Answer 16

where dramatic tension reaches its highest point and the conflict reaches a turning point

Question 17

resolution

Answer 17

when remaining issues are resolved and the dramatic tension returns to normal

Question 18

foreshadowing

Answer 18

hints about what will happen later in the text

Question 19

analepsis

Answer 19

a flashback or a moment when the text leaps back to an earlier point in the story out of sequence

Question 20

prolepsis

Answer 20

a flashforward; this is similar to foreshadowing, but this can also include leaping forward to describe a later event out of sequence