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Mr. K rdg 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express. This can often be summarized in a single sentence. | theme/moral |
| The moment in a play, novel, short story, or narrative poem at which the crisis comes to its point of greatest intensity and is resolved. | climax |
| The part of the plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the outcome of the conflict. | resolution |
| The action that follows the climax and leads to the resolution. | falling action |
| A component of a piece of literature such as plot or setting. | literary element |
| A character is trapped on a secluded island and must try to survive. This would be an example of which literary element term. | plot |
| The set-up of a story: including characters, setting, and introduction of the conflict. | exposition |
| The series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax. | rising action |
| The struggle between two opposing forces, in this case an outside force. | external conflict |
| An conflict exists within the mind of a character who is torn between opposing forces. | internal conflict |
| The writer makes statements about a character's personality and tells what the character is like. | direct characterization |
| This text opens a chapter: "The old charts call it 'Ship Trap'," Whitney replied. "A suggestive name, isn't it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place." This quote is an example of which literary element? | foreshadowing |
| What do we call it when an author uses one object to stand for or represent a larger idea? | symbolism |
| In Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon, the hero, Rubashov, spends hours in his prison cell thinking about his own past and reliving it. | flashback |
| Language that appeals to the senses. Descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of our senses. | imagery |
| language that uses words from the 5 senses | sensory language |
| A story with unusual happenings which seem impossible but are based on scientific fact. It often takes place in the future. This is an example of science fiction, which is one of many types of what term? | genre |
| I walked up the hill and saw that the sky was quiet. Which point of view? | 1st person |
| As you walk up the hill, you realize that the atmosphere's just too quiet. There's no sound from the cardinal you know is almost always singing from the top of the maple tree. Which point of view? | 2nd person |
| As the man saw her start up the hill, he moved quickly into the shelter of the huge old maple tree. If she saw him now, everything would be ruined. She thought she saw a shadow move high up on the slope, but when she looked again it was gone. | 3rd person omniscient |
| In third grade, you cannot be promoted to fourth grade unless you pass the final exam. My classmate said she was going back to third grade again. I know she's got good grades, so I made an _________ that she failed her final exam. | inference |
| You and three friends go out for dinner, and four hours later, all three of you come down with stomach cramps and nausea, you will probably draw a ___________ that there was something seriously wrong with the food. | conclusion |
| Hero characher. | protagonist |
| Chief character opposing the protagonist. | antagonist |
| Noting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others. | cause/effect |
| Written exercise about the similarities and differences between two or more people, places, or things. | compare/contrast |
| A stormy winter night on a narrow strip of forestland, wind howling, and wildlife fearfully stirring is an example of which literary element? | Setting |
| The writer reveals information about a character and his personality through that character's thoughts, words, and actions, along with how other characters respond to that character, including what they think and say about him. | indirect characterization |
| Conflict that pits one person against another. | man vs. man external conflict |
| A run-in with the forces of nature. On the one hand, it expresses the insignificance of a single human life in the cosmic scheme of things. On the other hand, it tests the limits of a person’s strength and will to live. | Man versus Nature external conflict |
| The values by which everyone else lives are being challenged. The character may come to an untimely end as a result of his or her own values. The character may, on the other hand, bring others around to a sympathetic point of view and change society. | Man versus Society |
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