Literary

Question 1

Plot

Answer 1

Sequence of events in most novels/dramas/ short stories.

Question 2

Rising action

Answer 2

Details and events in the story that build to the climax

Question 3

Climax

Answer 3

The high point of the story when the conflict is resolved

Question 4

Resolution

Answer 4

Set of sections bringing the story to an end

Question 5

Static Character

Answer 5

One who remains the same throughout the story

Question 6

Antagonist

Answer 6

Character or force that is in conflict with the main character or protagonist

Question 7

Setting

Answer 7

Where the story takes place

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things

Question 9

Hyperbole

Answer 9

Exaggerated truth for emphasis of humor

Question 10

Symbol

Answer 10

Something that stands for something else

Question 11

Third person

Answer 11

Story from the “he, she, they” point of view

Question 12

Short Story

Answer 12

A brief work of fiction that can be read in one sitting

Question 13

Point of view

Answer 13

The position from the which the story is told to the reader

Question 14

First Person

Answer 14

Story from the “I” point of view

Question 15

Mood

Answer 15

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

Question 16

Flashback

Answer 16

Interruption of the action to present events that took place at an earlier time.

Question 17

Autobiography

Answer 17

Story told in the first person and is a true story

Question 18

Tone

Answer 18

The author’s attitude toward the work of their writing

Question 19

Protagonist

Answer 19

The hero or good person/animal in the story’s main character, sometimes it can be an animal

Question 20

Main Character

Answer 20

Most important person in literary works

Question 21

Falling Action

Answer 21

Events and details that lead to the end of the story

Question 22

Conflict

Answer 22

Struggle between 2 opposing forces, causing the action

Question 23

Exposition

Answer 23

Introduces setting, characters, and the background information

Question 24

Theme

Answer 24

The main idea or message of the story

Question 25

Rhetoric

Answer 25

There 3 different rhetorical appeals - or methods of argument - that you can take to persuade an audience: logos, ethos, and pathos

Question 26

Foreshadowing

Answer 26

is when the author alludes to upcoming events without directly stating that they will happen

Question 27

Alliteration

Answer 27

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Question 28

Onomatopoeia

Answer 28

words that represent sounds

Question 29

Metaphor

Answer 29

Compares 2 things where 1 is the other

Question 30

Simile

Answer 30

Compares 2 things using “like” or “as”

Question 31

Idiom

Answer 31

type of phrase where the meanings cannot be inferred as literal meanings of the words

Question 32

Denotation

Answer 32

The dictionary definition of the word (literal meaning)

Question 33

Connotation

Answer 33

Connotation is the emotional weight a word carries, or the set of associations implied by the word