Semester 1

Question 0

The reason the author has written the piece

Answer 0

Purpose

Question 1

Similarity or comparability such as X as to y, as a is to b

Answer 1

Analogy

Question 2

The written account of another persons life written by someone else

Answer 2

Biography

Question 3

And earlier scene from the story that interrupts the action of the story

Answer 3

Flashback

Question 4

The idea of relating the content of a story to one’s knowledge or experience

Answer 4

Connecting

Question 5

Most important idea in a paragraph or essay

Answer 5

The main idea

Question 6

A perspective from which a story is told to the reader

Answer 6

Point of view

Question 7

The protagonists opponent

Answer 7

Antagonist

Question 8

A comparison using like or as

Answer 8

Simile

Question 9

An expression whose meaning is different from the literal sense of the words

Answer 9

Idiom

Question 10

Comparison that does not use like or as

Answer 10

Metaphor

Question 11

The main character or hero of the story

Answer 11

Protagonist

Question 12

Why the character acts, feels or thinks a certain way

Answer 12

Motivation

Question 13

The struggle between opposing forces

Answer 13

Conflict

Question 14

To get a glimpse of what may happen in the future

Answer 14

Foreshadowing

Question 15

Contradiction between what is expected and what happens

Answer 15

Irony

Question 16

The feeling the work conveys to the reader

Answer 16

Mood

Question 17

The events of the story

Answer 17

Plot

Question 18

The time, location, and cultural customs in which the action occurs

Answer 18

Setting

Question 19

The message, moral or meeting that a literary work communicates

Answer 19

Theme