| Question |
Answer |
| EXPOSITION |
Beginning of story char, setting (time, place), conflict |
| INCITING INCIDENT |
Kick-off; without it, there is NO story |
| BUMP |
Peak in the rising action caused by a complication |
| RISING ACTION |
Gradual increase of intensity in the plot |
| CLIMAX |
Highest point of tension |
| DENOUEMENT RESOLUTION |
Comes after the climax – where the loose ends are tied up |
| FORESHADOWING |
Hints about what will happen |
| SYMBOL |
Something concrete that represents an idea |
| METAPHOR |
The “IS” comparison --You are an angel. |
| SIMILE |
Like or as – You act like an angel. |
| PERSONIFICATION |
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human |
| MYTHOLOGICAL ALLUSION |
Reference to a god, goddess, place, etc. |
| BIBLICAL ALLUSION |
Reference to a person, a text, a story from the Bible |
| HISTORICAL ALLUSION |
Reference to a battle, president, war, revolution, etc. |
| VERBAL IRONY |
When you mean the opposite of what you say (sarcasm) |
| SITUATIONAL IRONY |
When you expect something to happen and the opposite occurs |
| DRAMATIC IRONY |
When the audience knows what the characters don’t |
| THEME |
The underlying meaning |
| PROTAGONIST |
The main character; the character with the conflict |
| ANTAGONIST |
The force that opposes the protagonist |
| INTERNAL CONFLICT |
Man vs. self Man vs. societe Man vs. nature |
| EXTERNALCONFLICT |
Man vs. man Man vs. society Man vs. obstacle |
| SITUATIONAL IRONY |
When you expect something to happen and the opposite occurs |
| DRAMATIC IRONY |
When the audience knows what the characters don’t |
| THEME |
The underlying meaning |
| PROTAGONIST |
The main character; the character with the conflict |
| ANTAGONIST |
The force that opposes the protagonist |
| INTERNAL CONFLICT |
Man vs. self Man vs. nature Man vs. society |
| EXTERNALCONFLICT |
Man vs. man Man vs. society Man vs. obstacle |
| Affable |
1. pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman.
showing warmth and friendliness; benign; pleasant: an affable smile. |
| Amenity |
Pleasures, not vital for life |
| Condone |
o disregard or overlook (something illegal, objectionable, or the like).
To excuse |
| Deplorable |
Causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable: the deplorable death of a friend. Bad Manners, you have deplorable manners |
| Disarming |
removing or capable of removing hostility, suspicion, etc., as by being charming: a disarming smile. |
| Droll |
amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish. |
| Elude |
to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade: to elude capture. |
| Imperative |
absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave. |
| Quarry |
an animal or bird hunted or pursued. |
| Scruple |
a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions. |
| Solicitously |
anxious or concerned (usually fol. by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health |
| Stamina |
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc. |
| Tangible |
capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial. |
| Uncanny |
having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary: uncanny accuracy; an uncanny knack of foreseeing trouble. |
| Zealous |
full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent. |
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