Literary Language

Question 1

Audience

Answer 1

the type of reader for whom a literary work is intended.

Question 2

Characterization

Answer 2

the personality of a character and the way in which an author reveals that personality. An author may directly state opinions about a character. An author may also reveal a character’s personality indirectly through the character’s words and actions.

Question 3

Climax

Answer 3

the turning point where the main character faces off with the main problem of the story. Most dramatic and suspensful part.

Question 4

Conflict

Answer 4

the struggle between two opposing forces that lies at the center of a plot in a story or a drama.

Question 5

Dialogue

Answer 5

the conversation between characters in a literary work.

Question 6

Foreshadowing

Answer 6

the use of clues by the author to prepare readers and build suspense by providing hints of what is to come.

Question 7

Narrator

Answer 7

A person who tells the story

Question 8

Point of View

Answer 8

The relationship of the narrator, or storyteller, to the story. There are many points of view

Question 9

Setting

Answer 9

the time and the place of the story. This includes the weather.

Question 10

Theme

Answer 10

The topics or ideas that the author tries to get across to the reader. Usually 1-2 words.

eg. Friendship, loss, coming of age

Question 11

Exposition

Answer 11

The beginning of the story introduces the setting, characters, and background of the characters in the hope to build an emotional connection with the reader.

Question 12

Inciting Incident

Answer 12

The main problem that your character faces and will have to face in the climax.

Question 13

Rising Action

Answer 13

the part of the story that builds interest and suspense (mini problems/obstacles on the way to fix the main problem).

Question 14

Falling Action

Answer 14

the part of the story that brings it to a close, where you fix the climax.

Question 15

Resolution

Answer 15

the end of the story where the main character reflects on the lessons learned and their personal growth.

Question 16

Protagonist

Answer 16

The leading character or a major character in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

Question 17

Antagonist

Answer 17

A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something.

Question 18

Secondary characters

Answer 18

any character that is not the main character.

Question 19

Dynamic character

Answer 19

a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change.

Question 20

Static character

Answer 20

a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change.

Question 21

Internal Characterization:

Answer 21

the characteristics one cannot see, things like personality.

Question 22

External Characterization

Answer 22

the characteristics one can see.

Question 23

Plot

Answer 23

the main events of the story.

Question 24

1st person

Answer 24

the story is told from the point of view of one of the characters, uses I

Question 25

2 nd person

Answer 25

person: the narrator addresses the reader, uses you.

Question 26

3rd Person

Answer 26

the narrator is not part of the story and does not know what the characters think and feel, uses he, she, they, them.

Question 27

3rd Person Omniscient

Answer 27

the narrator is outside the story and knows all the characters’ thoughts, feelings, and why they act the way they do, and can reveal any or all events.

Question 28

Denouement

Answer 28

the “tying together” of the plot.

Question 29

Internal Conflict

Answer 29

a conflict that exists within a character torn between opposing feelings or goals.

Question 30

External Conflict:

Answer 30

a conflict that exists when a character struggles against some outside force.

Question 31

Flashback

Answer 31

an interruption in the chronological narrative that tells about something in detail as it occurred that happened before that point in the story or before the story began

Question 32

Cliffhanger

Answer 32

A story that doesn’t have a true ending, but leaves the reader waiting for more.

Question 33

Mood

Answer 33

The feeling of a piece of literature - How it makes the reader feel.

Question 34

Author’s Purpose

Answer 34

The reason the author wrote the story/piece of writing

Question 35

Genre

Answer 35

Type of literature

• Fiction
• Non-Fiction

Question 36

Suspense

Answer 36

A story that leaves the reader waiting for more at different parts throughout the story. Readers are given answered at some point in the story

Question 37

Moral

Answer 37

A lesson that the character learns which could also be applied to the reader’s personal life.

eg. Never judge a book by its cover.