MIDTERM

Question 1

Frame Story

Answer 1

a story within a story; outside frame joins all inside stories together

Question 2

Plot

Answer 2

events of the story that provide meaning and interest to the reader

Question 3

Conflict

Answer 3

struggle between a character and another person, nature, circumstances, or even him or herself

Question 4

parallelism

Answer 4

the use of similar grammatical forms or sentence structures to express ideas that are related or of equal importance

Question 5

Antithesis

Answer 5

parllel constructtions bring ideas together in a way that suggests they are opposites

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

comparing two thingsby making them equal

Question 7

simile

Answer 7

comparison using “like” or “as”

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

giving human qualties to a non-human thing

Question 9

Theme

Answer 9

Central message of text

Question 10

Tone

Answer 10

writers attitude about the subject

Question 11

Exposition

Answer 11

background info about settings and character

Question 12

Rising Action

Answer 12

all the plot points that build suspense, create conflict, etc

Question 13

climax

Answer 13

turning point in the plot; often a moment of decision for a major character

Question 14

Falling Action

Answer 14

after the climax, wraps up the plot

Question 15

Resolution

Answer 15

Problem of the story is resolved; story ends

Question 16

Ode

Answer 16

short, song-like poem that praises a person, object, or abstract idea