Unit 3

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

A reference within a written work to something outside it. Literary allusions refer to other works of literature. Historical allusions refer to something that occurs in history. Biblical allusions refer to scripture and may or may not have the reference

Question 2

Symbol

Answer 2

Is said to mean something in addition to itself

Question 3

Atmosphere

Answer 3

The mood or emotion that the reader is supposed to share with the characters

Question 4

Tone

Answer 4

The attitude of an author toward his or her subject

Question 5

Persona

Answer 5

The person created by the author to tell the story, affecting the way a story is told

Question 6

Conflict

Answer 6

The opposition of two or more characters or forces; the three main conflicts are man against man, man against himself, and man against a greater force.

Question 7

Internal Conflict

Answer 7

Conflict that occurs between a character and his own thoughts, emotions, or beliefs.

Question 8

External Conflict

Answer 8

Conflict that occurs between a character and an outside force (such as society or nature)

Question 9

The most good imaginative literature is to some degree

Answer 9

Symbolic

Question 10

The unusual circumstances that occurred at the time of the donkey’s birth:

Answer 10

Fishes flew, forests walked, figs grew upon thorns, the moon was blood

Question 11

Fishes flew

Answer 11

Alliteration

Question 12

Fishes, figs

Answer 12

Alliteration, assonance, consonance

Question 13

What is the devil pictured as?

Answer 13

The mocker of what God created

Question 14

The biblical allusion is?

Answer 14

Palm Sunday

Question 15

What did Chesterton value?

Answer 15

Valued the family and was optimistic in his writings