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English 9 Lit. Terms
English 9 Lit. Terms Short Stories & Novel
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a string of loosely related incidents that build upon one another to develop a story? | PLOT |
| What is the highest (most tension filled) point of the story? Often times it is called the turning point. | CLIMAX |
| What is a series of events that build from the conflict and lead to the climax? | RISING ACTION |
| What is the events following the climax that leads to the denouement? | FALLING ACTION |
| What is the end of the story that provides a solution or explanation? | RESOLUTION |
| What introduces the characters, setting, tone and conflict? | EXPOSITION |
| What is the problem or struggle in the story called? | CONFLICT |
| This struggle occurs within the character. | INTERNAL CONFLICT |
| What is the excitement or tension the reader feels as he or she becomes involved in a story? | SUSPENSE |
| What is the main character whom the story revolved around called? | PROTAGONIST |
| What is the character or force that opposes the main character called? | ANTAGONIST |
| When a character changes in the story, it is referred to as ...? | DYNAMIC |
| This type of character appears more dimensional because the character has many personality traits | ROUND |
| This type of character is simple an done dimensional; therefore, more stereotypical. | FLAT |
| These characters do not change and have no individuality because they fit a particular mold. | STEREOTYPE |
| What is the process by which the author reveals the personality of a character? | CHARACTERIZATION |
| This is when the narrator tells the audience the personality of the character. | DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION |
| This is when the writer reveals the personality of the character through the character's speech, thoughts, actions, looks, etc. | INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION |
| What is the use of descriptive words to create re-create sensory experiences for the reader? | IMAGERY |
| What is the vantage point from which a story is told? | POINT OF VIEW |
| When the narrator is a character is the story and uses "I", "me" and "my." | FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW |
| When the narrator is an outsider (not in the story) who can only report what he or she sees and hears. Narrator uses "he," "she" & "they." | THIRD PERSON POINT OF VIEW |
| When the narrator is an outsider (not in the they) but can see into the mind of ONE character to share his or her thoughts and feelings. | THIRD PERSON LIMITED OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW |
| When the narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of more than one character to reveal thoughts and feelings. | OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW |
| What is a reference to a famous person, place or event called? | ALLUSION |
| What is the technique an author uses when he or she interrupts the plot to return to an earlier time period? | FLASHBACK |
| What is the technique an author uses to hint at events that will occur later in the story? | FORESHADOWING |
| What is the contrast between what is expected and what appears to actually be true? | IRONY |
| This is when the reader knows something that the character does not know. | DRAMATIC IRONY |
| This occurs when the writer says one thing and means another or when someone knowingly exaggerates. "The best substitute for experience is being 13." | VERBAL IRONY |
| This is the contrast between what the reader or character expects and what actually happens. "The fireman's house burns down." | SITUATIONAL IRONAY |
| What is the person, place, object, or event that represents something else internally different? | SYMBOLS |
| What is the authors feeling or attitude toward his or her subject? | TONE |
| What are the feelings the author wants you to experience? | MOOD |
| This is when the author describes something by comparing it to something else. It includes simile, metaphor, personification, etc. | FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE |
| What is the technique an author uses when he or she repeats consonant sounds to create melody or mood? | ALLITERATION |
| What is an exaggerated statement for heighten effect? | Hyperbole |
| What is an implied comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"? | METAPHOR |
| What is an implied comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"? | SIMILE |
| What is the technique called when an author gives a non-human thing human qualities? | PERSONIFICATION |
| What is the time and place of a story? | SETTING |
| What is the author's choice or words or structure of a sentence called? | STYLE |
| What are reoccurring subjects, themes, objects called? This is when the author uses images of light and dark in a story. | MOTIF |
| What is the main idea of a literary work? | THEME |
| What is the technique called when an author creates a character who contrasts another character? | FOIL |
| This is the character that remains the same throughout the story. | STATIC |
| These characters are highly involved in the plot and normally are three dimensional. | MAJOR CHARACTERS |
| This characters support an idea or subplot and normally are flat or static. | MINOR CHARACTERS |
| What is the dictionary definition of a word? | DENOTATION |
| What is the emotional meaning of a word? | CONNOTATION |
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Teresa Bundy
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