Plot

Question 1

Archetype

Answer 1

eference to concept, person, or object that has served as a prototype of its kind and has come to be used over and over again
Ex: the hero, the damsel, the villain

Question 2

Stock character

Answer 2

character type that appears repeatedly in particular literary genre, one which has certain conventional attributes or attitudes

Question 3

Superego

Answer 3

part of person’s mind that acts as self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards learned from parents and teachers

Question 4

Catharsis

Answer 4

cleansing of emotions for characters; renewal, emotional discharge

Question 5

Epiphany

Answer 5

that moment in the story where a character achieves realization, awareness, or feeling of knowledge, after which events are seen through prism of this new light in the story

Question 6

Exposition

Answer 6

literary device used to introduce characters, background, setting

Question 7

Anticlimax

Answer 7

disappointing situation or sudden transition in discourse from important idea to trivial one

Question 8

Catastrophe

Answer 8

the “turning downward” of a plot in a traditional tragedy

Question 9

Denouement

Answer 9

ending of book

Question 10

Limited Omniscient POV

Answer 10

narrator who does not share all information about characters’ thoughts and actions

Question 11

Omniscient POV

Answer 11

“all knowing”; narrator knows and shares about all characters’ thoughts and actions

Question 12

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 12

attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals