Literary Terms

Question 1

Conflict

Answer 1

A struggle between opposing forces and follows a structure, or pattern

Question 2

Exposition

Answer 2

Background on characters and situation

Question 3

Rising action

Answer 3

Events that intensify the conflict

Question 4

Climax

Answer 4

Highest point of story tension at which outcome of conflict is revealed

Question 5

Falling action

Answer 5

Events following climax

Question 6

Resolution

Answer 6

Remaining issues resolved; conclusions or insights revealed by narrator

Question 7

Foreshadowing

Answer 7

Giving details that his upcoming events

Question 8

Flashbacks

Answer 8

Providing background on characters and their experiences by switching from present time to past time

Question 9

Author’s perspective

Answer 9

Point of view in a literary work that includes judgments, attitudes, and experiences he or she brings to the subject

Question 10

Make predictions

Answer 10

Develop ideas about what will happen next

Question 11

Analyze structure and format

Answer 11

You examine how the information is organized and presented

Question 12

Style

Answer 12

A writers style is made up of features that make his or her expression of ideas distinctive

Question 13

Diction

Answer 13

Word choice, involves the type of words the writer uses

Question 14

Syntax

Answer 14

Sentence structure, is related to the way words are organized express ideas

Question 15

Conflict

Answer 15

A struggle between two forces

Question 16

External conflict

Answer 16

I character struggles against an outside force, such as an element of nature or another character

Question 17

Internal conflict

Answer 17

I character struggles with his or her own opposing desires, beliefs, or needs

Question 18

Suspense

Answer 18

A rising curiosity or anxiety in the readers

Question 19

Irony

Answer 19

A strong contrast between what a character reader expected and what actually happens

Question 20

Authors purpose

Answer 20

His or her main reason for writing

Question 21

Thesis

Answer 21

The main point or claim about the subject

Question 22

Cause

Answer 22

And event, an action, or situation that makes something

Question 23

Effect

Answer 23

The event that results

Question 24

Characters

Answer 24

The people, animals, or even objects who performed the actions and experience the events of a narrative

Question 25

Characterization

Answer 25

Writers use two types of characterization to bring characters to life

Question 26

Direct characterization

Answer 26

The writer tells readers exactly what the characters like

Question 27

Indirect characterization

Answer 27

The writer reveals the characters traits through dialogue, the characters actions and thoughts, and interactions between the characters and others

Question 28

Dialogue

Answer 28

The characters words

Question 29

Character development

Answer 29

Change is a complex character undergoes or new aspects of the character the writer reveals

Question 30

Inference

Answer 30

A logical assumption based on details in the story

Question 31

Setting

Answer 31

The time in the place of the stores events

Question 32

Plot

Answer 32

The sequence of related events in a story that usually revolves around a conflict

Question 33

Description

Answer 33

Creating word pictures that appeal to the senses in order to establish a setting

Question 34

Anecdote

Answer 34

Brief story that has an ironic ending