Literary Elements

Question 0

Direct Characterization

Answer 0

When the author directly tells the reader about the character’s personality

Question 1

Indirect Characterization

Answer 1

Reveals the personality of a character without directly telling the reader

Question 2

Five Methods of Indirect Characterization

Answer 2

1. Appearance
2. Thoughts
3. Dialogue
4. Other characters’ reactions
5. Actions

Question 3

Static Character

Answer 3

Character’s traits stay the same

Question 4

Dynamic Character

Answer 4

Character that changes their personality, thoughts, and feelings

Question 5

Round Character

Answer 5

Character with a layered personality; multiple traits

Question 6

Flat Character

Answer 6

Character that is simplistic, one dimensional, and there’s no change

Question 7

Setting

Answer 7

Where and when the story takes place

Question 8

Integral Setting

Answer 8

Setting that affects the plot, and characters

Question 9

Backdrop Setting

Answer 9

Setting that doesn’t affect the plot, and characters

Question 10

Mood

Answer 10

How the reader feels toward the piece

Question 11

Literary Element(s) That Affect Mood

Answer 11

1. Setting

2. Actions of characters

Question 12

Plot

Answer 12

The structure of a text; the main events which occur in a text

Question 13

Narrative Arc

Answer 13

The chronological path of the plot from beginning to end of story

Question 14

Exposition

Answer 14

The introduction of the story in which characters are introduced, and setting is revealed

Question 15

Rising Action

Answer 15

A series of events that complicate matters for the protagonist, creating a rise in the story’s suspense or tension

Question 16

Climax

Answer 16

The point of greatest tension in the story; turning point from rising to falling action

Question 17

Falling Action

Answer 17

The unfolding of events in a story’s plot and the release of tension

Question 18

Resolution

Answer 18

The end of the story, typically, in which the problems of the story and of the protagonists are resolved

Question 19

Conflict in the Narrative Arc

Answer 19

1. Introduced in the rising action
2. Faced head on in the climax
3. Begins to work out in the falling action
4. Resolved in the resolution

Question 20

External Conflicts

Answer 20

1. Man vs. Man
2. Man vs. Nature
3. Man vs. Society

Question 21

Man vs. Man

Answer 21

Character struggles with another character; protagonists vs. antagonist

Question 22

Man vs. Nature

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Character struggles with a force of nature (natural disaster, animal, etc)

Question 23

Man vs. Society

Answer 23

Character or group fights against the society they live in. Character fights against rules or social traditions

Question 24

Man vs. Supernatural

Answer 24

Gods, ghosts, monsters, etc

Question 25

Man vs. Fate

Answer 25

Fight or choice

Question 26

Man vs. Technology

Answer 26

Machines, computers

Question 27

Internal Conflict

Answer 27

Character struggles with themselves

Question 28

Theme

Answer 28

Central idea(s) of a literary work; lesson or moral

Question 29

Cask of Amontillado Conflicts

Answer 29

1. Man vs. Man - Montresor vs. Fortunato
2. Man vs. Self - Montresor and the struggle between his sanity
3. Man vs. Supernatural - Montresor defying Gods rule of no killing

Question 30

Theme of “The Necklace”

Answer 30

Money is a dangerous thing - Money put Madam Loisel and her husband in debt for a significant amount of years

Question 31

Protagonist

Answer 31

The leading character that the story revolves around

Question 32

Antagonist

Answer 32

The character that stands in the way of the protagonist’s goals

Question 33

How are Narrators Unreliable in a First Person Text

Answer 33

1. They are biased over their own opinions

2. They could exaggerate situations when in reality they could’ve been minor or insignificant