The thing that makes a character do what he or she does.
What is motivation?
100
Don't believe everything you hear.
What is a moral?
100
A character or thing in conflict with the main character.
What is an antagonist?
100
The part of the plot map that describes the time and place, the "backdrop" of he story and its events.
What is Exposition? (or setting)
100
Define foreshadowing and foreboding.
Clues to what will happen at the end of the story... positive and negative.
200
What is the difference between tone and mood?
tone = the attitude the writer takes toward a subject
mood = the feeling or atmosphere created for the reader using figurative language, etc.
200
People tend to grow angry when they are afraid.
What is theme?
200
Another word for a brief summary.
What is a Precis?
200
The turning point in the story.
What is climax?
200
Why the author wrote the piece of literature.
What is author's purpose?
300
Using information from a story and from your own life to make logical guesses about characters, plot, author's purpose, etc.
What is making inferences?
300
Alanis Morisette, a Canadian, wrote a song that is widely cited as an example of how Americans don't understand irony.
What is irony?
300
Provide two symbolic meanings for a key.
answers will vary.
300
Events and complications leading to the climax.
What is rising action?
300
A reference to something famous and well-known by most.
What is an allusion?
400
Name the two primary types of conflict and give a "man vs." example for each.
What are internal conflict (man vs. self) and external conflict (examples will vary)
400
Jealousy
What is a motif?
400
The 30-foot turquoise waves crashed over the worn stone breakfront and sprayed their sea-salt mist over the crowd of fascinated onlookers.
What is imagery?
400
Events that take place after the climax.
What is falling action?
400
What is the difference between direct and indirect characterization?
direct: stated directly in text
indirect: you have to figure it out based on what you read.
500
Describe the difference between simile and metaphor. Give an example of each.
Simile = comparison of unlike things using "like," "as," or "than."
Metaphor = a direct comparison of two unlike things.
examples will vary.
500
The times you feel the most lonely are the times you most need to be by yourself.
What is Theme AND Irony?
500
List and define the four types of characters.
What are ROUND (well-developed), FLAT (poorly developed), DYNAMIC (grows and changes), and STATIC (stays the same)
500
Define resolution. (denouement)
Give an example of a story we read that had one and a story we read that did not.
The part of the story that "wraps things up."
examples will vary
500
What are the three types of narrators, and how do you identify each?
1st person: use of "I," "me," and "we."
3rd person limited: observer, but cannot "see into brains."
3rd person omniscient: observer, and can "see into brains."