Literary terms

Question 1

Characterization:

Answer 1

The method in which the author develops a character. This includes the thoughts, words, and actions, and what the narrator and other characters say about him/her.

Question 2

Theme:

Answer 2

The main moral or message of a piece of literature.

Question 3

Point of View:

Answer 3

The perspective from which a story is told.

Question 4

First person:

Answer 4

The narrator is a part of the story and uses personal pronouns.

Question 5

Third person:

Answer 5

The narrator is an outside voice telling the story, not a part of the story.

Question 6

Third person omniscient:

Answer 6

The narrator is an outside voice that is all-knowing.

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

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. setting and past events

Question 12

rising action

Answer 12

Conflicts develop

Question 13

climax

Answer 13

Turning point of story; interest and intensity are at 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)

a. character vs. character
b. man vs. man
c. man vs. society. ex. government

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 than a character

Question 21

verbal irony

Answer 21

when a person says it writes something, but means something else.

Question 22

symbolism:

Answer 22

when an object stands for something greater than itself (sarcasm)

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 revealed the personality of a character(can be travelled though a characters speech, thoughts, actions, interactions, with others)

Question 25

static characterization

Answer 25

Do not experience basic character changes during the course of the story

Question 26

dynamic characterization

Answer 26

Don’t experience changed throughout the plot of the story. the change may be sudden the change may be gradual and take place throughout the story.

Question 27

mood

Answer 27

the emotional affect that the text creates for the audience often created by the setting and imagery