Unit 1 Short Fiction

Question 1

Exposition

Answer 1

introduction to story: characters, setting and conflict

Question 2

Rising Action

Answer 2

Events that occur as a result of the central conflict

Question 3

Climax

Answer 3

Highest point of interest or suspense within a story

Question 4

Falling Action

Answer 4

Tension eases, main character begins to resolve conflict

Question 5

Resolution

Answer 5

Loose ends are tied up, conflict is solved, story ends (and sometimes epilogue)

Question 6

Protagonist

Answer 6

Main character that undergoes change and that has the sympathy of the audience

Question 7

Antagonist

Answer 7

Opposition of the protagonist. Usually a person, but can sometimes be a force of nature or society or an internal conflict.

Question 8

Dynamic Character

Answer 8

Undergoes change

Question 9

Static Character

Answer 9

Stays the same

Question 10

Character Traits

Answer 10

Descriptive physical characteristics of a character or comments on their personality.

Question 11

Direct Characterization

Answer 11

Explicitly stated by the author

Question 12

Indirect Characterization

Answer 12

Readers must infer character traits based on observations of text.

Question 13

External Conflict

Answer 13

Conflict occurring outside of the main character (can be a person, group, force of nature, animal or some other obstacle).

Question 14

Internal Conflict

Answer 14

Conflict a character has within themselves ex. battling depression

Question 15

Name the 4 types of character conflict

Answer 15

Character vs. …
1.) Character
2.) Nature
3.) Society
4.) Fate

Question 16

What type of character conflict does “Story of an Hour” display?

Answer 16

Character vs. society

Question 17

Theme

Answer 17

Central message/life lesson/ primary question a text poses for readers to ponder

Question 18

Suspense

Answer 18

excitement, tension, curiosity created as readers anticipate what will happen next

Question 19

Foreshadowing

Answer 19

Hints or clues about what will happen in the story

Question 20

Flashback

Answer 20

Narrative is interrupted with a character’s memory of the past

Question 21

Symbolism

Answer 21

Use of specific objects or images to represent ideas

Question 22

Personification

Answer 22

Human characteristics given to inhuman objects ex. My fridge was sad because it was empty

Question 23

Aphorism

Answer 23

“Truism”- A brief and meaningful message expressing a general truth.

Question 24

Motif

Answer 24

Pattern that repeats in a text (ex. multiple symbols that all have to do with the ocean)

Question 25

Metaphor

Answer 25

Two things that are directly compared (ex. He’s a fish! meaning he loves to swim)

Question 26

Simile

Answer 26

Comparison using “like” or “as” (ex. She runs like a gazelle)

Question 27

Tone

Answer 27

The attitude of a literary work. Can be expressed by characters themselves or the narrator’s description.

Question 28

Parallelism

Answer 28

Structure of writing where all verbs are the same tense. (ex. I ran, I swam and I jumped) all past tense

Question 29

Rhyme Scheme

Answer 29

Ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines in a poem or verse

Question 30

Poetic Meter

Answer 30

Combination of repeating stressed and unstressed syllables that make up 1 line of poetry. Kind of like a time signature in music!

Question 31

Couplet

Answer 31

Two lines of poetry that are usually in the same meter (have the same beat or “time signature”) and are joined by a rhyme, forming a unit. Differs from the rhyme scheme of the rest of the poem and ends poem with universal truth.

Question 32

Name the three types of rhetorical appeals

Answer 32

1.) ethos
2.) logos
3.) pathos

Question 33

Ethos

Answer 33

Appeal to credibility (ex. buy these vitamins because they are recommended by a doctor)

Question 34

Logos

Answer 34

Appeal to logic (ex. it is best to study for the AP exam so you don’t have to pay to take it multiple times)

Question 35

Pathos

Answer 35

An appeal to emotions. ex. commercial that shows pictures of homeless, dirty and starving puppies aimed to get you to donate to the animal shelter

Question 36

Inversion

Answer 36

Inverting or reordering words of common phrases to spark attention in readers or create variety

Question 37

Diction

Answer 37

Choice of words and phrases in writing that are chosen sometimes because of how they sound

Question 38

Conceit

Answer 38

Fanciful or unrealistic metaphor or simile used to gain audience’s attention (ex. my love was like a blazing grenade)

Question 39

Rhetorical Question

Answer 39

A question asked for dramatic effect so audience can think about a topic rather than answer the question (ex. what is the meaning of life if not to enjoy it?)

Question 40

Analogy

Answer 40

Sequence of logic implying relationship (ex. blue is to sky as green is to…)

Question 41

Fallacy

Answer 41

Conclusion arrived at by faulty reasoning (ex. I failed my first quiz therefore I will never go to class ever again because I am not smart)

Question 42

Allusion

Answer 42

References to other popular culture or texts. (ex. the garden of Eden)

Question 43

Irony

Answer 43

Figure of speech in which the meaning of words used differs from what the speaker truly means by saying them

Question 44

Dramatic Irony

Answer 44

When something is known by the reader or audience but not to characters in the story

Question 45

Verbal Irony

Answer 45

Statement that implies the opposite by saying it in a given context

Question 46

Situational Irony

Answer 46

Event that happens in the story that violates reader’s or other character’s expectations

Question 47

Name the three types of irony

Answer 47

1.) Dramatic
2.) Verbal
3.) Situational

Question 48

What type of irony is displayed in “Story of an Hour”?

Answer 48

Situational irony- Mrs. Mallard (Louise) does not react as we expect a woman to react when she receives news of her husband’s death. In fact, she ends up being happy!

Question 49

Anecdote

Answer 49

Additional information provided that is unrelated or only somewhat related but is often besides the main point. Anecdotal information can also be examples.