Literary Terms

Question 1

Characterization

Answer 1

The method in which the author develops a character . Includes characters thoughts, words, and actions and what the narrator and other characters think about them.

Question 2

Theme

Answer 2

Main moral or message of a piece of literature.

Question 3

Point of View

Answer 3

the perspective from which a story is told (narrated)

Question 4

First person

Answer 4

The narrator is a part of the story and uses personal pronouns (I,me)

Question 5

Third person

Answer 5

Narrator is an outside voice telling the story, not apart of the story.

Question 6

Third Person Omniscient

Answer 6

The narrator is an outside voice that is all knowing and can tell a character’s thoughts and feelings.

Question 7

Protagonist

Answer 7

The central character or hero

Question 8

Antagonist

Answer 8

a person or force that opposes the protagonist

Question 9

setting

Answer 9

the time and place in which a story takes place

Question 10

Plot

Answer 10

the structure of a story

Question 11

exposition

Answer 11

the basic background information is revealed. Foundations for the story. characters, setting, pervious conflicts.

Question 12

rising action

Answer 12

conflicts develop

Question 13

climax

Answer 13

the turning point of the story; interest and intensity are at its peak.

Question 14

falling action

Answer 14

events that occur after the climax

Question 15

resolution

Answer 15

conflicts are resolved; the way things are going to be from now on.

Question 16

Conflict

Answer 16

problem

Question 17

-internal

Answer 17

within a characters own mind- a personal conflict

Question 18

-external

Answer 18

a problem a character faces with an outside force.
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Society

Question 19

Situational irony

Answer 19

when something other than what is expected to happen happens.

Question 20

dramatic irony

Answer 20

when the reader or audience knows more about a situation that a character.

Question 21

Verbal irony

Answer 21

when an object stands for something greater than itself.

Question 22

Symbolism

Answer 22

when an object stands for something grater than itself.

Question 23

Direct Characterization

Answer 23

Tells the audience what the personality of the character is.

Question 24

Indirect characterization

Answer 24

shows things that reveal the personality of a character.

Question 25

Dynamic characterization

Answer 25

experiences changes throughout the plot of a story. The change may be sudden or the change may be gradual and take place throughout a story.

Question 26

Static characterization

Answer 26

do not experience basic character changes during the course of the story.