E.A.sy Answers
My Hero!
Fiction 1
Fiction 2
Lit or Comm?
100
A reference to history, literature, pop culture, etc. within a piece of writing
allusion
100
3rd stage of cycle, after hero crosses axis of change
transformation
100
A character who remains unchanged throughout the story
static
100
POV with all-knowing quality
omniscient
100
The purpose of commercial lit is to ____
entertain, or remove the reader from this world/life Purpose of literary works = comprehend, or help reader dig deeper into this world/life
200
The protagonist in an epic
epic hero
200
Side story common in myths and legends
digression
200
The events of the story are being maneuvered by the author in unjustifiable ways
plot manipulation
200
A story's central purpose; traditionally the basis of the message
theme
200
What type is more likely to use ambiguity for symbols?
literary
300
A story representative of groups; layered big-picture symbolism
allegory
300
4th stage of cycle, crossing back into known world
return
300
A solution randomly in place for the protagonist at their moment of need
deus ex machina
300
Drawing the audience in through emotion (rather than content)
sentimentality
300
What type is more likely to use person vs. person conflict?
commercial literary = vs. self or vs. society (or blend of all)
400
A phrase accompanying a name or object that further identifies it, such a trait, skill, family
epithet
400
A heroic flaw; hubris is an example
hamartia
400
Uncertain ending in a story
indeterminate ending
400
Story taking place outside the known realm of the world
fantasy
400
What type is typically driven by character or theme?
literary comm = plot driven
500
Uncertainess or openness, particularly in symbolism
ambiguity
500
The traditional idea that you get what is coming to you, found most clearly in the ending of an epic like Odyssey
poetic justice
500
When all the elements of the story make sense together
artistic unity
500
Emotion control created by preachy segments of a story - results in disjointed plot
editorializing
500
What two ending types are most common for literary works?
unhappy & indeterminate
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