narrative (test 2)

Question 1

what is a theme?

Answer 1

An idea about the world, expressed by a literary text, of general importance to people

Question 2

what is a setting?

Answer 2

The time and place in which the events of a story happen

Question 3

what is the atmosphere?

Answer 3

The emotional content of a scene or setting, usually described in terms of feeling: sombre, gloomy, joyful, expectant

Question 4

what is characterization?

Answer 4

The representation of people in fiction—the characters and the way the writer develops them to represent certain human qualities

Question 5

what is a protagonist?

Answer 5

The main character in a short story or novel

Question 6

what is the antagonist?

Answer 6

The character (or a force such as war or poverty) in a work of fiction whose actions oppose those of the main character

Question 7

what is a foil?

Answer 7

A character, usually a minor one, who emphasizes the qualities of another one through implied contrast between the two

Question 8

what is a dynamic character?

Answer 8

A character who changes significantly over the course of a story

Question 9

what is a static character?

Answer 9

A character who does not change over the course of a story

Question 10

what is a round character?

Answer 10

A character with sufficient complexity to be convincing, true to life

Question 11

what is a flat character?

Answer 11

A stereotyped or shallow character, not seem as complex as a real person

Question 12

what is the plot?

Answer 12

A series of causally related events or episodes that occur in a narrative

Question 13

what is the subplot?

Answer 13

Secondary plot in a novel or play, usually reinforcing the main theme but sometimes just providing interest, excitement, or comic relief

Question 14

what is the exposition?

Answer 14

That part of a plot devoted to supplying background information (sometimes through flashbacks but not always), explaining events that happened before the current action

Question 15

what is the rising action?

Answer 15

The part of a plot concerning the development of complications and conflicts leading to the climax

Question 16

what is the climax?

Answer 16

The point toward which the action of a plot builds as the conflicts become increasingly intense or complex; the turning point

Question 17

what is the falling action/denouement?

Answer 17

The part of a story after the climax, in which the consequences of the conflict are revealed; where the conflict is resolved

Question 18

what is a conflict?

Answer 18

The antagonism between opposing characters or forces that causes tension or suspense in the plot

Question 19

what is a closed ending?

Answer 19

A story ending in which all important conflicts are resolved and all significant questions are answered

Question 20

what is an open ending?

Answer 20

A story ending in which some important conflicts are left unresolved or significant questions are not answered

Question 21

what is a flashback?

Answer 21

Part of a narrative that interrupts the chronological flow by relating events from the past

Question 22

what is foreshadowing?

Answer 22

Early clues about what will happen later in a story

Question 23

what is situational irony?

Answer 23

Lack of agreement between expectation and reality in relation to a specific situation

Question 24

what is dramatic irony?

Answer 24

A difference between what a character knows or believes and what the better-informed reader or audience knows to be true