Elements of Plot
Characters
Narrators
Mis. Terms 1
Mis. Terms 2
100
What is the term that describes a high point of interest or suspense; a change in tension in the plot?
Climax
100
What is the term that defines how an author creates and develops a character? (Hint--there are two methods)
Characterization
100
A speaker or character who tells a story--author's choice of narrator determines point of view and the type of information that is revealed is called?
Narrator
100
What is the term that describes figures of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison between basically unlike ideas?
Simile
100
What is a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement that is often used for comic effect?
Hyperbole
200
What is the term for when a general insight or change is conveyed in the plot?
Resolution
200
Characters that show many different traits, including faults and virtues are called....?
Round Characters
200
The narrator's credibility has been seriously compromised by their inability to remain objective in the story. What is this type of narrator called?
Unreliable Narrator
200
What is a type of figurative language gives nonhuman subjects human characteristics?
Personification
200
What is it called when an object that serves as a symbol has its own meaning, but represents abstract ideas?
Symbolism
300
What is term for when the central conflict is revealed in the plot?
Inciting Incident
300
A character or force in conflict with the main character is the ......?
Anatagonist
300
What type of narrator is "All-knowing" and can tell readers what any character is thinking or feeling?
Third Person Omniscient
300
What term refers to textual clues that suggest events that have yet to occur? Hint--Often times this technique helps create suspense
Foreshadowing
300
Figures of speech in which one thing is spoken as though it were something else--implies a comparison between them. This is called..?
A metaphor
400
What is the term that describes events leading to the end of the conflict in the plot?
Falling Action
400
Character(s) that only show one trait are....?
Flat Characters
400
What type of narrator can readers only see and hear what that specific character sees and hears?
First-person narrator
400
A general term used to describe the differences between appearance and reality, or expectation and result is..?
Irony
400
The descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader is called?
Imagery
500
What is the term for when the setting, characters, and basic situation is explained in the plot?
Exposition
500
Character(s) that grows and develops during the course of a story are called...?
Dynamic Character(s)
500
What type of narrator sees the world only through the eyes of one character and reveal's only that character's thoughts and feelings?
Third-person limited narrator
500
What is the term that refers to a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art? This reference is not usually explained because it is assumed that the audience will have background knowledge to understand the reference.
Allusion
500
What type of irony is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience and the reader know to be true?
Dramatic Irony
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