Literary Terms

Question 1

Protagonist

Answer 1

Main character in a work of fiction, whose flaws we understand

Question 2

Patriarchal

Answer 2

Male based, men have more power

Question 3

Matriarchal

Answer 3

Female based, women centered, women have more power

Question 4

Narrative

Answer 4

Story

Question 5

Theme

Answer 5

Central idea or thread in a work of prose (NOT the subject matter)

Question 6

Prose

Answer 6

Not Poetry

Question 7

Amalgamation

Answer 7

A combination of things

Question 8

Posterity

Answer 8

Future generations

Question 9

Auteur

Answer 9

Not authentic enough, too much through her lens

Question 10

Tone

Answer 10

Author’s attitude towards the subject matter

Question 11

Novel

Answer 11

Book-length work of fiction

Question 12

Fiction

Answer 12

A story that is made up

Question 13

First Person

Answer 13

Uses “I”

Question 14

Second Person

Answer 14

Uses “You” sometimes = reader, sometimes you = I

Question 15

Third Person

Answer 15

Uses “He”, “She”, or “They” (Very close third: a characters imagining)

Question 16

Hybrid Novel

Answer 16

Incorporates other media and styles including photography, maps, collage, poetry, and documents

Question 17

Epigraph

Answer 17

Quotation at the beginning of a literary work

Question 18

Caesura

Answer 18

A gap or a white space that indicates unknowing

Question 19

Realistic Fiction

Answer 19

Is set in a world we could visit with characters that are human and recognizable

Question 20

Exposition

Answer 20

Background information in a story or novel

Question 21

Climax

Answer 21

Point of greatest tension in a work of fiction

Question 22

Denouement

Answer 22

Unraveling or unknitting