Literatuur proefwerkweek 3

Question 1

Short story

Answer 1

Piece of fiction that has a short length.

Question 2

Poetry

Answer 2

A literature art-form in where poetic devices are used, often to bring across a message.

Question 3

Exposition

Answer 3

The background information that’s been given at the beginning of a story.

Question 4

Setting

Answer 4

Time and place where the story takes place.

Question 5

Characterization

Answer 5

How the author introduces the characters.

Question 6

Protagonist

Answer 6

The main character.

Question 7

Antagonist

Answer 7

Something or someone being in the way of the main character.

Question 8

Narrator

Answer 8

The person telling the story.

Question 9

Point of view

Answer 9

The perspective of the narrator. Often first or third person.
You can be limited of information or omniscient (all-knowing).

Question 10

Plot

Answer 10

The events in a story. Consists of the conflict, the rising action, the climax, the falling action and the resolution/denouement.

Question 11

Conflict

Answer 11

The struggle in a story.

Question 12

Rising action

Answer 12

A series of conflicts and complications before the story is solved.

Question 13

Climax

Answer 13

The highest point of tension in a story, just before the story is solved.

Question 14

Falling action

Answer 14

The effects and results of the climax.

Question 15

Resolution/denouement

Answer 15

The end of a story where all questions get answered.

Question 16

Motif

Answer 16

A repeated pattern in a story that is related to the theme.

Question 17

Theme

Answer 17

The main idea of a story summed up.

Question 18

Mood

Answer 18

The feeling the author gives the reader while reading.

Question 19

Tone

Answer 19

The attitude the author wrote the story in.

Question 20

Moral

Answer 20

A lesson that can be learned from the events in a story.

Question 21

Stanza

Answer 21

A group of lines in poetry.

Question 22

Line

Answer 22

A unit of language in poetry.

Question 23

Rhyme

Answer 23

The ending part of words sounding similar.

Question 24

Rythm

Answer 24

The beat and pace of a poem (using the same syllables).

Question 25

Symbolism

Answer 25

A symbol representing an idea.

Question 26

Enjambment

Answer 26

The continuation of a sentence beyond the line break.

Question 27

Allusion

Answer 27

The author referring to something that’s well known outside of the poem.

Question 28

Alliteration

Answer 28

The same sound at the beginning of words.

Question 29

Assonance

Answer 29

The repetition of vowels (klinkers).

Question 30

Imagery

Answer 30

The author trying to create an image in your head.

Question 31

Figurative language

Answer 31

Group of literary devices, includes simile, metaphors, hyperbole, personification and symbol.

Question 32

Simile

Answer 32

A comparison with the help of “like” or “as”.

Question 33

Metaphor

Answer 33

An indirect comparison.

Question 34

Hyperbole

Answer 34

An extreme exaggeration used to add more meaning.

Question 35

Onomatopoeia

Answer 35

A word that’s used to imitate a sound.

Question 36

Oxymoron

Answer 36

A phrase consisting of two words that have the opposite meaning.

Question 37

Diction

Answer 37

The word choice of the author. For example slang and informal.

Question 38

Dialogue

Answer 38

The words of conversation between two characters.

Question 39

Symbol/symbolism

Answer 39

The use of a thing to represent something else.

Question 40

Irony

Answer 40

Using words that mean the opposite of what they are (sarcasm).

Question 41

Flashback

Answer 41

Returning to the past.

Question 42

Foreshadowing

Answer 42

The author giving hints to what’s about to happen in the story without giving it away.

Question 43

Suspense

Answer 43

The author creating excitement.