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Zboril- Lit terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the events that occur in the story called? | plot |
| What is the part of the plot that gives background information and introduces the setting and characters? | exposition |
| What is the part of the plot that reveals the problem or conflict? | rising action |
| What is the part of the plot that is the turning point of the story? | climax |
| What is the part of the plot after the climax that reveals the results of the climax? | falling action |
| What is the part of the plot where problems or conflicts are resolved? | resolution |
| What is the central idea or lesson about life that an author conveys in a piece of literature? | theme |
| What is the main character or hero in a story called? | protagonist |
| What is the person or force who works against the protagonist called? | antagonist |
| What is a character that always stays the same throughout a story called? | static character |
| What is a character that changes as a result of what happens to him or her called? | dynamic character |
| What is the creation and development of a character (thoughts, words, actions, motivations) called? | characterization |
| What is the time and place of a story? | setting |
| What is the feeling the READER gets from the story? | mood |
| What is a struggle that a character must overcome? | conflict |
| When a character struggles with another characters it is what type of conflict? | man vs. man |
| When a character struggles with a force of nature it is what type of conflict? | man vs. nature |
| When a character struggles with his or her own personal issue it is what type of conflict? | man vs. self |
| When a character struggles with the law or some other aspect of society it is what type of conflict? | man vs. society |
| What is the use of clues to suggest something that is going to happen? | foreshadowing |
| What is an interruption in a story's sequence of events which take the reader back to an earlier time? | flashback |
| What is a person, place, event or object that suggests a deeper meaning than its literal meaning? | symbolism |
| What is the perspective from which a story is told called? | point of view |
| What type of point of view has a character telling the story? | first person |
| What type of point of view has an outside narrator telling the story? | third person |
| What is an extreme exaggeration? | hyperbole |
| What is the giving of human characteristics to something that is not human? | personification |
| What is a contradiction between what is said and what is meant? | verbal irony |
| What is a twist of fate in which the results of certain actions are not consistent with the expected results? | situational irony |
| What is a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"? | simile |
| What is a comparison of two unlike things that is stated as if it is a fact? | metaphor |
| What are the words characters say to one another in a story called? | dialogue |
| What is the feeling of uncertainty that a reader gets? | suspense |
| What is the use of humor to expose or make fun of certain human behavior or events that have taken place? | satire |
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