What a Character!
Lit Terms
What's the plot?
Mechanics
Research says...!
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This character is the main character and usually the "good guy." This character or forces opposes the main character...
Who is the PROTAGONIST and the ANTAGONIST?
100
Interrupting the sequence of events to tell about the past
What is a FLASHBACK?
100
This is the sequence of events in a story
What is the PLOT?
100
What part of speech references a noun? (i.e., their, his, mine, etc.)
What is a PRONOUN?
100
This is typing a passage exactly as it appears in the original text and placing it inside quotation marks
What is QUOTING or a quotation?
200
In this type of characterization the author uses conversation between characters to reveal their traits is
What is the INDIRECT?
200
The attitude the writer has toward the subject and the audience
What is the TONE?
200
This is an interruption in the sequence of events that relates information from an earlier time
What is a FLASHBACK?
200
What is the term for when two independent clauses are combined with a comma...
What is a comma splice?
200
This is restating all of the main ideas of an original passage in one’s own words
What is a PARAPHRASE?
300
This person tells the story.
Who is the NARRATOR?
300
This is a struggle that a character has within him or herself
What is Internal Conflict?
300
This begins a story where the setting, characters, mood are exposed
What is the EXPOSITION?
300
"When we find the books," is an example of a....
What is a FRAGMENT SENTENCE?
300
What is the font size, type, and spacing for MLA Style?
What is 12 point, Times New Roman, double-spaced.
400
This type of characterization where the author tells about or describes the character to the reader
What is DIRECT characterization?
400
This occurs whentThere is a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens
What is Situational irony?
400
This is the event that begins the story’s problems/rising action.
What is the INCITING INCIDENT?
400
"When practicing a talent the talent improves it never fails," is an example of....
What is a run-on sentence.
400
A thesis statement of a paper should accomplish what?
What is... It should convey the point to be argued or proven in the paper?
500
A character who changes because of the events in a literary work is
What is a DYNAMIC character?
500
This is a person, an animal, or an object that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well
What is a symbol?
500
This is where readers are able to see the plot through only one character’s eyes;
What is a 3rd PERSON LIMITED NARRATOR?
500
The issue with the following sentence is what? "She wanted to know what the money was used for."
What is it ends with a preposition?
500
The works cited page of a research paper should be organized how? (2 answers needed)
What is "alphabetically by title of article, if no author is given" and "alphabetically by author, if author is given"
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