Literature Elements

Question 1

plot

Answer 1

a sequence of events in a narrative that is carefully constructed by the author

Question 2

what are the 5 parts of the plot structure?

Answer 2

exposition, complication (rising action), technical climax, resolution (falling action), conclusion

Question 3

what is the exposition

Answer 3

background information on the characters, setting, or other events

Question 4

what is the complication

Answer 4

the conflict is developed, suspense created

Question 5

what is conflict

Answer 5

the interplay between opposing elements

Question 6

what are the 3 types of conflict

Answer 6

protagonist vs. self
protagonist vs. others
protagonist vs. environment

Question 7

what is the technical climax

Answer 7

the turning point in the plot which the outcome of the conflict/action is determined, ususally the protagonist changes in some way or makes a decision

Question 8

what is the resolution

Answer 8

the events following the climax, the outcome is worked out

Question 9

what is the final event of a story’s plot called

Answer 9

conclusion

Question 10

what is the dramatic climax?

Answer 10

point of greatest interest for the viewer or reader, fav. part

Question 11

what is the setting

Answer 11

time and place of the events in a story

Question 12

what are the four functions of the setting

Answer 12

to provide a time and place for characters and events to exist
to help in understanding of the characters and their actions
to help create mood and atmosphere
to help plot development

Question 13

what is a character

Answer 13

a personality created by an author

Question 14

what is the technique an author uses to create and reveal characters

Answer 14

characterization

Question 15

what is expository character revelation

Answer 15

telling the reader about the character in a direct manner

Question 16

what is dramatic character revelation

Answer 16

showing the reader what a character is like through description and dialogue

Question 17

what is the reason that causes a character to act as they do

Answer 17

motivation

Question 18

what is the protagonist

Answer 18

the central character in a work of fiction about whom the audience is most concerned

Question 19

who is the antagonist

Answer 19

the principal opponent of the main charaCter

Question 20

round character

Answer 20

a character who is well described and whose thoughts and actions are revealed during the story

Question 21

flat character

Answer 21

a character who is not well developed in a story

Question 22

dynamic character

Answer 22

a character who changes in some way throughout the story

Question 23

static character

Answer 23

a character who resists change

Question 24

foil character

Answer 24

a character that contrasts with the main character

Question 25

stock character

Answer 25

a type of character that is usually found in a particular literary form, based on genre

Question 26

stereotyped character

Answer 26

a character based on widely held ideas, based on society

Question 27

what is point of view

Answer 27

relationship between the narrator and the story's characters and events

Question 28

first person

Answer 28

the narrator is a character in a story

Question 29

third person limited

Answer 29

the narrator is not a character in the story and reports only what can be seen and heard

Question 30

third person limited omniscient

Answer 30

the narrator is not a character in the story and reports not only what can be seen and heard, along with the thoughts and feelings of a few characters

Question 31

third person omniscient

Answer 31

the narrator is not a character in the story but reports what can be seen and heard, along with the thoughts and feelings of all the characters

Question 32

theme

Answer 32

the idea of a literary work that is a general truth about life, people, and the world which is brought out in the story

Question 33

what are the 3 guidelines to stating a theme

Answer 33

must be complete declarative sentence must state a general truth about life must apply clearly throughout the entire work

Question 34

what describes the reader's state of mind after finishing the story?

Answer 34

mood

Question 35

what describes the general feeling of the story itself

Answer 35

atmosphere

Question 36

what is the distinctive handling of language by a writer that includes diction and syntax

Answer 36

style

Question 37

what is purposeful selection of words

Answer 37

diction

Question 38

what is sentence structure

Answer 38

syntax

Question 39

what is tone

Answer 39

the author or speaker's attitude toward the characters and events and audience

Question 40

what is sybolism

Answer 40

the use of something concrete (thing) to represent something abstract (idea)

Question 41

what is irony

Answer 41

contrast between the way things are and the way they appear

Question 42

what are the 3 types of irony

Answer 42

verbal, dramatic, situational

Question 43

verbal irony

Answer 43

difference between literal meaning of a word and the way it is conveyed

Question 44

dramatic irony

Answer 44

difference between knowledge held by the reader and a character's ignorance of that knowledge, knowing something the character doesn't

Question 45

situational irony

Answer 45

difference between the expected outcome of a situation and the actual outcome