Literary devices

Question 0

Dynamic character

Answer 0

Undergoes change over the course of the story

Question 1

Setting

Answer 1

Time and place where the action occurs

Question 2

Static character

Answer 2

Remains the same throughout the story

Question 3

Round character

Answer 3

Mixture if good and bad qualities, strengths and weaknesses

Question 4

Flat character

Answer 4

So simplified that the audience immediately knows him/her and how he/she feels

Question 5

Protagonist

Answer 5

Main character who is faced with a problem

Question 6

Antagonist

Answer 6

Person/force/idea that opposes the main character

Question 7

Direct characterization

Answer 7

The author tells the reader what the character is like

Question 8

Indirect characterization

Answer 8

Author shows what a character is like by describing the character’s appearance, thoughts and actions

Question 9

7 things to think about when analyzing a character

Answer 9

Physical appearance
Personality 
Background/personal history 
Motivation 
Relationships 
Conflict (how it's addressed)
Does the character change?

Question 10

Plot

Answer 10

What and how things happen in the story, outlines events that take place in order to move the story forward. Most plots center on conflict, which the characters struggle to resolve.

Question 11

Plot structure

Answer 11

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

Question 12

Exposition

Answer 12

Introduces the characters, setting, and the conflict

Question 13

Rising action

Answer 13

Series of events that occur as a result of central conflict (leads up to climax)

Question 14

Climax

Answer 14

Turning point in the story; when you know how the conflict will be resolved

Question 15

Falling action

Answer 15

Consequences or events that happen after the climax, leading towards the resolutions

Question 16

Resolution

Answer 16

The final outcome of the plot, what their life will be like from now on

Question 17

Foreshadowing

Answer 17

Hint or clue about what will happen later in the story

Question 18

Flashback

Answer 18

Interrupts a normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past

Question 19

Conflict

Answer 19

A struggle between opposing forces that is the basis for the plot of a story

Question 20

Internal conflict

Answer 20

Takes place in a character’s mind (such as making an important decision)

Man vs nature, man vs society

Question 21

External conflict

Answer 21

Between a character and an outside force (another character, a force of nature, a machine, society)

Man vs man

Question 22

Theme

Answer 22

Central idea, message, or insight into life or human beings that is expressed through literary work. It is universally applicable.