Literary Terms 1-32

Question 0

Exposition

Answer 0

The first part of plot

It introduces characters setting and conflict

Question 1

Plot

Answer 1

A series of related events that make up a story

Question 2

Rising Action

Answer 2

Second part of plot

Complications added the story develops and tension rises

Question 3

Climax

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The third part of plot highest point if tension, turning point of the story, outcome becomes clear

Question 4

Falling Action

Answer 4

Fourth part of plot, details with the consequences of the climax

Question 5

Resolution

Answer 5

Final part of plot, when the story is resolved, wrapped up, brought to a close

Question 6

Setting

Answer 6

Time and place of a story

Question 7

Suspense

Answer 7

The uncertainty or a anxiety the leader feels or character feels what is happening next in a story

Question 8

Conflict

Answer 8

Struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces

Question 9

External conflict

Answer 9

Character struggles against an outside force

Question 10

Internal Conflict

Answer 10

Takes place entirely within characters own mind

Question 11

What are the types of conflict?

Answer 11

Person vs. Person
Person vs. Nature
Person vs. Self
Person vs. Society
Person vs. Machine
Person vs. Larger Being

Question 12

Foreshadowing

Answer 12

The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plot

Question 13

Theme

Answer 13

Central idea of a work of literature, authors universal message

Question 14

Irony

Answer 14

Contrast between expectation and reality

Question 15

Situational Irony

Answer 15

Between what seems appropriate and what really happens

Question 16

Verbal Irony

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The writers speaker says one thing but means something completely different

Question 17

Dramatic Irony

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When the audience or reader knows something important that a character dose not know

Question 18

Point of View

POV

Answer 18

Vantage point from which a writer tells a story

Question 19

First Person Point of View

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The narrator is actually a character in the story, uses pronouns
I
Me
We

Question 20

Third Person Point of View

Answer 20

Narrator is outside of the story, the narrator uses pronouns such as
He
She
They

Question 21

Character

Answer 21

Person in the story poem or play

Question 22

Protagonist

Answer 22

Main character in a fiction or drama, the character is driving the action

Question 23

Antagonist

Answer 23

The character or force that blocks the protagonist

Question 24

Characterization

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The process of revealing the personality of a character

Question 25

Direct Characterization

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We are told directly what a character is like

Question 26

Indirect Characterization

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The reader infers a characters Characterization by looking at the characters words, actions, thoughts, appearance, and how others feel about the character

Question 27

Dynamic Character

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Changes as a result of the story’s events

Question 28

Static Character

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A character that Dose not change much in a story

Question 29

Flat Character

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An undeveloped character with one or two traits

Question 30

Round Character

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Fully developed character with many complex traits sometimes conflicting

Question 31

Symbolism

Answer 31

Person, place, thing or event that stands for its self and beyond its self